Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (2017)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $389,813,101Details
International Box Office $479,274,862Details
Worldwide Box Office $869,087,963
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $21,097,311 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $59,278,091 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $80,375,402
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Synopsis

The team’s adventures continue as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$146,510,104 (37.6% of total gross)
Legs:2.66 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:44.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$200,000,000 (worldwide box office is 4.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:4,347 opening theaters/4,347 max. theaters, 7.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $468,471,031

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Amazon VOD:Amazon VOD, Amazon VOD (Theatrical Version), Amazon VOD (Bonus Features), Amazon VOD (Theatrical Version), Amazon VOD (Theatrical Version)
iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu, Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 5th, 2017 (Wide) by Walt Disney
International Releases: April 28th, 2017 (Wide) (Australia)
April 28th, 2017 (Wide) (Brazil)
April 28th, 2017 (Wide) (France)
April 28th, 2017 (Wide) (Germany)
April 28th, 2017 (Wide) (Hong Kong)
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Video Release: August 8th, 2017 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action and violence, language, and brief suggestive content.
(Rating bulletin 2470 (Cert #50971), 4/5/2017)
Running Time: 136 minutes
Franchise: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Guardians of the Galaxy
Comparisons: Blockbusters, 2017
vs. Thor: Ragnarok
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Keywords: Marvel Comics, Humans as Aliens, Interspecies Romance, Romance, Unrequited Love, Adopted Family, Family Affair, Sibling Rivalry, Family Secrets, Psychics, Animal Lead, Talking Animals, Visual Effects, Digital Cinematography, 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, Ensemble, Gratuitous Cameos, Intertitle, 1980s, Dysfunctional Family, Motion Capture Performance, 3-D - Post-production Conversion, IMAX: DMR, Filmed in Pinewood Atlanta Studios, Filmed in Fayette County, GA, Filmed in Georgia, United States, Filmed in United States, Filmed in Cartersville, GA, Filmed in Bartow County, GA, Filmed in St. Charles, MO, Filmed in St. Charles County, MO, Filmed in Missouri, United States, Filmed in Georgia International Convention Center, GA, Filmed in Clayton County, GA, Filmed in Oregon, United States
Source:Based on Comic/Graphic Novel
Genre:Action
Production Method:Animation/Live Action
Creative Type:Super Hero
Production/Financing Companies: Marvel Studios
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 9th Tuesday 66 $425,878 Jul 4, 2017 61
Biggest 9th Monday 85 $452,714 Jul 3, 2017 60
Biggest 8th Tuesday 83 $509,858 Jun 27, 2017 54
Biggest 7th Sunday 68 $2,010,573 Jun 18, 2017 45
Biggest 6th Tuesday 94 $1,075,963 Jun 13, 2017 40
Biggest 5th Tuesday 91 $1,436,102 Jun 6, 2017 33
Fastest to $350m 38 $352,600,837 Jun 2, 2017 30
Biggest 4th Wednesday 99 $1,611,729 May 31, 2017 27
Biggest 4th Tuesday 73 $2,217,839 May 30, 2017 26
Biggest 4th Monday 9 $6,282,030 May 29, 2017 25
Biggest 4th Sunday 27 $7,648,686 May 28, 2017 24
Biggest Domestic 4th Weekend 47 $20,907,121 May 26, 2017 24
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 74 $20,907,121 May 26, 2017 24
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 103 $26,725,167 May 26, 2017 24
Memorial Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 60 $27,189,151 May 26, 2017 24
Memorial Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 70 $34,755,365 May 26, 2017 24
Biggest 4th Saturday 64 $7,883,339 May 27, 2017 23
Biggest 4th Friday 73 $5,375,096 May 26, 2017 22
Biggest 3rd Tuesday 80 $3,388,947 May 23, 2017 19
Biggest 3rd Monday 67 $3,597,323 May 22, 2017 18
Biggest 3rd Sunday 28 $10,985,538 May 21, 2017 17
Biggest Domestic 3rd Weekend 39 $34,653,754 May 19, 2017 17
Fastest to $300m 37 $301,391,228 May 19, 2017 17
Biggest 3rd Saturday 33 $14,951,137 May 20, 2017 16
Biggest 3rd Friday 66 $8,717,079 May 19, 2017 15
Biggest 2nd Tuesday 81 $5,946,795 May 16, 2017 12
Fastest to $250m 37 $253,122,499 May 15, 2017 11
Biggest 2nd Sunday 25 $20,893,084 May 14, 2017 10
Biggest Domestic 2nd Weekend 30 $65,263,492 May 12, 2017 10
Biggest 2nd Saturday 26 $27,879,884 May 13, 2017 9
Fastest to $200m 43 $227,527,827 May 12, 2017 9
Biggest 2nd Friday 63 $16,490,524 May 12, 2017 8
Biggest 1st Tuesday 61 $12,097,479 May 9, 2017 5
Biggest Domestic Tuesday 83 $12,097,479 May 9, 2017 5
Fastest to $150m 35 $156,372,759 May 8, 2017 4
Biggest 1st Sunday 23 $39,127,045 May 7, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Sunday 25 $39,127,045 May 7, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic May Weekend 8 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Opening Weekend 30 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Top Action Weekend Domestic 19 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Top Animation/Live Action Weekend Domestic 19 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Top Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Weekend Domestic 17 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Top PG-13 Weekend Domestic 29 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Sequel Weekend 24 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Top Super Hero Weekend Domestic 17 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Top Walt Disney Weekend Domestic 20 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Weekend 32 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Top 2017 Theater Average 25 $33,704 May 5, 2017 3
Widest Opening Weekend 41 4,347 May 5, 2017 3
Biggest 1st Saturday 21 $51,304,539 May 6, 2017 2
Biggest Domestic Saturday 23 $51,304,539 May 6, 2017 2
Fastest to $100m 33 $107,383,059 May 5, 2017 2
Biggest 1st Friday 38 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Top Action Day Domestic 42 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Top Animation/Live Action Day Domestic 42 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Top Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Day Domestic 35 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Top PG-13 Day Domestic 59 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic Sequel Day 50 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Top Super Hero Day Domestic 35 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Top Walt Disney Day Domestic 40 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic Friday 38 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic May Day 14 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic Day 67 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Fastest to $50m 42 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Biggest Previews 41 $17,000,000 May 4, 2017 0

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 5, 2017 1 $146,510,104   4,347 $33,704   $146,510,104 1
May 12, 2017 1 $65,263,492 -55% 4,347 $15,013   $248,420,911 2
May 19, 2017 2 $34,653,754 -47% 4,347 $7,972   $301,391,228 3
May 26, 2017 2 $20,907,121 -40% 3,871 $5,401   $334,223,048 4
Jun 2, 2017 4 $9,839,370 -53% 3,507 $2,806   $355,580,702 5
Jun 9, 2017 5 $6,312,367 -36% 2,911 $2,168   $366,431,539 6
Jun 16, 2017 9 $5,071,732 -20% 1,813 $2,797   $374,942,747 7
Jun 23, 2017 10 $3,023,042 -40% 1,468 $2,059   $380,236,369 8
Jun 30, 2017 13 $1,539,519 -49% 966 $1,594   $383,383,494 9
Jul 7, 2017 13 $860,020 -44% 660 $1,303   $385,560,026 10
Jul 14, 2017 13 $509,535 -41% 399 $1,277   $386,571,925 11
Jul 21, 2017 17 $364,450 -28% 268 $1,360   $387,259,952 12
Jul 28, 2017 20 $277,201 -24% 231 $1,200   $387,764,608 13
Aug 4, 2017 19 $453,768 +64% 252 $1,801   $388,399,203 14
Aug 11, 2017 26 $257,117 -43% 210 $1,224   $388,879,065 15
Aug 18, 2017 28 $187,598 -27% 195 $962   $389,194,993 16
Aug 25, 2017 35 $118,152 -37% 299 $395   $389,386,420 17
Sep 1, 2017 35 $217,105 +84% 196 $1,108   $389,646,310 18
Sep 8, 2017 42 $53,202 -75% 129 $412   $389,760,116 19
Sep 15, 2017 48 $26,353 -50% 80 $329   $389,804,217 20

