Box Office Report for the Week of August 4

It looks like Deadpool really IS Marvel Jesus, with Deadpool & Wolverine enjoying another incredible weekend in cinemas. The Marvel Studios film has dethroned Mel Gibson‘s The Passion of the Christ as the highest-grossing R-rated film domestically and has cumulated $97 million in its second weekend, ensuring it will become the highest-grossing film of the year.

Meanwhile, the return of M. Night Shyamalan with Trap has opened to great results, considering the fact that the film only cost $30 million to make. With a $20 million global tally, and a $15.6 million domestic cume, the movie may not reach the same box office heights as Shyamalan’s previous film. However, it will still likely be another profitable film for a director whose career was considered ‘dead’ only ten years ago.

But for Harold and the Purple Crayon, it’s unfortunately not going to be a profitable turn. Not only is Zachary Levi under massive hot water for his political views, but the film has had dismal critical reviews. An interesting note: Harold screened for critics, while nothing good would come out of it, while Shyamalan’s Trap didn’t. Sure, it received mixed reviews, but none of the vitriol that Harold is currently getting.

The movie opened below Inside Out 2’s eighth weekend at the box office, with a horrible $6.0 million tally, already signaling that it will be a major box office bomb. However, Sony is bound to recover quickly, with the Justin Baldoni-directed It Ends With Us on track to open domestically at number one, after high ticket presales. Great for Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, who are now the only ones keeping theatres alive, but how about the quality of the films? Some will praise them, and others won’t. But one thing’s for sure: the only thing we need (more than ever) are MOVIES.

Here is the full list of the top ten films of the weekend:

1. Deadpool & Wolverine (Disney): $97.0M (-54%) – 4,230 theatres
2. Twisters (Universal): $22.7M (-35%) – 4,009 theatres
3. Trap (Warner Bros): $15.6M – 3,181 theatres
4. Despicable Me 4 (Universal): $11.3M (-23%) – 3,376 theatres
5. Inside Out 2 (Disney): $6.7M (-22%) – 2,615 theatres
6. Harold and the Purple Crayon (Sony): $6.0M – 3,325 theatres
7. Longlegs (NEON): $4.1M (-39%) – 2,150 theatres
8. A Quiet Place: Day One (Paramount): $1.4M (-55%) – 1,039 theatres
9. Daaru Na Peenda Hove (Rhythm Boyz Entertainment): $615.782 – 118 theatres
10. Bad Boys: Ride Or Die (Sony): $600.000 (-55%) – 437 theatres

Source: Comscore