Well, it surely made an impact on opening night, despite not winning the weekend gold. Insidious: Out of the Further was the top gun on Friday with $10.6 million, but it settled at $25.3 million for the weekend, behind Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s $39 million (-47%) in its fourth domestic weekend. Hmm, kind of seems like a redux of when Denzel Washington’s The Book of Eli broke James Cameron’s Avatar during its hierarchy times, albeit for a Friday night domestically in the early days of 2010 (but I digress).
Anyway, this is the sixth offering under Blumhouse Atomic Monster’s supernatural house/supernatural folks, and it still made an impact against the gladiators of Spider-Man’s Version 3.0 4th outing and Nolan’s record-kicking R-rated adaptation with a $60 million debut. Its domestic debut was closer to Chapter 3 in 2015 than The Red Door, which debuted three years prior. Even without Patrick Wilson or Rose Byrne, it meant nothing for this follow-up, as it already broke its marketing/budgetary fees ($18 million) with this debut. If it legs like its earlier predecessors, it may end up with $60 million domestically and $160 million worldwide. Definitely an underrated horror franchise, and one that continues to hit the mark.
In other news, Spidey just missed passing Avengers: Endgame’s $857 million domestic run in its fourth weekend, which will probably be usurped once actuals come out tomorrow (if not Monday evening, it is), unless Encore‘s re-release makes a comeback in September (not sure if solely adding four minutes will do enough, but we’ve seen more bang for our buck when it comes to re-releases). Brand New Day has passed $2.219 billion thus far, meaning it is the fifth-highest-grossing film ever. It will pass Cameron’s Titanic later this week and will pass Avatar: The Way of Water next week to become the third-highest and most likely settle comfortably there (reaching Avengers: Endgame’s $2.797 billion, minus the September reissue, does seem like a big swing). The biggest question on everyone’s mind for your friendly neighborhood Tom Holland Spider-Man is: will he break the record for the highest domestic total in the U.S. (by beating The Force Awakens’ $936.7 million)?
Speaking of Holland, Nolan’s The Odyssey earned $19.5 million in its sixth weekend, already nearing $1.45 billion worldwide. Yes, it will be swiping Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick out of the sky on the global deck when all is said and done, and Nolan can keep cruising on knowing the adaptation of Homer is the highest-earning R-rated film ever worldwide, beating Deadpool & Wolverine globally without hesitation. Time comes for us all. It will probably end its domestic run between $590 and $620 million.
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie and The End of Oak Street earned $9.1 million and $9 million in their second weekends, respectively. The former-friendly-family title has already passed $100 million, while the latter is begging to leg out better to justify its budget. Jason Statham’s Mutiny opened with $7.5 million (taking the one-and-only good set piece from the dreaded The Expendables 4 and turning it into a full-film set piece).
Tony earned $5 million in its third weekend (wider release), Spa Weekend opened with $3.11 million, The Fast and the Furious reissued for $3.1 million, and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma earned $1.93 million. Minions & Monsters has surpassed $500 million globally.
Lastly, Obsession has passed $501.5 million worldwide on a $750k budget, making it the decade’s highest-grossing original and surpassing The Conjuring: Last Rites ($495 million in 2025) as the top-grossing Blumhouse Atomic Monster movie ever; it only sits behind M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense’s $672.8 million (Bruce Willis, god rest his health) for an original “non-IP, non-adaptation” setpiece. May dreams and fortunes come true for Curry Barker, Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, and Megan Lawless. Bravo indeed. (Now for horror: Jessica Chastain, your move with Other Mommy.)
Next weekend sees the release of The Dog Stars, Coyote vs. Acme (finally!), Idiots, Buddy, and The Sun Never Sets.