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 4, 2017 P $17,000,000     0     $17,000,000  
May 5, 2017 1 $56,078,520     4,347 $12,901   $56,078,520 1
May 6, 2017 1 $51,304,539 -9%   4,347 $11,802   $107,383,059 2
May 7, 2017 1 $39,127,045 -24%   4,347 $9,001   $146,510,104 3
May 8, 2017 1 $9,862,655 -75%   4,347 $2,269   $156,372,759 4
May 9, 2017 1 $12,097,479 +23%   4,347 $2,783   $168,470,238 5
May 10, 2017 1 $7,527,728 -38%   4,347 $1,732   $175,997,966 6
May 11, 2017 1 $7,159,453 -5%   4,347 $1,647   $183,157,419 7
May 12, 2017 1 $16,490,524 +130% -71% 4,347 $3,794   $199,647,943 8
May 13, 2017 1 $27,879,884 +69% -46% 4,347 $6,414   $227,527,827 9
May 14, 2017 1 $20,893,084 -25% -47% 4,347 $4,806   $248,420,911 10
May 15, 2017 1 $4,701,588 -77% -52% 4,347 $1,082   $253,122,499 11
May 16, 2017 1 $5,946,795 +26% -51% 4,347 $1,368   $259,069,294 12
May 17, 2017 1 $3,971,856 -33% -47% 4,347 $914   $263,041,150 13
May 18, 2017 1 $3,696,324 -7% -48% 4,347 $850   $266,737,474 14
May 19, 2017 2 $8,717,079 +136% -47% 4,347 $2,005   $275,454,553 15
May 20, 2017 1 $14,951,137 +72% -46% 4,347 $3,439   $290,405,690 16
May 21, 2017 1 $10,985,538 -27% -47% 4,347 $2,527   $301,391,228 17
May 22, 2017 1 $3,597,323 -67% -23% 4,347 $828   $304,988,551 18
May 23, 2017 1 $3,388,947 -6% -43% 4,347 $780   $308,377,498 19
May 24, 2017 1 $2,534,650 -25% -36% 4,347 $583   $310,912,148 20
May 25, 2017 2 $2,403,779 -5% -35% 4,347 $553   $313,315,927 21
May 26, 2017 3 $5,375,096 +124% -38% 3,871 $1,389   $318,691,023 22
May 27, 2017 2 $7,883,339 +47% -47% 3,871 $2,037   $326,574,362 23
May 28, 2017 2 $7,648,686 -3% -30% 3,871 $1,976   $334,223,048 24
May 29, 2017 2 $6,282,030 -18% +75% 3,871 $1,623   $340,505,078 25
May 30, 2017 3 $2,217,839 -65% -35% 3,871 $573   $342,722,917 26
May 31, 2017 3 $1,611,729 -27% -36% 3,871 $416   $344,334,646 27
Jun 1, 2017 2 $1,406,686 -13% -41% 3,871 $363   $345,741,332 28
Jun 2, 2017 4 $2,689,262 +91% -50% 3,507 $767   $348,430,594 29
Jun 3, 2017 4 $4,170,243 +55% -47% 3,507 $1,189   $352,600,837 30
Jun 4, 2017 4 $2,979,865 -29% -61% 3,507 $850   $355,580,702 31
Jun 5, 2017 5 $1,099,210 -63% -83% 3,507 $313   $356,679,912 32
Jun 6, 2017 5 $1,436,102 +31% -35% 3,507 $409   $358,116,014 33
Jun 7, 2017 4 $997,631 -31% -38% 3,507 $284   $359,113,645 34
Jun 8, 2017 4 $1,005,527 +1% -29% 3,507 $287   $360,119,172 35
Jun 9, 2017 6 $1,694,755 +69% -37% 2,911 $582   $361,813,927 36
Jun 10, 2017 5 $2,707,697 +60% -35% 2,911 $930   $364,521,624 37
Jun 11, 2017 5 $1,909,915 -29% -36% 2,911 $656   $366,431,539 38
Jun 12, 2017 5 $761,618 -60% -31% 2,911 $262   $367,193,157 39
Jun 13, 2017 5 $1,075,963 +41% -25% 2,911 $370   $368,269,120 40
Jun 14, 2017 5 $826,311 -23% -17% 2,911 $284   $369,095,431 41
Jun 15, 2017 5 $775,584 -6% -23% 2,911 $266   $369,871,015 42
Jun 16, 2017 9 $1,223,071 +58% -28% 1,813 $675   $371,094,086 43
Jun 17, 2017 9 $1,838,088 +50% -32% 1,813 $1,014   $372,932,174 44
Jun 18, 2017 8 $2,010,573 +9% +5% 1,813 $1,109   $374,942,747 45
Jun 19, 2017 9 $609,510 -70% -20% 1,813 $336   $375,552,257 46
Jun 20, 2017 9 $684,870 +12% -36% 1,813 $378   $376,237,127 47
Jun 21, 2017 10 $467,418 -32% -43% 1,540 $304   $376,704,545 48
Jun 22, 2017 10 $508,782 +9% -34% 1,540 $330   $377,213,327 49
Jun 23, 2017 10 $889,592 +75% -27% 1,468 $606   $378,102,919 50
Jun 24, 2017 10 $1,256,695 +41% -32% 1,468 $856   $379,359,614 51
Jun 25, 2017 10 $876,755 -30% -56% 1,468 $597   $380,236,369 52
Jun 26, 2017 10 $408,199 -53% -33% 1,468 $278   $380,644,568 53
Jun 27, 2017 10 $509,858 +25% -26% 1,468 $347   $381,154,426 54
Jun 28, 2017 11 $368,212 -28% -21% 1,468 $251   $381,522,638 55
Jun 29, 2017 11 $321,337 -13% -37% 1,468 $219   $381,843,975 56
Jun 30, 2017 14 $413,183 +29% -54% 966 $428   $382,257,158 57
Jul 1, 2017 13 $595,852 +44% -53% 966 $617   $382,853,010 58
Jul 2, 2017 12 $530,484 -11% -39% 966 $549   $383,383,494 59
Jul 3, 2017 11 $452,714 -15% +11% 966 $469   $383,836,208 60
Jul 4, 2017 11 $425,878 -6% -16% 966 $441   $384,262,086 61
Jul 5, 2017 11 $237,608 -44% -35% 966 $246   $384,499,694 62
Jul 6, 2017 12 $200,312 -16% -38% 966 $207   $384,700,006 63
Jul 7, 2017 13 $248,590 +24% -40% 660 $377   $384,948,596 64
Jul 8, 2017 13 $351,810 +42% -41% 660 $533   $385,300,406 65
Jul 9, 2017 13 $259,620 -26% -51% 660 $393   $385,560,026 66
Jul 10, 2017 13 $123,332 -52% -73% 660 $187   $385,683,358 67
Jul 11, 2017 13 $153,876 +25% -64% 660 $233   $385,837,234 68
Jul 12, 2017 13 $117,597 -24% -51% 660 $178   $385,954,831 69
Jul 13, 2017 13 $107,559 -9% -46% 660 $163   $386,062,390 70
Jul 14, 2017 13 $147,573 +37% -41% 399 $370   $386,209,963 71
Jul 15, 2017 12 $212,177 +44% -40% 399 $532   $386,422,140 72
Jul 16, 2017 12 $149,785 -29% -42% 399 $375   $386,571,925 73
Jul 17, 2017 13 $78,501 -48% -36% 399 $197   $386,650,426 74
Jul 18, 2017 13 $95,112 +21% -38% 399 $238   $386,745,538 75
Jul 19, 2017 12 $80,290 -16% -32% 399 $201   $386,825,828 76
Jul 20, 2017 12 $69,674 -13% -35% 399 $175   $386,895,502 77
Jul 21, 2017 15 $107,168 +54% -27% 268 $400   $387,002,670 78
Jul 22, 2017 15 $153,766 +43% -28% 268 $574   $387,156,436 79
Jul 23, 2017 15 $103,516 -33% -31% 268 $386   $387,259,952 80
Jul 24, 2017 15 $55,260 -47% -30% 268 $206   $387,315,212 81
Jul 25, 2017 15 $65,962 +19% -31% 268 $246   $387,381,174 82
Jul 26, 2017 15 $54,629 -17% -32% 268 $204   $387,435,803 83
Jul 27, 2017 13 $51,604 -6% -26% 268 $193   $387,487,407 84
Jul 28, 2017 - $85,248 +65% -20% 231 $369   $387,572,655 85
Jul 29, 2017 - $119,674 +40% -22% 231 $518   $387,692,329 86
Jul 30, 2017 - $72,279 -40% -30% 231 $313   $387,764,608 87
Jul 31, 2017 - $41,236 -43% -25% 231 $179   $387,805,844 88
Aug 1, 2017 - $48,868 +19% -26% 231 $212   $387,854,712 89
Aug 2, 2017 - $47,982 -2% -12% 231 $208   $387,902,694 90
Aug 3, 2017 - $42,741 -11% -17% 231 $185   $387,945,435 91
Aug 4, 2017 - $119,991 +181% +41% 252 $476   $388,065,426 92
Aug 5, 2017 - $185,143 +54% +55% 252 $735   $388,250,569 93
Aug 6, 2017 - $148,634 -20% +106% 252 $590   $388,399,203 94
Aug 7, 2017 - $61,751 -58% +50% 252 $245   $388,460,954 95
Aug 8, 2017 - $62,414 +1% +28% 252 $248   $388,523,368 96
Aug 9, 2017 - $50,612 -19% +5% 252 $201   $388,573,980 97
Aug 10, 2017 - $47,968 -5% +12% 252 $190   $388,621,948 98
Aug 11, 2017 - $73,574 +53% -39% 210 $350   $388,695,522 99
Aug 12, 2017 - $109,463 +49% -41% 210 $521   $388,804,985 100
Aug 13, 2017 - $74,080 -32% -50% 210 $353   $388,879,065 101
Aug 14, 2017 - $30,455 -59% -51% 210 $145   $388,909,520 102
Aug 15, 2017 - $36,150 +19% -42% 210 $172   $388,945,670 103
Aug 16, 2017 - $31,575 -13% -38% 210 $150   $388,977,245 104
Aug 17, 2017 - $30,150 -5% -37% 210 $144   $389,007,395 105
Aug 18, 2017 - $52,244 +73% -29% 195 $268   $389,059,639 106
Aug 19, 2017 - $80,250 +54% -27% 195 $412   $389,139,889 107
Aug 20, 2017 - $55,104 -31% -26% 195 $283   $389,194,993 108
Aug 21, 2017 - $18,288 -67% -40% 195 $94   $389,213,281 109
Aug 22, 2017 - $20,402 +12% -44% 195 $105   $389,233,683 110
Aug 23, 2017 - $17,617 -14% -44% 195 $90   $389,251,300 111
Aug 24, 2017 - $16,968 -4% -44% 195 $87   $389,268,268 112
Aug 25, 2017 - $31,623 +86% -39% 299 $106   $389,299,891 113
Aug 26, 2017 - $50,486 +60% -37% 299 $169   $389,350,377 114
Aug 27, 2017 - $36,043 -29% -35% 299 $121   $389,386,420 115
Aug 28, 2017 - $10,776 -70% -41% 299 $36   $389,397,196 116
Aug 29, 2017 - $11,590 +8% -43% 299 $39   $389,408,786 117
Aug 30, 2017 - $9,923 -14% -44% 299 $33   $389,418,709 118
Aug 31, 2017 - $10,496 +6% -38% 299 $35   $389,429,205 119
Sep 1, 2017 - $44,578 +325% +41% 196 $227   $389,473,783 120
Sep 2, 2017 - $86,978 +95% +72% 196 $444   $389,560,761 121
Sep 3, 2017 - $85,549 -2% +137% 196 $436   $389,646,310 122
Sep 4, 2017 - $36,407 -57% +238% 196 $186   $389,682,717 123
Sep 5, 2017 - $7,985 -78% -31% 196 $41   $389,690,702 124
Sep 6, 2017 - $7,269 -9% -27% 196 $37   $389,697,971 125
Sep 7, 2017 - $8,943 +23% -15% 196 $46   $389,706,914 126
Sep 8, 2017 - $13,026 +46% -71% 129 $101   $389,719,940 127
Sep 9, 2017 - $25,007 +92% -71% 129 $194   $389,744,947 128
Sep 10, 2017 - $15,169 -39% -82% 129 $118   $389,760,116 129
Sep 11, 2017 - $3,669 -76% -90% 129 $28   $389,763,785 130
Sep 12, 2017 - $5,205 +42% -35% 129 $40   $389,768,990 131
Sep 13, 2017 - $4,432 -15% -39% 129 $34   $389,773,422 132
Sep 14, 2017 - $4,442 n/c -50% 129 $34   $389,777,864 133
Sep 15, 2017 - $6,348 +43% -51% 80 $79   $389,784,212 134
Sep 16, 2017 - $12,286 +94% -51% 80 $154   $389,796,498 135
Sep 17, 2017 - $7,719 -37% -49% 80 $96   $389,804,217 136
Sep 18, 2017 - $2,030 -74% -45% 80 $25   $389,806,247 137
Sep 19, 2017 - $1,943 -4% -63% 80 $24   $389,808,190 138
Sep 20, 2017 - $2,312 +19% -48% 80 $29   $389,810,502 139
Sep 21, 2017 - $2,599 +12% -41% 80 $32   $389,813,101 140

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 5, 2017 1 $183,157,419   4,347 $42,134   $183,157,419 1
May 12, 2017 1 $83,580,055 -54% 4,347 $19,227   $266,737,474 2
May 19, 2017 2 $46,578,453 -44% 4,347 $10,715   $313,315,927 3
May 26, 2017 2 $32,425,405 -30% 3,871 $8,376   $345,741,332 4
Jun 2, 2017 4 $14,377,840 -56% 3,507 $4,100   $360,119,172 5
Jun 9, 2017 5 $9,751,843 -32% 2,911 $3,350   $369,871,015 6
Jun 16, 2017 10 $7,342,312 -25% 1,540 $4,768   $377,213,327 7
Jun 23, 2017 11 $4,630,648 -37% 1,468 $3,154   $381,843,975 8
Jun 30, 2017 12 $2,856,031 -38% 966 $2,957   $384,700,006 9
Jul 7, 2017 13 $1,362,384 -52% 660 $2,064   $386,062,390 10
Jul 14, 2017 13 $833,112 -39% 399 $2,088   $386,895,502 11
Jul 21, 2017 17 $591,905 -29% 268 $2,209   $387,487,407 12
Jul 28, 2017 21 $458,028 -23% 231 $1,983   $387,945,435 13
Aug 4, 2017 18 $676,513 +48% 252 $2,685   $388,621,948 14
Aug 11, 2017 24 $385,447 -43% 210 $1,835   $389,007,395 15
Aug 18, 2017 29 $260,873 -32% 195 $1,338   $389,268,268 16
Aug 25, 2017 35 $160,937 -38% 299 $538   $389,429,205 17
Sep 1, 2017 36 $277,709 +73% 196 $1,417   $389,706,914 18
Sep 8, 2017 43 $70,950 -74% 129 $550   $389,777,864 19
Sep 15, 2017 52 $35,237 -50% 80 $440   $389,813,101 20

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 5/5/2017 $1,816,851 0 0 0 $4,822,234 1/1/2019
Australia 4/28/2017 $6,440,549 705 705 2,775 $25,977,656 1/22/2018
Brazil 4/28/2017 $6,900,000 0 0 0 $20,925,686 6/26/2018
Bulgaria 5/4/2017 $139,468 0 0 0 $393,545 2/26/2019
China 5/4/2017 $48,710,000 103,007 103,007 164,835 $99,300,000 6/12/2017
Czech Republic 5/5/2017 $699,344 139 139 487 $1,795,319 1/1/2019
France 4/28/2017 $7,900,000 0 0 0 $24,809,136 6/13/2018
Germany 4/28/2017 $8,300,000 0 0 0 $30,165,432 6/11/2018
Hong Kong 4/28/2017 $1,898,684 0 0 0 $4,756,321 10/27/2018
India 5/5/2017 $1,607,943 0 0 0 $3,428,270 10/3/2018
Indonesia 4/28/2017 $3,400,000 0 0 0 $7,683,449 1/1/2019
Italy 4/28/2017 $2,393,067 0 0 0 $7,900,157 10/23/2018
Japan 5/12/2017 $2,118,270 0 0 0 $10,097,680 7/4/2018
Lithuania 4/28/2017 $66,611 176 176 483 $175,314 6/16/2017
Malaysia 4/28/2017 $2,000,000 0 0 0 $2,000,000 4/30/2017
Mexico 4/28/2017 $8,135,629 0 0 0 $19,005,244 10/12/2018
Netherlands 4/28/2017 $1,535,700 117 122 931 $4,467,886 10/19/2022
New Zealand 4/28/2017 $1,143,358 140 140 629 $4,003,751 7/24/2017
Philippines 4/28/2017 $3,200,000 0 0 0 $5,000,000 1/1/2019
Poland 5/5/2017 $1,213,653 0 0 0 $3,247,124 1/1/2019
Portugal 4/28/2017 $354,677 90 90 372 $994,302 7/7/2017
Russia (CIS) 5/4/2017 $12,551,268 1,370 1,370 5,311 $27,881,604 9/4/2020
Slovakia 5/5/2017 $250,483 69 69 191 $600,150 6/29/2017
South Korea 5/1/2017 $6,943,409 1,218 1,218 2,652 $20,375,964 5/3/2023
Spain 4/28/2017 $3,649,061 753 753 3,529 $10,314,253 10/30/2018
Taiwan 4/28/2017 $2,400,000 0 0 0 $4,715,392 10/28/2018
Thailand 4/28/2017 $2,700,000 0 0 0 $2,700,000 4/30/2017
Turkey 4/28/2017 $560,401 382 382 1,022 $1,525,166 2/26/2019
United Kingdom 4/28/2017 $16,939,652 632 634 4,407 $53,060,496 9/30/2018
 
Rest of World $77,153,331
 
International Total$479,274,862 5/3/2023

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Aug 27, 20171256,786 256,786$4,619,580$4,619,5803
Sep 3, 20171113,596-56% 370,382$2,059,495$6,679,0754
Sep 10, 2017169,652-39% 440,034$1,390,254$8,069,3295
Sep 17, 2017634,860-50% 474,894$695,806$8,765,1356
Sep 24, 2017816,203-54% 491,097$293,598$9,058,7337
Oct 1, 20171112,020-26% 503,117$228,380$9,287,1138
Oct 8, 20171312,466+4% 515,583$245,456$9,532,5699
Oct 15, 20171612,301-1% 527,884$245,405$9,777,97410
Oct 22, 20171910,330-16% 538,214$204,431$9,982,40511
Oct 29, 20171710,322n/c548,536$204,995$10,187,40012
Nov 5, 20171513,526+31% 562,062$263,081$10,450,48113
Nov 19, 2017289,324 580,046$179,021$10,782,52415
Dec 3, 20173027,668 646,613$400,079$11,859,83517
Dec 10, 20172020,551-26% 667,164$295,318$12,155,15318
Dec 17, 20171826,464+29% 693,628$396,166$12,551,31919
Dec 24, 20171747,515+80% 741,143$684,691$13,236,01020
Dec 31, 20172613,584-71% 754,727$197,511$13,433,52121
Apr 29, 2018278,054 850,100$102,850$14,680,89738
May 20, 2018266,400 867,568$81,600$14,925,44941
May 26, 2019293,029 1,022,084$45,314$17,272,74294
Jun 16, 2019227,172 1,041,446$71,792$17,543,67297
Jun 23, 2019278,607+20% 1,050,053$118,432$17,662,10498
Jul 7, 2019236,670 1,060,075$86,577$17,792,190100

