Unsurprisingly, Civil War held on to the top spot at the box office this weekend, falling about 59 percent to 72 million, which brings its domestic total to 295 million, already past both previous Captain America films. But, since it's really another Avengers movie anyway, I guess that really shouldn't be too impressive. Its global total is now at 940 million, and it's expected to blow past the billion dollar mark in the next two weeks. In second place, Disney also held on with The Jungle Book, taking in another 17 million for over 300 million domestic and now 840 million worldwide. It's Disney's world, you guys, we're just living in it.
George Clooney and Julia Roberts's Money Monster came in third, with an okay 15 million despite mixed reviews after it debuted at the Cannes film festival over the weekend. Jodie Foster directed the film, and it already looks to be her highest grossing project as a filmmaker. Mother's Day plummeted after a small boost last week thanks to the holiday, and The Darkness rounded out the top five with around five million.
Top 5:
- Captain America: Civil War- 72.5 million
- The Jungle Book- 17.8 million
- Money Monster- 15 million
- The Darkness- 5 million
- Mother's Day- 3.3 million
In limited release, A24's The Lobster had the highest specialty opening of the year with a 47k per screen average and 188k on four screens. In other news, Zootopia continues to soar overseas, having now earned 970 million globally and seems likely to make it past 1 billion, one of the few original movies to do so. Next week it's The Angry Birds Movie, Neighbors 2 and The Nice Guys, all of which have the potential to do well, although Nice Guys may be more of a question mark. See you then.
