The end of August isn’t when you’ll see a lot of films coming out as a lot of kids are already back in school, college kids are either moving in or making the trek, and things are just up in the air with a lot of what makes up the younger side of the moviegoing audience. This weekend is coming in at under $54 million total for all the films combined, which is the worst of the summer but still better than the end of January 2022 weekend that came in at $34.9 million according to Deadline.
The new arrival with The Invitation takes the top spot with $7 million across over 3,100 screens and with a C CinemaScore, it’s just not going to draw people to the theater in general. And there’s not much beyond it that will do it as Bullet Train did just $5.6 million for the weekend and last weekends low earning release Beast did just $4.9 million this weekend.
On the anime side, Dragon Ball Super had a strong $20 million opening the weekend prior and adds another $4.5 million this weekend. Combined with what it did during the week, it’s now at $30.7 million in its domestic release.
This weekend also saw Star Wars: Rogue One return to 255 screens where it did $1.1 million over the course of the weekend. It was an IMAX re-issue with footage from Andor so it didn’t get a lot of play overall in terms of advertisements.
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total | Market Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Invitation, The | Sony | $7,000,000 | 3,114 | $2,248 | $7,000,000 | 38.6% |
| 2 | Bullet Train | Sony | $5,600,000 | 3,513 | $1,594 | $78,206,593 | 27.2% |
| 3 | Beast | Universal | $4,900,000 | 3,754 | $1,305 | $20,090,985 | 5.8% |
| 4 | Top Gun Maverick | Paramount | $4,750,000 | 2,962 | $1,604 | $691,212,857 | 5.7% |
| 5 | Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero | Crunchyroll | $4,565,668 | 3,100 | $1,473 | $30,761,982 | 4.8% |
| 6 | DC League of Super Pets | Warner Bros. | $4,225,000 | 3,284 | $1,287 | $74,088,809 | 4.4% |
| 7 | Three Thousand Years of Longing | United Artists Releasing | $2,875,739 | 2,436 | $1,181 | $2,875,739 | 3.8% |
| 8 | Minions: The Rise Of Gru | Universal | $2,740,000 | 2,494 | $1,099 | $354,780,635 | 3.4% |
| 9 | Thor: Love And Thunder | Disney | $2,700,000 | 2,450 | $1,102 | $336,570,158 | 2.8% |
| 10 | Where The Crawdads Sing | Sony | $2,325,000 | 2,216 | $1,049 | $81,888,348 | 1.1% |
| 11 | Nope | Universal | $2,210,000 | 1,909 | $1,158 | $117,632,175 | 0.4% |
| 12 | Elvis | Warner Bros. | $1,465,000 | 1,843 | $795 | $147,334,755 | 0.3% |
© Comscore 2019
[Source: Box Office Essentials]