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Aug 27, 201711,441,946 1,441,946$32,023,687$32,023,6873
Sep 3, 20171348,534-76% 1,790,480$7,305,737$39,329,4244
Sep 10, 20171156,754-55% 1,947,234$3,232,593$42,562,0175
Sep 17, 2017377,141-51% 2,024,375$1,626,205$44,188,2226
Sep 24, 2017442,126-45% 2,066,501$1,068,827$45,257,0497
Oct 1, 2017340,699-3% 2,107,200$831,533$46,088,5828
Oct 8, 2017532,717-20% 2,139,917$662,822$46,751,4049
Oct 15, 2017723,411-28% 2,163,328$481,314$47,232,71810
Oct 22, 20171021,028-10% 2,184,356$425,851$47,658,56911
Oct 29, 20171315,342-27% 2,199,698$359,745$48,018,31412
Nov 5, 20171513,686-11% 2,213,384$340,151$48,358,46513
Nov 12, 20171113,615-1% 2,226,999$326,483$48,684,94814
Nov 19, 20171410,933-20% 2,237,932$272,832$48,957,78015
Nov 26, 20177142,838+1,206% 2,380,770$2,549,035$51,506,81516
Dec 3, 2017662,430-56% 2,443,200$953,483$52,460,29817
Dec 10, 2017734,368-45% 2,477,568$678,792$53,139,09018
Dec 17, 2017931,720-8% 2,509,288$607,948$53,747,03819
Dec 24, 2017961,072+93% 2,570,360$1,190,108$54,937,14620
Dec 31, 20171617,374-72% 2,587,734$395,749$55,332,89521
May 13, 2018209,472 2,635,706$190,575$56,279,59040

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Lead Ensemble Members

Chris Pratt    Peter Quill/Star-Lord
Zoe Saldana    Gamora
Dave Bautista    Drax the Destroyer
Vin Diesel    Baby Groot
Bradley Cooper    Rocket
Michael Rooker    Yondu Udonta
Kurt Russell    Ego
Karen Gillan    Nebula
Pom Klementieff    Mantis
Elizabeth Debicki    Ayesha

Supporting Cast

Chris Sullivan    Taserface
Sean Gunn    Kraglin
Sylvester Stallone    Nova Corp Member
Glenn Close    Irani Rael
Evan Jones    Wretch
Jimmy Urine    Half-Nut
Stephen Blackehart    Brahl
Steve Agee    Gef the Ravager
Mike Escamilla    Scrote
Joe Fria    Oblo
Terence Rosemore    Narblik
Tommy Flanagan    Tullk
Laura Haddock    Meredith Quill
Seth Green    Howard the Duck
Michael Rosenbaum    Martinex T’Naga
Ving Rhames    Charlie-27
Michelle Yeoh    Aleta Ogord/Starhawk

Cameos

Rob Zombie    Himself
Stan Lee    Astronaut
Jeff Goldblum    Grandmaster
Miley Cyrus    Krugarr/Mainframe
David Hasselhoff    Himself

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

James Gunn    Director
James Gunn    Screenwriter
Dan Abnett    Story based on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ by
Andy Lanning    Story based on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ by
Kevin Feige    Producer
Louis D’Esposito    Executive Producer
Victoria Alonso    Executive Producer
Jonathan Schwartz    Executive Producer
Nikolas Korda    Executive Producer
Stan Lee    Executive Producer
David J. Grant    Executive Producer
Henry Braham    Director of Photography
Scott Chambliss    Production Designer
Fred Raskin    Editor
Craig Wood    Editor
Judianna Makovsky    Costume Designer
Christopher Townsend    Visual Effects Supervisor
Tyler Bates    Composer
Dave Jordan    Music Supervisor
Sarah Halley Finn    Casting Director
Tommy Harper    Stunt Coordinator
Dan Sudick    Special Effects Supervisor
Lars P. Winther    First Assistant Director
Easton Smith    Set Designer
Guy Williams    Visual Effects Supervisor
Jonathan Fawkner    Visual Effects Supervisor
Steve Durkee    Score Supervisor
Steve Durkee    Supervising Music Editor
Lee Gilmore    Sound Effects Editor
Jacob Riehle    Assistant Sound Editor
Brad Semenoff    Dialogue/ADR Editor
Nashia Wachsman    Music Editor
Bria Kinter    Set Designer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Weekend predictions: Guardians of the Galaxy headed for $110-million weekend

May 5th, 2023

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3

Everything we know so far about the performance of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 points towards an opening weekend close to $110 million. That’ll knock The Super Mario Bros. Movie off top spot, but the video game adaptation won’t have any trouble holding on to second spot as Love Again looks likely to struggle. More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars: And the Winner is... The Shape of Water for Best Picture

March 4th, 2018

The Shape of Water

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. We will announce the winners and have our reactions as they happen, while keeping track of how our readers did in predicting the outcomes. More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations: Final Look

March 4th, 2018

The Shape of Water

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. Nominees in Italics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in our Oscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, today—enter now!). Bold films are those films I think will win. Meanwhile, those that are Underlined are those I want to win. Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone I’m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldn’t pick between. For example, I will be happy no matter who wins Best Supporting Actress. One last note: The contest is still going and the leading for Best Picture Switched from The Shape of Water to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to tied over the time I was writing this story. This is the closest I’ve ever seen it. Guessing the best picture correctly will go a long way to winning. More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations

January 23rd, 2018

The Shape of Water

The Oscar nominations were announced starting at just after 5 am Pacific time. They do this every year and no one has been able to adequately explain why to me. At least there were some interesting results this year. The Shape of Water led the way with 13 nominations, which is one below the current record and nearly as many as the next two films combined. Overall, there were seventeen films that earned two or more nominations. More...

2017 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I - First-Run Releases and Franchise Box Sets

November 23rd, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

It's Thanksgiving weekend, which means Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and of course the first installment of our Holiday Gift Guide. This week we will tackle first run releases, and normally franchise box sets as well, but this year none jump out as essential additions to the Holiday Gift guide. Worse still, 2017 has been awful at the box office with potential blockbuster after potential blockbuster getting savaged by critics and struggling at the box office. Additionally, some of the biggest and some of the best have been on the home market for nearly half a year, meaning nearly everyone who would want them, already own them. That doesn’t mean there are no films worth adding to this list, but the list is a little shorter than usual. On a side note, two of the films on this year’s list are from the MCU and it would have been three, but Thor: Ragnarok is still in theaters. If you know someone who loves the MCU, but has all of the movies, then check out this site, which has some more unique gift ideas. I specifically like the Spider-man Drone. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming

October 23rd, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

It was a terrible summer at the box office, but Spider-Man: Homecoming was one of the few bright spots. It was one of three films to cross $300 million domestically and has a slim shot at finishing in the top five for the year. Does it deserve this success? Or did it thrive just because it’s part of the MCU? More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Wonder Woman

October 8th, 2017

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is the fourth film in the DCEU and apparently it is one of the last. (Warner Bros. recently came out and said they would be focusing on individual stories and downplaying the overall continuity for a while. Smart move.) Wonder Woman broke a number of records during its box office run, including biggest box office hit for a female director, biggest super hero original movie, etc. and in the end, it was the biggest domestic hit of the summer. Did it deserve this success? Or was it only good compared to the previous installments in the DCEU? More...

Home Market Releases for August 22nd, 2017

August 23rd, 2017

Ash vs Evil Dead: Season Two

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 comes out this week and it is such a big release that is scared away nearly all of the competition. Fortunately, it is also a great film and a serious contender for Pick of the Week. The main competition are Ash vs Evil Dead: Season 2 and Supergirl: Season 2. In the end. I went with Ash vs Evil Dead, but it was a close race. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

August 20th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 was the second biggest hit of the summer and the third biggest hit of 2017 so far. It is also part of the MCU and there hasn’t been a truly bad movie in the MCU so far. Spoiler alert: This movie doesn’t break the winning streak. However, it could be a really good movie and still not live up to the original. Is that the case? Or can Vol 2 outshine the first installment? More...

Home Market Releases for August 8th, 2017

August 8th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

Summer has likely ended at the box office, while it is about to begin on the home market. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is the first of the summer monster hits to come out on the home market. Granted, it is only out on Video on Demand this week, but it is still a contender for Pick of the Week. There are a couple of other contenders, including Cinematic Titanic: The Complete Collection and Re-Animator: Limited Edition 2-Disc Blu-ray, but in the end, I went with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. More...

Weekend Estimates: Dunkirk, Girls Trip Post Impressive Debuts

July 23rd, 2017

Dunkirk

Dunkirk will easily top the chart at the box office this weekend, with a $50.5 million opening weekend from 3,720 theaters that’s broadly in line with expectations, and also remarkably similar to the first weekend for Interstellar, which opened with $47.5 million from 3,561 theaters back in 2014. It seems that the film has reached the Christopher Nolan fan base, but not extended much beyond that. Remarkably, Pearl Harbor remains the record holder for biggest opening weekend for a World War II movie, with the $59 million it earned back in 2001 (equivalent to roughly $93 million with today’s ticket prices). More...

Weekend Estimates: Apes Top Chart, Helped by Big Spider-Man Drop

July 16th, 2017

War for the Planet of the Apes

A weekend estimate just ahead of our prediction for War for the Planet of the Apes, and a one just below our prediction for Spider-Man: Homecoming means there’s a clear winner at the box office. War will come in with $56.5 million, per Fox’s Sunday morning estimate, while Homecoming will finish second with $45.2 million. More...

International Box Office: Spider-Man Snags First Place in Tight Race with $140.03 million

July 13th, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming earned first place in one of the closest races I’ve seen. It pulled in $140.03 million on 24,287 screens in 71 markets for a worldwide opening of $257.06 million. Its biggest market was South Korea, where it earned $19.37 million on 1,965 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $25.94 million. It also cracked $10 million in both the U.K. ($12.11 million in 616 theaters) and Mexico ($11.72 million on 3,506 screens), while it came close to that mark in Brazil with $9.09 million on 1,302 screens. The film did amazing business in Asia, including earning $6.84 million on 1,092 screens in Indonesia and $6.46 million on 1,900 screens in India. The film has yet to open in a number of major markets, including France, Germany, China, and Japan and should top $800 million worldwide with ease before it is done, which is enough to break even before it reaches the home market. The real challenge is surpassing Wonder Woman and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 for top spot on the worldwide chart for the summer. It is too soon to tell if it will get there for sure, but this is a great start. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Spider-Man has Wondrous $117.03 million Opening

July 11th, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

The weekend box office chart held few surprises. Every film in the top five was close to our predictions, while the top two films were a little stronger. This includes Spider-Man: Homecoming, which pulled in $117.03 million during its opening weekend, making it the second fastest debut of the summer. (Only Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is ahead of it in that regard.) Despicable Me 3 held on better than most films this summer and will become a monster hit thanks to its international numbers. Overall, the box office rose by 22% from last weekend hitting $206 million. Unfortunately, this is still 5.1% lower than the same weekend last year. Before the summer began, 2017 had a $200 million lead over 2006. That lead is now down to just $13 million at $5.95 billion to $5.94 billion. This lead could be completely gone by the weekend. More...

Friday Estimates: Spider-Man has $50.5 million Reasons to Celebrate its Homecoming

July 8th, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming dominated the box office on Friday and in a pleasant surprise, it beat predictions with $50.5 million during its opening day. Its opening day vs. its previews is almost identical to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, which would put the film on pace for $130 million over the weekend. Spider-Man: Homecoming did earn better reviews, while both movies earned a solid A from CinemaScore, and many more kids have no school on Monday compared to when Guardians debuted. All of this should help its legs. On the other hand, Homecoming could have a bigger Fanboy Effect, as Spider-Man is a much more established character. Because of that, I’m going to be a little more cautious and predict a $125 million opening weekend. This is still simply fantastic and the only downside is Sony and Disney have to work together to make this work in the long term. This is Sony’s second best domestic opening of all time. (Spider-Man 3 is the only one that beats it.) It could open with more than last year’s number one domestic hit for the studio, Ghostbusters, earned in total. Sony has a lot of reasons to work with Disney to keep Spider-Man in the MCU. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Spider-Man Swings into Theaters with $15.4 million in Previews

July 7th, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming needed to make more than Wonder Woman during its previews in order to match it at the box office. Wonder Woman’s audience was disproportionately female, especially more mature women. This demographic tends to help a film’s legs at the expense of its opening weekend. So if Homecoming only made a little more than the $11.0 million Wonder Woman made, it would fail to crack $100 million over the weekend. Fortunately, it crushed that figure with $15.4 million on Thursday night. This is the third-best figure for previews this year, behind only Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($17.0 million) and Beauty and the Beast ($16.3 million). Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is the better comparison, as the audiences for the two films match up nearly perfectly. If Homecoming does match Guardians’ legs, then it will earn just over $130 million over the weekend. I think the fact that this is the sixth Spider-Man movie and third incarnation of the character in 15 years will hurt its legs a little bit, but $125 million is the new goal to aim for. The only downside here is behind-the-scenes, as the character is being shared by Sony and Disney and I’m not sure how long they can work together. More...

Weekend Predictions: Spider-Man’s Coming Home to the MCU

July 6th, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming is the only film opened wide this weekend and that should help it dominate the box office. In fact, it should have the biggest opening since Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. The competition will put a dent in Despicable Me 3’s box office during the weekend, but even so, it will likely break even sometime over the weekend. This weekend last year had The Secret Life of Pets at the top with just over $100 million, while there were four other films earning $10 million or more. Spider-Man: Homecoming should top The Secret Life of Pets, but the depth this year won’t be as good. If 2017 does lose the year-over-year competition, then its lead over 2016 could evaporate completely. More...

Friday Estimates: Despicable Me 3’s $29.2 million Debut is Top Animated Day of the Year

July 1st, 2017

Despicable Me 3

As expected, Despicable Me 3 earned first place at the box office on Friday with $29.2 million. This is the best single day for an animated film this year. To emphasize, this isn’t just the best opening day, but the best single day, and it should top that on Saturday. The previous record was $23.00 million, earned by The Lego Batman Movie. This film’s reviews are not as good as The Lego Batman Movie’s reviews are (they both earned A minuses from CinemaScore) so it won’t have the same legs. That said, an $83 million opening is still a great start and roughly on par with Despicable Me 2. More...

Weekend Wrap-up: Knight is First for the Weekend, Last for the Franchise with $44.68 million

June 27th, 2017

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight had the weekend to itself, but it couldn’t take advantage earning $44.68 million / $68.48 million over the full five days. It earned less over five days than last year’s winner, Finding Dory, earned over three days. Wonder Woman remained in second place becoming just the third film released in 2017 to hit $300 million, but there was not much else to celebrate at the box office. This explains why the overall box office fell 27% from last weekend down to $139 million. More importantly, this is 26% lower than the same weekend last year. 2017 is still ahead of 2016, but its lead was cut in half to just 1.3% or $70 million. This is a little distressing. More...

Weekend Predictions: Last Knight Opened Last Night with $15.65 million

June 22nd, 2017

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight got off to a weak start on Wednesday earning only $15.65 million. That’s not a great start. Fortunately, Cars 3 and Wonder Woman should have strong holds this weekend and that will help the overall box office numbers. They probably won’t help enough to top this weekend last year in the year-over-year comparison, but it should be close. More...

Friday Estimates: Cars Doesn’t Burn up the Track, Still Wins Friday with $19.5 million

June 17th, 2017

Cars 3

As expected, Cars 3 earned first place on Friday, but it was a little more subdued than expected, with just $19.5 million for the day. This is a higher opening day than The Lego Batman Movie managed, but family films have a much higher internal multiplier outside of summer, because kids won’t be able to see the movie during matinees on the Friday. If it has the same internal multiplier as Finding Dory had, it would open with $48 million. While Cars 3’s reviews are not as good, it earned an A from CinemaScore, the same as Dory did. Furthermore, Cars 3 is being seen much more by kids than Dory was, as that film had a larger share of adult animation fans, so this should also help its legs. It won’t match our prediction of $58 million, but $51 million is still a great result. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Wonder Woman is the Spider-Man of Super Heroes

June 13th, 2017

Wonder Woman

The weekend box office had a few surprises, some positive and some negative. On the positive side, Wonder Woman had the best hold for a major super hero movie since Spider-Man and is on pace for $340 million to $375 million. On the negative side were all three new releases. The Mummy finished on the low side of already low expectations, while It Comes At Night pleased critics, but not moviegoers. Meanwhile, Megan Leavey missed the Mendoza Line. Overall, the box office fell 22% from last weekend to $144 million. This is 5.7% lower than this weekend last year. Fortunately, since this time last week, 2017 expanded its lead over 2016 by about $20 million at $4.90 billion to $4.73 billion. We are almost halfway through the year, so a $175 million / 3.7% lead is solid. It isn’t impossible for that lead to evaporate, but it is enough to be cautiously optimistic about the final tally. More...

International Box Office: Wonder Woman Opens Above Century Mark with $122.5 million

June 7th, 2017

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman opened in first place on the international chart with $122.5 million in 55 markets for a global opening weekend of $225.8 million. Unsurprisingly, the film’s biggest market was China, where it opened in first place with $38.96 million. This is about $10 million less than Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 opened with recently, but then again, that was a sequel, so it is not an entirely fair comparison. Should Wonder Woman have better legs there, then it could still hit $100 million in that market. Other big markets for the movie include South Korea, where it earned $6.40 million on 1,034 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $8.41 million. This is better than Suicide Squad managed in that market, but behind Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Brazil and Mexico were close behind with $8.3 million and $8.22 million respectively. This is better than Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, but not as good as BvS or Suicide Squad. On the other hand, the film struggled somewhat in the U.K earning $8.00 million in 599 screens, which was still enough for first place. It only managed second place in Russia with $3.99 million on 1,194 screens. Overall, the studio should be happy with these results and I bet there’s a sequel already in early stages of development. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Wonder Woman’s Wonderful $103.25 million Start

June 6th, 2017

Wonder Woman

The overall box office bounced back after a weak Memorial Day thanks to two critically acclaimed movies. Wonder Woman led the way with $103.25 million, while Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie was way back with $23.85 million. Overall, the weekend box office pulled in $185 million, which is 31% more than last weekend. It is also 37% more than the same weekend last year. This helped 2017’s lead over 2016 grow by nearly a full percentage point to 3.5% at $4.69 billion to $4.52 billion. More...

Friday Estimates: The DCEU has $38.85 million Reasons to Feel Wonderful

June 3rd, 2017

Wonder Woman

As expected, Wonder Woman led the way on Friday; however, its box office was a little lower than I would have liked with $38.85 million. (I was expecting $42 million on Friday.) This still gives the film a slim shot at $100 million, although it will likely fall a little short. Fortunately, there are some positive signs we should focus on, including the reviews, which ticked up a point to 94% positive on Rotten Tomatoes. Meanwhile, the film earned a solid A from CinemaScore, which should also help its legs. It could still hit $100 million, if it does exceptionally well during matinees on Saturday. We will know this time tomorrow when the weekend estimates are released. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Wonder Woman has Wonderful $11 million Start

June 2nd, 2017

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman had the third best previews for 2017 so far at $11 million. Only Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($17.0 million) and Beauty and the Beast ($16.4 million) have topped it, while it is double what Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales earned just last weekend. This represents the biggest previews for a movie directed by a woman, surpassing Fifty Shades of Grey and I'm very happy this film took away a record from Fifty Shades. So what does this tell us about the film’s box office chances? Sadly, not much. It is right were most people were expecting, so I don’t feel the need to adjust our prediction, but there are a lot of unknown factors that could affect the weekend number. Firstly, the film’s reviews are 93% positive and the word-of-mouth should be just as strong. However, the Fangirl Effect could frontload the film’s box office numbers, thus hurting its legs. There have not been enough female led superhero movies to come out to make a judgment at this time. At the moment, $100 million seems safe, but that could change this time tomorrow when the Friday estimates come in and that number could drop to $90 million or rise to $120 million. Hopefully it is the latter. More...

Weekend Predictions: New Releases are Going to be Wonderful

June 2nd, 2017

Wonder Woman

It’s the first weekend of June and it looks like it could be a monster weekend. Wonder Woman could earn over $100 million during the weekend, while Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is hoping to hit $100 million in total. Both have a great chance of getting there. Add in some solid holdovers and this weekend should earn close to $200 million. By comparison, this weekend last year was nowhere near as strong with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows earning first place with just $35.32 million. Wonder Woman will earn more than that opening day. There’s a chance Wonder Woman will earn more over the weekend than the top five earned this weekend last year. More...

International Box Office: Pirates Sail International Waters with $208.4 million

June 1st, 2017

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales dominated the international box office earning five times more than the rest of the top five combined. The film pulled in $208.4 million in 54 markets and had $271.4 million worldwide by the end of its first weekend. Its biggest single market was China, where it earned $68.55 million over the weekend. This is bigger than its domestic opening. While this is impressive, it is only the third biggest opening in China for a Disney film, behind Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War. On the other hand, the film had a big opening in Russia with $19.10 million, which is the biggest opening weekend in that market of all time. However, it wasn’t all good news, as the only market left to open in is Japan, so it will have to rely on long legs to continue its run. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Pirates Sinks Lower with $78.47 million, Takes 2017 With It

May 31st, 2017

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Memorial Day long weekend wasn’t as potent as expected as both new releases struggled. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales led the way with $78.47 million over four days. This marks the third year in a row where no film released on Memorial Day long weekend earned at least $100 million over four days. I’ve heard some talk that this means it is losing its importance as a long weekend. However, I think the actual answer is much simpler, as it is also the third weekend in a row where no wide releases have earned overall positive reviews. I don’t think the box office power of Memorial Day has dropped since X-Men: Days of Future Past came out. I just think the quality of films has dropped since then. Speaking of lack of quality, Baywatch was DOA earning just $27.71 million over five days and unlike Dead Men Tell No Tales, it likely won’t do significantly better internationally. Despite both new releases struggling, the holiday helped the overall box office grow 14% from last weekend to $141 million. Unfortunately, this was 14% lower than the same weekend last year. 2017 still maintains its lead over 2016, but that lead as slipped to 2.6% or $110 million at $4.46 billion to $4.35 billion. More...

Friday Estimates: Dead Men Tops Chart, but Struggles, with $23.40 million

May 27th, 2017

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

As expected, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales earned first place at the Friday box office. Unfortunately, it missed the low end of expectations with $23.40 million, putting it on pace for a $62 million three-day weekend and a $73 million total opening. The film’s reviews are just 32% positive, putting it in a tie with On Stranger Tides for worst in the franchise. On the other hand, the film earned an A minus from CinemaScore compared to a B plus for the previous installment, so that should help its legs a little. That said, the film cost $230 million to make, so unless it is a monster hit at the international box office, there’s little hope the sequel teased in the end credits will happen. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will New Releases Make a Splash, or are They Dead in the Water?

May 25th, 2017

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

It’s Memorial Day long weekend, which is historically one of the best long weekends at the box office all year. However, this year the two new releases are far from the best. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales has the worst reviews in the franchise and its domestic box office will likely be the same. Sadly, Baywatch’s reviews are even worse. That said, they should still finish one-two over the weekend, while Alien: Covenant and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 will be in a race for third place. It likely won’t be close. Meanwhile, this weekend last year, X-Men: Apocalypse and Alice Through the Looking Glass opened one-two during the weekend with results that are similar to what Dead Men Tell No Tales / Baywatch are expected to make. I don’t know if 2017 will win in the year-over-year comparison, but it should be close. More...

International Box Office: Dangal Dominates China in Groundbreaking Run

May 25th, 2017

Dangal

Dangal became the first Indian film to have its biggest single market not be India. It earned first place in China with $34.22 million over the weekend for totals of $113.55 million in China, $185.6 million internationally, and $198.0 million worldwide. It will shortly become the second Indian film to earn more than $200 million worldwide. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Aliens Crash, but Still Top Chart with $36.16 million

May 23rd, 2017

Alien: Covenant

As expected, Alien: Covenant earned first place on the weekend box office chart. However, it had a strange journey there. Everything, Everything earned more during its opening weekend than it cost to make, which is great news for the studio. On the other hand, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul will be the last entry in this franchise for a long time. Meanwhile, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 became only the second film released in 2017 to hit $300 million domestically. Unfortunately, the good news didn’t outweigh the bad news and the overall box office fell 10% from last weekend to $122 million. Compared to last year, the weekend box office was 11% lower. Fortunately, 2017 still has a $130 million lead over 2016 at $4.23 billion to $4.10 billion, so there’s no reason to panic. More...

Friday Estimates: Aliens Dominate Friday with $15.35 million, Everything’s Okay, Wimpy Not so Much

May 20th, 2017

Alien: Covenant

As expected, Alien: Covenant earned first place on Friday’s box office chart. This is a little better than originally predicted, but in line with our adjustment after Thursday’s previews. Unfortunately, it is not all good news. The reviews are 73% positive, which is good, but it only managed a B from CinemaScore, which is low enough to hurt its legs. We’re still going with just over $40 million over the weekend and over $100 million in total, but this might not be enough to be a real financial success. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can Aliens Invade First Place?

May 18th, 2017

Alien: Covenant

Alien: Covenant is looking to unseat Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 for top spot on the box office chart this weekend. Meanwhile, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul and Everything, Everything are just trying to survive in counter-programming roles. The prognosis for those two is mixed. Meanwhile, this weekend last year, there were five films that earned more than $10 million over the weekend. This year, there might be only two. Hopefully the new releases aren’t that bad, while the holdovers don’t completely collapse. If this happens, 2017 could win in the year-over-year comparison for the second weekend in a row. If not, then 2017's winning streak will end at one. More...

International Box Office: Guardians Completes the Hat Trick with $52.2 million

May 17th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

For the third weekend in a row, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 led the international box office chart, earning $52.2 million in 56 markets for totals of $384.4 million internationally and $632.8 million worldwide. This pushes it into seventh place on the MCU chart. The film opened in second place in Japan, where it pulled in $3.0 million, which is 15% better than the original Guardians of the Galaxy did. On the downside, this is the film’s last market to open in, so it will be coasting on holdovers from now on. Speaking of holdovers, the film’s biggest market is China, where it added $15.16 million over the weekend for a total of $80.56 million. This is the film’s biggest single market and it could hit $100 million there shortly. More...

Theater Averages: Audiences Didn’t Wait to See Paris

May 16th, 2017

Paris Can Wait

Paris Can Wait topped the theater average chart earning nearly $100,000 in just 4 theaters for an average of $24,713. The overall number one film, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, landed in second place with $15,013. The only other film in the $10,000 club was Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe, which earned $11,729 in its lone theater. Manifesto just missed the mark with $9,628 also in one theaters. However, it was a Wednesday release and managed $11,824 during its five-day opening. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Guardians Matches Original’s Hold Earning $65.26 million

May 16th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

As expected, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 crushed the competition this weekend earning more than Snatched and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’s combined openings. However, it held on better than expected down 55% to $65.26 million. The overall box office still fell by 30% from last weekend to $136 million. This is 3.8% higher than the same weekend last year. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 held on better than Captain America: Civil War did during its sophomore stint, but it was strong depth that helped 2017 win the year-over-year comparison. It didn’t win by much, so the overall lead still shrunk to 3.4% at $4.07 billion to $3.93 billion, but any lead is good news. More...

Weekend Estimates: Second Place Snatched from King Arthur

May 14th, 2017

Snatched

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword has proved to be a costly bet gone wrong for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow. The film had a long gestation period, and ended up costing $175 million to make. Once another $100 million or so of marketing is added in, that makes for a target of at least $550 million at the global box office before anyone starts recouping anything from the film. A domestic opening of $14.7 million, and $29.1 million overseas, makes that a laughably-distant prospect. Adding to the embarrassment, King Arthur will start out in third place, behind Mothers Day-play Snatched, and even that film isn’t doing particularly well, when all is said and done. More...

Friday Estimates: New Releases are Feeling Low as Guardians Dominates with $16.43 million

May 13th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

The Friday box office had a couple of surprises, but not at the top. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 easily won the race for number one with $16.43 million. This is 70% lower than its opening Friday, which is distressing. Granted, Sunday is Mother’s Day, so it could bounce back more than it would during the average weekend, and our prediction of just over $60 million is still a solid bet. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can the New Releases Snatch Victory Away from Guardians?

May 11th, 2017

Snatched

There are two wide releases coming out this week, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and Snatched. However, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 will likely destroy them at the box office. The real question is whether or not the top three films this year will out-earn the three films from this weekend last year. At the beginning of the month, I thought that would happen, but now I’m not so sure. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 missed expectations last weekend and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and Snatched haven’t seen their buzz grow like most new releases do. I don’t think 2017 will get crushed like it did last weekend, but I also don’t think it will end its mini-losing streak either. More...

International Box Office: Guardians Protect the Globe for Another Weekend with $123.8 million

May 11th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 remained in first place on the international chart with $123.8 million in 55 markets for totals of $282.6 million internationally and $429.1 million worldwide. The film is already ahead of the worldwide totals of a couple of MCU alumni, The Incredible Hulk and Captain America: The First Avenger. The film opened in first place in a trio of major markets this past weekend: China, South Korea, and Russia. Its biggest opening came in China, no surprise there, where it earned $48.56 million over the weekend for a total opening of $49.47 million, including limited previews. It earned $12.79 million in 1,370 screens over the weekend in Russia. The film earned $6.92 million on 1,218 screens in South Korea over the weekend for a total opening of $13.20 million. In each of these markets, Vol 2 showed strong growth compared to the original Guardians of the Galaxy. In fact, Vol 2 earned more during its opening weekend than the original earned in total ($11.0 million). At this pace, the film will have no trouble matching the original worldwide and its legs will determine if it can reach $1 billion. More...

Contest: Guard These Prizes: Winning Announcement

May 11th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

The winners of our Guard These Prizes contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2’s opening weekend were... More...

Theater Averages: Galaxy Grabs $33,704 on Theater Average Chart

May 10th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

Not only did Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 earn first place on the weekend box office chart, it was also the top film on the theater average chart earning an average of $33,704. This is the fourth best result of the year so far, second best for a wide release. (Beauty and the Beast is still the best of the year with an average of $41,508.) Second place went to the re-release of Stalker with $20,540 in its lone theater. The Lovers was the only other film in the $10,000 club with an average of $16,572 in four theaters. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Galaxy gets the Summer Going with $146.51 million

May 8th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

For the eighth year in a row, a Marvel movie started the summer blockbuster season. This time around, it was Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, which earned $146.51 million, or roughly 75% of the total weekend box office of $194 million. That figure is nearly double the box office from last week, an increase of 97%, to be more precise. Unfortunately, this is also 19% lower than the same weekend last year when Captain America: Civil War dominated the chart. 2017 is still ahead of 2016, but the gap has narrowed to 4.5% at $3.88 billion to $3.71 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Guardians Posts Marvelous $145 Million Debut

May 7th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

It’s the first weekend in May, and that means it’s time for another installment from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Two years ago Avengers: Age of Ultron blasted out the gates with $191 million. Last year, Captain America: Civil War debuted with $179 million. And now, this weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 will launch with a shade over $145 million, according to Disney’s Sunday morning estimate. The steady decline in opening numbers for those three films raises a few questions about the long-term future of the franchise, but there is no universe in which $145 million isn’t a great performance. More...

Friday Estimates: Galaxy Doesn’t Shine as Bright, but Still Earns $56.26 million

May 6th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

As expected, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 dominated the box office chart on Friday. However, it didn’t do quite as well as we predicted with $56.26 million. It would have needed north of $60 million to get to $156 million over the weekend. Its reviews are fantastic, the best in the top ten by quite a margin, while it earned an A from CinemaScore, so it should have solid legs over the weekend. On the other hand, it is a sequel and those tend to be more front-loaded, so look for $138 million over the weekend. It is still very early, but the film appears to be on pace for $350 million domestically and close to $900 million worldwide. This is clearly a monster hit, even if it is not quite as large as anticipated. To put it in perspective, it is the sixth best May opening of all time, so there's plenty of reasons to celebrate this debut. On a side note, four of the five films ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 on that list are from the MCU. The lone exception is Spider-Man 3. Marvel owns May. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Guardians Vol 2 has a Beautiful Start with $17 million

May 5th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 started its box office run with $17 million in previews on Thursday night. This is the best previews so far this year, just topping the $16.3 million Beauty and the Beast earned previously. Unfortunately, this is well below the $25 million Captain America: Civil War managed this time last year. Its reviews are 82% positive, which will be the best in the top ten this weekend and that should help its legs. We predicted an opening weekend of $156 million and I’m relatively happy with figure after this result. That might end up a little to optimistic, but close enough to call it a victory. More...

Weekend Predictions: Guarding the Box Office against Civil War

May 4th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

The summer blockbuster season unofficially begins this weekend with the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. There are no other films opening wide this week, so it will dominate the chart like few films are able to. In fact, the film’s only real competition is Captain America: Civil War, which opened this weekend last year. There’s very little chance Vol 2 will start as fast as Civil War started, but it could have better legs. I think 2017 will lose the year-over-year comparison this weekend, but the rest of the month should be better. More...

International Box Office: Guardians Have a Nearly Galaxy-Wide Opening with $101.2 million

May 3rd, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 started its international run in first place with $101.2 million in 37 markets. The film’s biggest single market was the U.K., where it dominated the market with a 67% market share and $16.94 million in 632 theaters. This is 86% above the opening the original opened with in that market and the second best opening in that market this year. It also cracked $10 million in Australia earning $6.44 million on 705 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $11.72 million. This is more than half of the total weekend box office and an improvement of 27% from the original film; however, the Wednesday opening reduced its weekend haul. Other major markets include Germany ($8.3 million); Mexico ($8.13 million); France ($7.9 million); and Brazil ($6.9 million). Given this start, the film should be able to reach $500 million internationally, maybe even $600 million, depending on its legs. That would give it a realistic shot at $1 billion worldwide. More...

Contest: Circle of Prizes: Winning Announcement

May 3rd, 2017

The Circle

The winners of our Circle of Prizes contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for The Circle’s opening weekend were... More...

2017 Preview: May

May 1st, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

April is over and thank god for that. The Fate of the Furious is currently the only film that was better than a midlevel hit, while Going in Style might end up being the second-biggest release of the month. On the low end, there were seven films on last month’s list that didn’t even manage to open in truly wide release (2,000 or more theaters). Fortunately, May looks a lot brighter. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 should dominate the chart and get the month off to a fast start. Furthermore, every week there’s at least one film with a reasonable chance of earning $100 million domestically. Additionally, last May wasn’t particularly strong, so that should help 2017 overall. Granted, Captain America: Civil War earned more than $400 million, so the month got off to a fast start, but films struggled the rest of the way. The second-biggest film was X-Men: Apocalypse at just $155 million, while only one other movie, The Angry Birds Movie, earned more than $100 million. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 should at least be competitive with Captain America: Civil War, allowing 2017 to win thanks to its superior depth. More...

Weekend Estimates: Niche Audiences to the Fore at Home, Guardians Big Overseas

April 30th, 2017

How to Be a Latin Lover

The last weekend before the Summer season is generally a quiet one, but two breakout hits aimed at niche audiences are making this one interesting. How to Be a Latin Lover will post a shade over $12 million from just 1,118 theaters, according to Lionsgate’s weekend estimate. That would be the news of the weekend if it wasn’t for Baahubali 2: The Conclusion earning the best weekend for a Bollywood movie in history with a stellar $10.1 million from just 425 locations. Those two films couldn’t knock The Fate of the Furious off top spot though, as the action blockbuster added another $19.4 million, to take its domestic total to $192.7 million. More...

Contest: Guard These Prizes

April 28th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

There is only one wide release next weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2. Because of that, it is the only choice for the target film in this week’s box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a Frankenprise consisting of their choice of either one TV on DVD release, two movies, or a kids package (could be a theatrical release, a couple of single-disc TV on DVD releases, or a full season TV on DVD release). Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a Frankenprize, as described above. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will win the final Frankenprize, as described above.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

International Box Office: Furious Fast Start Leads to a Quick Fall with $158.1 million

April 26th, 2017

The Fate of the Furious

The Fate of the Furious is living fast, but plummeting just as fast down 64% to $158.1 million on 19,757 screens in 65 territories for totals of $745.03 million internationally and $908.34 million worldwide. The film is now the biggest hit of 2017 on the international chart and is behind only Beauty and the Beast on the 2017 worldwide chart. The film’s biggest opening of the past weekend came in Poland where it earned $2.7 million on 187 screens, which is the best opening for the Fast and the Furious franchise in that market. Its biggest market overall continues to be China, where it added $55.28 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $321.65 million. The is the second biggest box office for a Hollywood release in China, behind only Furious 7, which earned $390.87 million there. More...

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Synopsis

The team’s adventures continue as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$146,510,104 (37.6% of total gross)
Legs:2.66 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:44.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$200,000,000 (worldwide box office is 4.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:4,347 opening theaters/4,347 max. theaters, 7.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $468,471,031

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 5th, 2017 (Wide) by Walt Disney
International Releases: April 28th, 2017 (Wide) (Australia)
April 28th, 2017 (Wide) (Brazil)
April 28th, 2017 (Wide) (France)
April 28th, 2017 (Wide) (Germany)
April 28th, 2017 (Wide) (Hong Kong)
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Video Release: August 8th, 2017 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action and violence, language, and brief suggestive content.
(Rating bulletin 2470 (Cert #50971), 4/5/2017)
Running Time: 136 minutes
Franchise: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Guardians of the Galaxy
Comparisons: Blockbusters, 2017
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Keywords: Marvel Comics, Humans as Aliens, Interspecies Romance, Romance, Unrequited Love, Adopted Family, Family Affair, Sibling Rivalry, Family Secrets, Psychics, Animal Lead, Talking Animals, Visual Effects, Digital Cinematography, 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, Ensemble, Gratuitous Cameos, Intertitle, 1980s, Dysfunctional Family, Motion Capture Performance, 3-D - Post-production Conversion, IMAX: DMR, Filmed in Pinewood Atlanta Studios, Filmed in Fayette County, GA, Filmed in Georgia, United States, Filmed in United States, Filmed in Cartersville, GA, Filmed in Bartow County, GA, Filmed in St. Charles, MO, Filmed in St. Charles County, MO, Filmed in Missouri, United States, Filmed in Georgia International Convention Center, GA, Filmed in Clayton County, GA, Filmed in Oregon, United States
Source:Based on Comic/Graphic Novel
Genre:Action
Production Method:Animation/Live Action
Creative Type:Super Hero
Production/Financing Companies: Marvel Studios
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 9th Tuesday 66 $425,878 Jul 4, 2017 61
Biggest 9th Monday 85 $452,714 Jul 3, 2017 60
Biggest 8th Tuesday 83 $509,858 Jun 27, 2017 54
Biggest 7th Sunday 68 $2,010,573 Jun 18, 2017 45
Biggest 6th Tuesday 94 $1,075,963 Jun 13, 2017 40
Biggest 5th Tuesday 91 $1,436,102 Jun 6, 2017 33
Fastest to $350m 38 $352,600,837 Jun 2, 2017 30
Biggest 4th Wednesday 99 $1,611,729 May 31, 2017 27
Biggest 4th Tuesday 73 $2,217,839 May 30, 2017 26
Biggest 4th Monday 9 $6,282,030 May 29, 2017 25
Biggest 4th Sunday 27 $7,648,686 May 28, 2017 24
Biggest Domestic 4th Weekend 47 $20,907,121 May 26, 2017 24
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 74 $20,907,121 May 26, 2017 24
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 103 $26,725,167 May 26, 2017 24
Memorial Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 60 $27,189,151 May 26, 2017 24
Memorial Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 70 $34,755,365 May 26, 2017 24
Biggest 4th Saturday 64 $7,883,339 May 27, 2017 23
Biggest 4th Friday 73 $5,375,096 May 26, 2017 22
Biggest 3rd Tuesday 80 $3,388,947 May 23, 2017 19
Biggest 3rd Monday 67 $3,597,323 May 22, 2017 18
Biggest 3rd Sunday 28 $10,985,538 May 21, 2017 17
Biggest Domestic 3rd Weekend 39 $34,653,754 May 19, 2017 17
Fastest to $300m 37 $301,391,228 May 19, 2017 17
Biggest 3rd Saturday 33 $14,951,137 May 20, 2017 16
Biggest 3rd Friday 66 $8,717,079 May 19, 2017 15
Biggest 2nd Tuesday 81 $5,946,795 May 16, 2017 12
Fastest to $250m 37 $253,122,499 May 15, 2017 11
Biggest 2nd Sunday 25 $20,893,084 May 14, 2017 10
Biggest Domestic 2nd Weekend 30 $65,263,492 May 12, 2017 10
Biggest 2nd Saturday 26 $27,879,884 May 13, 2017 9
Fastest to $200m 43 $227,527,827 May 12, 2017 9
Biggest 2nd Friday 63 $16,490,524 May 12, 2017 8
Biggest 1st Tuesday 61 $12,097,479 May 9, 2017 5
Biggest Domestic Tuesday 83 $12,097,479 May 9, 2017 5
Fastest to $150m 35 $156,372,759 May 8, 2017 4
Biggest 1st Sunday 23 $39,127,045 May 7, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Sunday 25 $39,127,045 May 7, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic May Weekend 8 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Opening Weekend 30 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Top Action Weekend Domestic 19 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Top Animation/Live Action Weekend Domestic 19 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Top Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Weekend Domestic 17 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Top PG-13 Weekend Domestic 29 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Sequel Weekend 24 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Top Super Hero Weekend Domestic 17 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Top Walt Disney Weekend Domestic 20 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Biggest Domestic Weekend 32 $146,510,104 May 5, 2017 3
Top 2017 Theater Average 25 $33,704 May 5, 2017 3
Widest Opening Weekend 41 4,347 May 5, 2017 3
Biggest 1st Saturday 21 $51,304,539 May 6, 2017 2
Biggest Domestic Saturday 23 $51,304,539 May 6, 2017 2
Fastest to $100m 33 $107,383,059 May 5, 2017 2
Biggest 1st Friday 38 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Top Action Day Domestic 42 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Top Animation/Live Action Day Domestic 42 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Top Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Day Domestic 35 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Top PG-13 Day Domestic 59 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic Sequel Day 50 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Top Super Hero Day Domestic 35 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Top Walt Disney Day Domestic 40 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic Friday 38 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic May Day 14 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Biggest Domestic Day 67 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Fastest to $50m 42 $56,078,520 May 5, 2017 1
Biggest Previews 41 $17,000,000 May 4, 2017 0

Lead Ensemble Members

Chris Pratt    Peter Quill/Star-Lord
Zoe Saldana    Gamora
Dave Bautista    Drax the Destroyer
Vin Diesel    Baby Groot
Bradley Cooper    Rocket
Michael Rooker    Yondu Udonta
Kurt Russell    Ego
Karen Gillan    Nebula
Pom Klementieff    Mantis
Elizabeth Debicki    Ayesha

Supporting Cast

Chris Sullivan    Taserface
Sean Gunn    Kraglin
Sylvester Stallone    Nova Corp Member
Glenn Close    Irani Rael
Evan Jones    Wretch
Jimmy Urine    Half-Nut
Stephen Blackehart    Brahl
Steve Agee    Gef the Ravager
Mike Escamilla    Scrote
Joe Fria    Oblo
Terence Rosemore    Narblik
Tommy Flanagan    Tullk
Laura Haddock    Meredith Quill
Seth Green    Howard the Duck
Michael Rosenbaum    Martinex T’Naga
Ving Rhames    Charlie-27
Michelle Yeoh    Aleta Ogord/Starhawk

Cameos

Rob Zombie    Himself
Stan Lee    Astronaut
Jeff Goldblum    Grandmaster
Miley Cyrus    Krugarr/Mainframe
David Hasselhoff    Himself

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

James Gunn    Director
James Gunn    Screenwriter
Dan Abnett    Story based on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ by
Andy Lanning    Story based on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ by
Kevin Feige    Producer
Louis D’Esposito    Executive Producer
Victoria Alonso    Executive Producer
Jonathan Schwartz    Executive Producer
Nikolas Korda    Executive Producer
Stan Lee    Executive Producer
David J. Grant    Executive Producer
Henry Braham    Director of Photography
Scott Chambliss    Production Designer
Fred Raskin    Editor
Craig Wood    Editor
Judianna Makovsky    Costume Designer
Christopher Townsend    Visual Effects Supervisor
Tyler Bates    Composer
Dave Jordan    Music Supervisor
Sarah Halley Finn    Casting Director
Tommy Harper    Stunt Coordinator
Dan Sudick    Special Effects Supervisor
Lars P. Winther    First Assistant Director
Easton Smith    Set Designer
Guy Williams    Visual Effects Supervisor
Jonathan Fawkner    Visual Effects Supervisor
Steve Durkee    Score Supervisor
Steve Durkee    Supervising Music Editor
Lee Gilmore    Sound Effects Editor
Jacob Riehle    Assistant Sound Editor
Brad Semenoff    Dialogue/ADR Editor
Nashia Wachsman    Music Editor
Bria Kinter    Set Designer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Weekend predictions: Guardians of the Galaxy headed for $110-million weekend

May 5th, 2023

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3

Everything we know so far about the performance of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 points towards an opening weekend close to $110 million. That’ll knock The Super Mario Bros. Movie off top spot, but the video game adaptation won’t have any trouble holding on to second spot as Love Again looks likely to struggle. More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars: And the Winner is... The Shape of Water for Best Picture

March 4th, 2018

The Shape of Water

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. We will announce the winners and have our reactions as they happen, while keeping track of how our readers did in predicting the outcomes. More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations: Final Look

March 4th, 2018

The Shape of Water

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. Nominees in Italics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in our Oscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, today—enter now!). Bold films are those films I think will win. Meanwhile, those that are Underlined are those I want to win. Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone I’m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldn’t pick between. For example, I will be happy no matter who wins Best Supporting Actress. One last note: The contest is still going and the leading for Best Picture Switched from The Shape of Water to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to tied over the time I was writing this story. This is the closest I’ve ever seen it. Guessing the best picture correctly will go a long way to winning. More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations

January 23rd, 2018

The Shape of Water

The Oscar nominations were announced starting at just after 5 am Pacific time. They do this every year and no one has been able to adequately explain why to me. At least there were some interesting results this year. The Shape of Water led the way with 13 nominations, which is one below the current record and nearly as many as the next two films combined. Overall, there were seventeen films that earned two or more nominations. More...

2017 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I - First-Run Releases and Franchise Box Sets

November 23rd, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

It's Thanksgiving weekend, which means Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and of course the first installment of our Holiday Gift Guide. This week we will tackle first run releases, and normally franchise box sets as well, but this year none jump out as essential additions to the Holiday Gift guide. Worse still, 2017 has been awful at the box office with potential blockbuster after potential blockbuster getting savaged by critics and struggling at the box office. Additionally, some of the biggest and some of the best have been on the home market for nearly half a year, meaning nearly everyone who would want them, already own them. That doesn’t mean there are no films worth adding to this list, but the list is a little shorter than usual. On a side note, two of the films on this year’s list are from the MCU and it would have been three, but Thor: Ragnarok is still in theaters. If you know someone who loves the MCU, but has all of the movies, then check out this site, which has some more unique gift ideas. I specifically like the Spider-man Drone. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming

October 23rd, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

It was a terrible summer at the box office, but Spider-Man: Homecoming was one of the few bright spots. It was one of three films to cross $300 million domestically and has a slim shot at finishing in the top five for the year. Does it deserve this success? Or did it thrive just because it’s part of the MCU? More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Wonder Woman

October 8th, 2017

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is the fourth film in the DCEU and apparently it is one of the last. (Warner Bros. recently came out and said they would be focusing on individual stories and downplaying the overall continuity for a while. Smart move.) Wonder Woman broke a number of records during its box office run, including biggest box office hit for a female director, biggest super hero original movie, etc. and in the end, it was the biggest domestic hit of the summer. Did it deserve this success? Or was it only good compared to the previous installments in the DCEU? More...

Home Market Releases for August 22nd, 2017

August 23rd, 2017

Ash vs Evil Dead: Season Two

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 comes out this week and it is such a big release that is scared away nearly all of the competition. Fortunately, it is also a great film and a serious contender for Pick of the Week. The main competition are Ash vs Evil Dead: Season 2 and Supergirl: Season 2. In the end. I went with Ash vs Evil Dead, but it was a close race. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

August 20th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 was the second biggest hit of the summer and the third biggest hit of 2017 so far. It is also part of the MCU and there hasn’t been a truly bad movie in the MCU so far. Spoiler alert: This movie doesn’t break the winning streak. However, it could be a really good movie and still not live up to the original. Is that the case? Or can Vol 2 outshine the first installment? More...

Home Market Releases for August 8th, 2017

August 8th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

Summer has likely ended at the box office, while it is about to begin on the home market. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is the first of the summer monster hits to come out on the home market. Granted, it is only out on Video on Demand this week, but it is still a contender for Pick of the Week. There are a couple of other contenders, including Cinematic Titanic: The Complete Collection and Re-Animator: Limited Edition 2-Disc Blu-ray, but in the end, I went with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. More...

Weekend Estimates: Dunkirk, Girls Trip Post Impressive Debuts

July 23rd, 2017

Dunkirk

Dunkirk will easily top the chart at the box office this weekend, with a $50.5 million opening weekend from 3,720 theaters that’s broadly in line with expectations, and also remarkably similar to the first weekend for Interstellar, which opened with $47.5 million from 3,561 theaters back in 2014. It seems that the film has reached the Christopher Nolan fan base, but not extended much beyond that. Remarkably, Pearl Harbor remains the record holder for biggest opening weekend for a World War II movie, with the $59 million it earned back in 2001 (equivalent to roughly $93 million with today’s ticket prices). More...

Weekend Estimates: Apes Top Chart, Helped by Big Spider-Man Drop

July 16th, 2017

War for the Planet of the Apes

A weekend estimate just ahead of our prediction for War for the Planet of the Apes, and a one just below our prediction for Spider-Man: Homecoming means there’s a clear winner at the box office. War will come in with $56.5 million, per Fox’s Sunday morning estimate, while Homecoming will finish second with $45.2 million. More...

International Box Office: Spider-Man Snags First Place in Tight Race with $140.03 million

July 13th, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming earned first place in one of the closest races I’ve seen. It pulled in $140.03 million on 24,287 screens in 71 markets for a worldwide opening of $257.06 million. Its biggest market was South Korea, where it earned $19.37 million on 1,965 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $25.94 million. It also cracked $10 million in both the U.K. ($12.11 million in 616 theaters) and Mexico ($11.72 million on 3,506 screens), while it came close to that mark in Brazil with $9.09 million on 1,302 screens. The film did amazing business in Asia, including earning $6.84 million on 1,092 screens in Indonesia and $6.46 million on 1,900 screens in India. The film has yet to open in a number of major markets, including France, Germany, China, and Japan and should top $800 million worldwide with ease before it is done, which is enough to break even before it reaches the home market. The real challenge is surpassing Wonder Woman and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 for top spot on the worldwide chart for the summer. It is too soon to tell if it will get there for sure, but this is a great start. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Spider-Man has Wondrous $117.03 million Opening

July 11th, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

The weekend box office chart held few surprises. Every film in the top five was close to our predictions, while the top two films were a little stronger. This includes Spider-Man: Homecoming, which pulled in $117.03 million during its opening weekend, making it the second fastest debut of the summer. (Only Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is ahead of it in that regard.) Despicable Me 3 held on better than most films this summer and will become a monster hit thanks to its international numbers. Overall, the box office rose by 22% from last weekend hitting $206 million. Unfortunately, this is still 5.1% lower than the same weekend last year. Before the summer began, 2017 had a $200 million lead over 2006. That lead is now down to just $13 million at $5.95 billion to $5.94 billion. This lead could be completely gone by the weekend. More...

Friday Estimates: Spider-Man has $50.5 million Reasons to Celebrate its Homecoming

July 8th, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming dominated the box office on Friday and in a pleasant surprise, it beat predictions with $50.5 million during its opening day. Its opening day vs. its previews is almost identical to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, which would put the film on pace for $130 million over the weekend. Spider-Man: Homecoming did earn better reviews, while both movies earned a solid A from CinemaScore, and many more kids have no school on Monday compared to when Guardians debuted. All of this should help its legs. On the other hand, Homecoming could have a bigger Fanboy Effect, as Spider-Man is a much more established character. Because of that, I’m going to be a little more cautious and predict a $125 million opening weekend. This is still simply fantastic and the only downside is Sony and Disney have to work together to make this work in the long term. This is Sony’s second best domestic opening of all time. (Spider-Man 3 is the only one that beats it.) It could open with more than last year’s number one domestic hit for the studio, Ghostbusters, earned in total. Sony has a lot of reasons to work with Disney to keep Spider-Man in the MCU. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Spider-Man Swings into Theaters with $15.4 million in Previews

July 7th, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming needed to make more than Wonder Woman during its previews in order to match it at the box office. Wonder Woman’s audience was disproportionately female, especially more mature women. This demographic tends to help a film’s legs at the expense of its opening weekend. So if Homecoming only made a little more than the $11.0 million Wonder Woman made, it would fail to crack $100 million over the weekend. Fortunately, it crushed that figure with $15.4 million on Thursday night. This is the third-best figure for previews this year, behind only Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($17.0 million) and Beauty and the Beast ($16.3 million). Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is the better comparison, as the audiences for the two films match up nearly perfectly. If Homecoming does match Guardians’ legs, then it will earn just over $130 million over the weekend. I think the fact that this is the sixth Spider-Man movie and third incarnation of the character in 15 years will hurt its legs a little bit, but $125 million is the new goal to aim for. The only downside here is behind-the-scenes, as the character is being shared by Sony and Disney and I’m not sure how long they can work together. More...

Weekend Predictions: Spider-Man’s Coming Home to the MCU

July 6th, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming is the only film opened wide this weekend and that should help it dominate the box office. In fact, it should have the biggest opening since Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. The competition will put a dent in Despicable Me 3’s box office during the weekend, but even so, it will likely break even sometime over the weekend. This weekend last year had The Secret Life of Pets at the top with just over $100 million, while there were four other films earning $10 million or more. Spider-Man: Homecoming should top The Secret Life of Pets, but the depth this year won’t be as good. If 2017 does lose the year-over-year competition, then its lead over 2016 could evaporate completely. More...

Friday Estimates: Despicable Me 3’s $29.2 million Debut is Top Animated Day of the Year

July 1st, 2017

Despicable Me 3

As expected, Despicable Me 3 earned first place at the box office on Friday with $29.2 million. This is the best single day for an animated film this year. To emphasize, this isn’t just the best opening day, but the best single day, and it should top that on Saturday. The previous record was $23.00 million, earned by The Lego Batman Movie. This film’s reviews are not as good as The Lego Batman Movie’s reviews are (they both earned A minuses from CinemaScore) so it won’t have the same legs. That said, an $83 million opening is still a great start and roughly on par with Despicable Me 2. More...

Weekend Wrap-up: Knight is First for the Weekend, Last for the Franchise with $44.68 million

June 27th, 2017

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight had the weekend to itself, but it couldn’t take advantage earning $44.68 million / $68.48 million over the full five days. It earned less over five days than last year’s winner, Finding Dory, earned over three days. Wonder Woman remained in second place becoming just the third film released in 2017 to hit $300 million, but there was not much else to celebrate at the box office. This explains why the overall box office fell 27% from last weekend down to $139 million. More importantly, this is 26% lower than the same weekend last year. 2017 is still ahead of 2016, but its lead was cut in half to just 1.3% or $70 million. This is a little distressing. More...

Weekend Predictions: Last Knight Opened Last Night with $15.65 million

June 22nd, 2017

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight got off to a weak start on Wednesday earning only $15.65 million. That’s not a great start. Fortunately, Cars 3 and Wonder Woman should have strong holds this weekend and that will help the overall box office numbers. They probably won’t help enough to top this weekend last year in the year-over-year comparison, but it should be close. More...

Friday Estimates: Cars Doesn’t Burn up the Track, Still Wins Friday with $19.5 million

June 17th, 2017

Cars 3

As expected, Cars 3 earned first place on Friday, but it was a little more subdued than expected, with just $19.5 million for the day. This is a higher opening day than The Lego Batman Movie managed, but family films have a much higher internal multiplier outside of summer, because kids won’t be able to see the movie during matinees on the Friday. If it has the same internal multiplier as Finding Dory had, it would open with $48 million. While Cars 3’s reviews are not as good, it earned an A from CinemaScore, the same as Dory did. Furthermore, Cars 3 is being seen much more by kids than Dory was, as that film had a larger share of adult animation fans, so this should also help its legs. It won’t match our prediction of $58 million, but $51 million is still a great result. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Wonder Woman is the Spider-Man of Super Heroes

June 13th, 2017

Wonder Woman

The weekend box office had a few surprises, some positive and some negative. On the positive side, Wonder Woman had the best hold for a major super hero movie since Spider-Man and is on pace for $340 million to $375 million. On the negative side were all three new releases. The Mummy finished on the low side of already low expectations, while It Comes At Night pleased critics, but not moviegoers. Meanwhile, Megan Leavey missed the Mendoza Line. Overall, the box office fell 22% from last weekend to $144 million. This is 5.7% lower than this weekend last year. Fortunately, since this time last week, 2017 expanded its lead over 2016 by about $20 million at $4.90 billion to $4.73 billion. We are almost halfway through the year, so a $175 million / 3.7% lead is solid. It isn’t impossible for that lead to evaporate, but it is enough to be cautiously optimistic about the final tally. More...

International Box Office: Wonder Woman Opens Above Century Mark with $122.5 million

June 7th, 2017

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman opened in first place on the international chart with $122.5 million in 55 markets for a global opening weekend of $225.8 million. Unsurprisingly, the film’s biggest market was China, where it opened in first place with $38.96 million. This is about $10 million less than Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 opened with recently, but then again, that was a sequel, so it is not an entirely fair comparison. Should Wonder Woman have better legs there, then it could still hit $100 million in that market. Other big markets for the movie include South Korea, where it earned $6.40 million on 1,034 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $8.41 million. This is better than Suicide Squad managed in that market, but behind Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Brazil and Mexico were close behind with $8.3 million and $8.22 million respectively. This is better than Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, but not as good as BvS or Suicide Squad. On the other hand, the film struggled somewhat in the U.K earning $8.00 million in 599 screens, which was still enough for first place. It only managed second place in Russia with $3.99 million on 1,194 screens. Overall, the studio should be happy with these results and I bet there’s a sequel already in early stages of development. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Wonder Woman’s Wonderful $103.25 million Start

June 6th, 2017

Wonder Woman

The overall box office bounced back after a weak Memorial Day thanks to two critically acclaimed movies. Wonder Woman led the way with $103.25 million, while Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie was way back with $23.85 million. Overall, the weekend box office pulled in $185 million, which is 31% more than last weekend. It is also 37% more than the same weekend last year. This helped 2017’s lead over 2016 grow by nearly a full percentage point to 3.5% at $4.69 billion to $4.52 billion. More...

Friday Estimates: The DCEU has $38.85 million Reasons to Feel Wonderful

June 3rd, 2017

Wonder Woman

As expected, Wonder Woman led the way on Friday; however, its box office was a little lower than I would have liked with $38.85 million. (I was expecting $42 million on Friday.) This still gives the film a slim shot at $100 million, although it will likely fall a little short. Fortunately, there are some positive signs we should focus on, including the reviews, which ticked up a point to 94% positive on Rotten Tomatoes. Meanwhile, the film earned a solid A from CinemaScore, which should also help its legs. It could still hit $100 million, if it does exceptionally well during matinees on Saturday. We will know this time tomorrow when the weekend estimates are released. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Wonder Woman has Wonderful $11 million Start

June 2nd, 2017

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman had the third best previews for 2017 so far at $11 million. Only Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ($17.0 million) and Beauty and the Beast ($16.4 million) have topped it, while it is double what Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales earned just last weekend. This represents the biggest previews for a movie directed by a woman, surpassing Fifty Shades of Grey and I'm very happy this film took away a record from Fifty Shades. So what does this tell us about the film’s box office chances? Sadly, not much. It is right were most people were expecting, so I don’t feel the need to adjust our prediction, but there are a lot of unknown factors that could affect the weekend number. Firstly, the film’s reviews are 93% positive and the word-of-mouth should be just as strong. However, the Fangirl Effect could frontload the film’s box office numbers, thus hurting its legs. There have not been enough female led superhero movies to come out to make a judgment at this time. At the moment, $100 million seems safe, but that could change this time tomorrow when the Friday estimates come in and that number could drop to $90 million or rise to $120 million. Hopefully it is the latter. More...

Weekend Predictions: New Releases are Going to be Wonderful

June 2nd, 2017

Wonder Woman

It’s the first weekend of June and it looks like it could be a monster weekend. Wonder Woman could earn over $100 million during the weekend, while Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is hoping to hit $100 million in total. Both have a great chance of getting there. Add in some solid holdovers and this weekend should earn close to $200 million. By comparison, this weekend last year was nowhere near as strong with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows earning first place with just $35.32 million. Wonder Woman will earn more than that opening day. There’s a chance Wonder Woman will earn more over the weekend than the top five earned this weekend last year. More...

International Box Office: Pirates Sail International Waters with $208.4 million

June 1st, 2017

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales dominated the international box office earning five times more than the rest of the top five combined. The film pulled in $208.4 million in 54 markets and had $271.4 million worldwide by the end of its first weekend. Its biggest single market was China, where it earned $68.55 million over the weekend. This is bigger than its domestic opening. While this is impressive, it is only the third biggest opening in China for a Disney film, behind Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War. On the other hand, the film had a big opening in Russia with $19.10 million, which is the biggest opening weekend in that market of all time. However, it wasn’t all good news, as the only market left to open in is Japan, so it will have to rely on long legs to continue its run. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Pirates Sinks Lower with $78.47 million, Takes 2017 With It

May 31st, 2017

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Memorial Day long weekend wasn’t as potent as expected as both new releases struggled. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales led the way with $78.47 million over four days. This marks the third year in a row where no film released on Memorial Day long weekend earned at least $100 million over four days. I’ve heard some talk that this means it is losing its importance as a long weekend. However, I think the actual answer is much simpler, as it is also the third weekend in a row where no wide releases have earned overall positive reviews. I don’t think the box office power of Memorial Day has dropped since X-Men: Days of Future Past came out. I just think the quality of films has dropped since then. Speaking of lack of quality, Baywatch was DOA earning just $27.71 million over five days and unlike Dead Men Tell No Tales, it likely won’t do significantly better internationally. Despite both new releases struggling, the holiday helped the overall box office grow 14% from last weekend to $141 million. Unfortunately, this was 14% lower than the same weekend last year. 2017 still maintains its lead over 2016, but that lead as slipped to 2.6% or $110 million at $4.46 billion to $4.35 billion. More...

Friday Estimates: Dead Men Tops Chart, but Struggles, with $23.40 million

May 27th, 2017

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

As expected, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales earned first place at the Friday box office. Unfortunately, it missed the low end of expectations with $23.40 million, putting it on pace for a $62 million three-day weekend and a $73 million total opening. The film’s reviews are just 32% positive, putting it in a tie with On Stranger Tides for worst in the franchise. On the other hand, the film earned an A minus from CinemaScore compared to a B plus for the previous installment, so that should help its legs a little. That said, the film cost $230 million to make, so unless it is a monster hit at the international box office, there’s little hope the sequel teased in the end credits will happen. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will New Releases Make a Splash, or are They Dead in the Water?

May 25th, 2017

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

It’s Memorial Day long weekend, which is historically one of the best long weekends at the box office all year. However, this year the two new releases are far from the best. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales has the worst reviews in the franchise and its domestic box office will likely be the same. Sadly, Baywatch’s reviews are even worse. That said, they should still finish one-two over the weekend, while Alien: Covenant and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 will be in a race for third place. It likely won’t be close. Meanwhile, this weekend last year, X-Men: Apocalypse and Alice Through the Looking Glass opened one-two during the weekend with results that are similar to what Dead Men Tell No Tales / Baywatch are expected to make. I don’t know if 2017 will win in the year-over-year comparison, but it should be close. More...

International Box Office: Dangal Dominates China in Groundbreaking Run

May 25th, 2017

Dangal

Dangal became the first Indian film to have its biggest single market not be India. It earned first place in China with $34.22 million over the weekend for totals of $113.55 million in China, $185.6 million internationally, and $198.0 million worldwide. It will shortly become the second Indian film to earn more than $200 million worldwide. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Aliens Crash, but Still Top Chart with $36.16 million

May 23rd, 2017

Alien: Covenant

As expected, Alien: Covenant earned first place on the weekend box office chart. However, it had a strange journey there. Everything, Everything earned more during its opening weekend than it cost to make, which is great news for the studio. On the other hand, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul will be the last entry in this franchise for a long time. Meanwhile, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 became only the second film released in 2017 to hit $300 million domestically. Unfortunately, the good news didn’t outweigh the bad news and the overall box office fell 10% from last weekend to $122 million. Compared to last year, the weekend box office was 11% lower. Fortunately, 2017 still has a $130 million lead over 2016 at $4.23 billion to $4.10 billion, so there’s no reason to panic. More...

Friday Estimates: Aliens Dominate Friday with $15.35 million, Everything’s Okay, Wimpy Not so Much

May 20th, 2017

Alien: Covenant

As expected, Alien: Covenant earned first place on Friday’s box office chart. This is a little better than originally predicted, but in line with our adjustment after Thursday’s previews. Unfortunately, it is not all good news. The reviews are 73% positive, which is good, but it only managed a B from CinemaScore, which is low enough to hurt its legs. We’re still going with just over $40 million over the weekend and over $100 million in total, but this might not be enough to be a real financial success. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can Aliens Invade First Place?

May 18th, 2017

Alien: Covenant

Alien: Covenant is looking to unseat Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 for top spot on the box office chart this weekend. Meanwhile, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul and Everything, Everything are just trying to survive in counter-programming roles. The prognosis for those two is mixed. Meanwhile, this weekend last year, there were five films that earned more than $10 million over the weekend. This year, there might be only two. Hopefully the new releases aren’t that bad, while the holdovers don’t completely collapse. If this happens, 2017 could win in the year-over-year comparison for the second weekend in a row. If not, then 2017's winning streak will end at one. More...

International Box Office: Guardians Completes the Hat Trick with $52.2 million

May 17th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

For the third weekend in a row, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 led the international box office chart, earning $52.2 million in 56 markets for totals of $384.4 million internationally and $632.8 million worldwide. This pushes it into seventh place on the MCU chart. The film opened in second place in Japan, where it pulled in $3.0 million, which is 15% better than the original Guardians of the Galaxy did. On the downside, this is the film’s last market to open in, so it will be coasting on holdovers from now on. Speaking of holdovers, the film’s biggest market is China, where it added $15.16 million over the weekend for a total of $80.56 million. This is the film’s biggest single market and it could hit $100 million there shortly. More...

Theater Averages: Audiences Didn’t Wait to See Paris

May 16th, 2017

Paris Can Wait

Paris Can Wait topped the theater average chart earning nearly $100,000 in just 4 theaters for an average of $24,713. The overall number one film, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, landed in second place with $15,013. The only other film in the $10,000 club was Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe, which earned $11,729 in its lone theater. Manifesto just missed the mark with $9,628 also in one theaters. However, it was a Wednesday release and managed $11,824 during its five-day opening. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Guardians Matches Original’s Hold Earning $65.26 million

May 16th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

As expected, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 crushed the competition this weekend earning more than Snatched and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’s combined openings. However, it held on better than expected down 55% to $65.26 million. The overall box office still fell by 30% from last weekend to $136 million. This is 3.8% higher than the same weekend last year. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 held on better than Captain America: Civil War did during its sophomore stint, but it was strong depth that helped 2017 win the year-over-year comparison. It didn’t win by much, so the overall lead still shrunk to 3.4% at $4.07 billion to $3.93 billion, but any lead is good news. More...

Weekend Estimates: Second Place Snatched from King Arthur

May 14th, 2017

Snatched

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword has proved to be a costly bet gone wrong for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow. The film had a long gestation period, and ended up costing $175 million to make. Once another $100 million or so of marketing is added in, that makes for a target of at least $550 million at the global box office before anyone starts recouping anything from the film. A domestic opening of $14.7 million, and $29.1 million overseas, makes that a laughably-distant prospect. Adding to the embarrassment, King Arthur will start out in third place, behind Mothers Day-play Snatched, and even that film isn’t doing particularly well, when all is said and done. More...

Friday Estimates: New Releases are Feeling Low as Guardians Dominates with $16.43 million

May 13th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

The Friday box office had a couple of surprises, but not at the top. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 easily won the race for number one with $16.43 million. This is 70% lower than its opening Friday, which is distressing. Granted, Sunday is Mother’s Day, so it could bounce back more than it would during the average weekend, and our prediction of just over $60 million is still a solid bet. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can the New Releases Snatch Victory Away from Guardians?

May 11th, 2017

Snatched

There are two wide releases coming out this week, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and Snatched. However, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 will likely destroy them at the box office. The real question is whether or not the top three films this year will out-earn the three films from this weekend last year. At the beginning of the month, I thought that would happen, but now I’m not so sure. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 missed expectations last weekend and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and Snatched haven’t seen their buzz grow like most new releases do. I don’t think 2017 will get crushed like it did last weekend, but I also don’t think it will end its mini-losing streak either. More...

International Box Office: Guardians Protect the Globe for Another Weekend with $123.8 million

May 11th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 remained in first place on the international chart with $123.8 million in 55 markets for totals of $282.6 million internationally and $429.1 million worldwide. The film is already ahead of the worldwide totals of a couple of MCU alumni, The Incredible Hulk and Captain America: The First Avenger. The film opened in first place in a trio of major markets this past weekend: China, South Korea, and Russia. Its biggest opening came in China, no surprise there, where it earned $48.56 million over the weekend for a total opening of $49.47 million, including limited previews. It earned $12.79 million in 1,370 screens over the weekend in Russia. The film earned $6.92 million on 1,218 screens in South Korea over the weekend for a total opening of $13.20 million. In each of these markets, Vol 2 showed strong growth compared to the original Guardians of the Galaxy. In fact, Vol 2 earned more during its opening weekend than the original earned in total ($11.0 million). At this pace, the film will have no trouble matching the original worldwide and its legs will determine if it can reach $1 billion. More...

Contest: Guard These Prizes: Winning Announcement

May 11th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

The winners of our Guard These Prizes contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2’s opening weekend were... More...

Theater Averages: Galaxy Grabs $33,704 on Theater Average Chart

May 10th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

Not only did Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 earn first place on the weekend box office chart, it was also the top film on the theater average chart earning an average of $33,704. This is the fourth best result of the year so far, second best for a wide release. (Beauty and the Beast is still the best of the year with an average of $41,508.) Second place went to the re-release of Stalker with $20,540 in its lone theater. The Lovers was the only other film in the $10,000 club with an average of $16,572 in four theaters. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Galaxy gets the Summer Going with $146.51 million

May 8th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

For the eighth year in a row, a Marvel movie started the summer blockbuster season. This time around, it was Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, which earned $146.51 million, or roughly 75% of the total weekend box office of $194 million. That figure is nearly double the box office from last week, an increase of 97%, to be more precise. Unfortunately, this is also 19% lower than the same weekend last year when Captain America: Civil War dominated the chart. 2017 is still ahead of 2016, but the gap has narrowed to 4.5% at $3.88 billion to $3.71 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Guardians Posts Marvelous $145 Million Debut

May 7th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

It’s the first weekend in May, and that means it’s time for another installment from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Two years ago Avengers: Age of Ultron blasted out the gates with $191 million. Last year, Captain America: Civil War debuted with $179 million. And now, this weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 will launch with a shade over $145 million, according to Disney’s Sunday morning estimate. The steady decline in opening numbers for those three films raises a few questions about the long-term future of the franchise, but there is no universe in which $145 million isn’t a great performance. More...

Friday Estimates: Galaxy Doesn’t Shine as Bright, but Still Earns $56.26 million

May 6th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

As expected, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 dominated the box office chart on Friday. However, it didn’t do quite as well as we predicted with $56.26 million. It would have needed north of $60 million to get to $156 million over the weekend. Its reviews are fantastic, the best in the top ten by quite a margin, while it earned an A from CinemaScore, so it should have solid legs over the weekend. On the other hand, it is a sequel and those tend to be more front-loaded, so look for $138 million over the weekend. It is still very early, but the film appears to be on pace for $350 million domestically and close to $900 million worldwide. This is clearly a monster hit, even if it is not quite as large as anticipated. To put it in perspective, it is the sixth best May opening of all time, so there's plenty of reasons to celebrate this debut. On a side note, four of the five films ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 on that list are from the MCU. The lone exception is Spider-Man 3. Marvel owns May. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Guardians Vol 2 has a Beautiful Start with $17 million

May 5th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 started its box office run with $17 million in previews on Thursday night. This is the best previews so far this year, just topping the $16.3 million Beauty and the Beast earned previously. Unfortunately, this is well below the $25 million Captain America: Civil War managed this time last year. Its reviews are 82% positive, which will be the best in the top ten this weekend and that should help its legs. We predicted an opening weekend of $156 million and I’m relatively happy with figure after this result. That might end up a little to optimistic, but close enough to call it a victory. More...

Weekend Predictions: Guarding the Box Office against Civil War

May 4th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

The summer blockbuster season unofficially begins this weekend with the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. There are no other films opening wide this week, so it will dominate the chart like few films are able to. In fact, the film’s only real competition is Captain America: Civil War, which opened this weekend last year. There’s very little chance Vol 2 will start as fast as Civil War started, but it could have better legs. I think 2017 will lose the year-over-year comparison this weekend, but the rest of the month should be better. More...

International Box Office: Guardians Have a Nearly Galaxy-Wide Opening with $101.2 million

May 3rd, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 started its international run in first place with $101.2 million in 37 markets. The film’s biggest single market was the U.K., where it dominated the market with a 67% market share and $16.94 million in 632 theaters. This is 86% above the opening the original opened with in that market and the second best opening in that market this year. It also cracked $10 million in Australia earning $6.44 million on 705 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $11.72 million. This is more than half of the total weekend box office and an improvement of 27% from the original film; however, the Wednesday opening reduced its weekend haul. Other major markets include Germany ($8.3 million); Mexico ($8.13 million); France ($7.9 million); and Brazil ($6.9 million). Given this start, the film should be able to reach $500 million internationally, maybe even $600 million, depending on its legs. That would give it a realistic shot at $1 billion worldwide. More...

Contest: Circle of Prizes: Winning Announcement

May 3rd, 2017

The Circle

The winners of our Circle of Prizes contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for The Circle’s opening weekend were... More...

2017 Preview: May

May 1st, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

April is over and thank god for that. The Fate of the Furious is currently the only film that was better than a midlevel hit, while Going in Style might end up being the second-biggest release of the month. On the low end, there were seven films on last month’s list that didn’t even manage to open in truly wide release (2,000 or more theaters). Fortunately, May looks a lot brighter. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 should dominate the chart and get the month off to a fast start. Furthermore, every week there’s at least one film with a reasonable chance of earning $100 million domestically. Additionally, last May wasn’t particularly strong, so that should help 2017 overall. Granted, Captain America: Civil War earned more than $400 million, so the month got off to a fast start, but films struggled the rest of the way. The second-biggest film was X-Men: Apocalypse at just $155 million, while only one other movie, The Angry Birds Movie, earned more than $100 million. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 should at least be competitive with Captain America: Civil War, allowing 2017 to win thanks to its superior depth. More...

Weekend Estimates: Niche Audiences to the Fore at Home, Guardians Big Overseas

April 30th, 2017

How to Be a Latin Lover

The last weekend before the Summer season is generally a quiet one, but two breakout hits aimed at niche audiences are making this one interesting. How to Be a Latin Lover will post a shade over $12 million from just 1,118 theaters, according to Lionsgate’s weekend estimate. That would be the news of the weekend if it wasn’t for Baahubali 2: The Conclusion earning the best weekend for a Bollywood movie in history with a stellar $10.1 million from just 425 locations. Those two films couldn’t knock The Fate of the Furious off top spot though, as the action blockbuster added another $19.4 million, to take its domestic total to $192.7 million. More...

Contest: Guard These Prizes

April 28th, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

There is only one wide release next weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2. Because of that, it is the only choice for the target film in this week’s box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a Frankenprise consisting of their choice of either one TV on DVD release, two movies, or a kids package (could be a theatrical release, a couple of single-disc TV on DVD releases, or a full season TV on DVD release). Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a Frankenprize, as described above. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will win the final Frankenprize, as described above.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

International Box Office: Furious Fast Start Leads to a Quick Fall with $158.1 million

April 26th, 2017

The Fate of the Furious

The Fate of the Furious is living fast, but plummeting just as fast down 64% to $158.1 million on 19,757 screens in 65 territories for totals of $745.03 million internationally and $908.34 million worldwide. The film is now the biggest hit of 2017 on the international chart and is behind only Beauty and the Beast on the 2017 worldwide chart. The film’s biggest opening of the past weekend came in Poland where it earned $2.7 million on 187 screens, which is the best opening for the Fast and the Furious franchise in that market. Its biggest market overall continues to be China, where it added $55.28 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $321.65 million. The is the second biggest box office for a Hollywood release in China, behind only Furious 7, which earned $390.87 million there. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 5, 2017 1 $146,510,104   4,347 $33,704   $146,510,104 1
May 12, 2017 1 $65,263,492 -55% 4,347 $15,013   $248,420,911 2
May 19, 2017 2 $34,653,754 -47% 4,347 $7,972   $301,391,228 3
May 26, 2017 2 $20,907,121 -40% 3,871 $5,401   $334,223,048 4
Jun 2, 2017 4 $9,839,370 -53% 3,507 $2,806   $355,580,702 5
Jun 9, 2017 5 $6,312,367 -36% 2,911 $2,168   $366,431,539 6
Jun 16, 2017 9 $5,071,732 -20% 1,813 $2,797   $374,942,747 7
Jun 23, 2017 10 $3,023,042 -40% 1,468 $2,059   $380,236,369 8
Jun 30, 2017 13 $1,539,519 -49% 966 $1,594   $383,383,494 9
Jul 7, 2017 13 $860,020 -44% 660 $1,303   $385,560,026 10
Jul 14, 2017 13 $509,535 -41% 399 $1,277   $386,571,925 11
Jul 21, 2017 17 $364,450 -28% 268 $1,360   $387,259,952 12
Jul 28, 2017 20 $277,201 -24% 231 $1,200   $387,764,608 13
Aug 4, 2017 19 $453,768 +64% 252 $1,801   $388,399,203 14
Aug 11, 2017 26 $257,117 -43% 210 $1,224   $388,879,065 15
Aug 18, 2017 28 $187,598 -27% 195 $962   $389,194,993 16
Aug 25, 2017 35 $118,152 -37% 299 $395   $389,386,420 17
Sep 1, 2017 35 $217,105 +84% 196 $1,108   $389,646,310 18
Sep 8, 2017 42 $53,202 -75% 129 $412   $389,760,116 19
Sep 15, 2017 48 $26,353 -50% 80 $329   $389,804,217 20

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 4, 2017 P $17,000,000     0     $17,000,000  
May 5, 2017 1 $56,078,520     4,347 $12,901   $56,078,520 1
May 6, 2017 1 $51,304,539 -9%   4,347 $11,802   $107,383,059 2
May 7, 2017 1 $39,127,045 -24%   4,347 $9,001   $146,510,104 3
May 8, 2017 1 $9,862,655 -75%   4,347 $2,269   $156,372,759 4
May 9, 2017 1 $12,097,479 +23%   4,347 $2,783   $168,470,238 5
May 10, 2017 1 $7,527,728 -38%   4,347 $1,732   $175,997,966 6
May 11, 2017 1 $7,159,453 -5%   4,347 $1,647   $183,157,419 7
May 12, 2017 1 $16,490,524 +130% -71% 4,347 $3,794   $199,647,943 8
May 13, 2017 1 $27,879,884 +69% -46% 4,347 $6,414   $227,527,827 9
May 14, 2017 1 $20,893,084 -25% -47% 4,347 $4,806   $248,420,911 10
May 15, 2017 1 $4,701,588 -77% -52% 4,347 $1,082   $253,122,499 11
May 16, 2017 1 $5,946,795 +26% -51% 4,347 $1,368   $259,069,294 12
May 17, 2017 1 $3,971,856 -33% -47% 4,347 $914   $263,041,150 13
May 18, 2017 1 $3,696,324 -7% -48% 4,347 $850   $266,737,474 14
May 19, 2017 2 $8,717,079 +136% -47% 4,347 $2,005   $275,454,553 15
May 20, 2017 1 $14,951,137 +72% -46% 4,347 $3,439   $290,405,690 16
May 21, 2017 1 $10,985,538 -27% -47% 4,347 $2,527   $301,391,228 17
May 22, 2017 1 $3,597,323 -67% -23% 4,347 $828   $304,988,551 18
May 23, 2017 1 $3,388,947 -6% -43% 4,347 $780   $308,377,498 19
May 24, 2017 1 $2,534,650 -25% -36% 4,347 $583   $310,912,148 20
May 25, 2017 2 $2,403,779 -5% -35% 4,347 $553   $313,315,927 21
May 26, 2017 3 $5,375,096 +124% -38% 3,871 $1,389   $318,691,023 22
May 27, 2017 2 $7,883,339 +47% -47% 3,871 $2,037   $326,574,362 23
May 28, 2017 2 $7,648,686 -3% -30% 3,871 $1,976   $334,223,048 24
May 29, 2017 2 $6,282,030 -18% +75% 3,871 $1,623   $340,505,078 25
May 30, 2017 3 $2,217,839 -65% -35% 3,871 $573   $342,722,917 26
May 31, 2017 3 $1,611,729 -27% -36% 3,871 $416   $344,334,646 27
Jun 1, 2017 2 $1,406,686 -13% -41% 3,871 $363   $345,741,332 28
Jun 2, 2017 4 $2,689,262 +91% -50% 3,507 $767   $348,430,594 29
Jun 3, 2017 4 $4,170,243 +55% -47% 3,507 $1,189   $352,600,837 30
Jun 4, 2017 4 $2,979,865 -29% -61% 3,507 $850   $355,580,702 31
Jun 5, 2017 5 $1,099,210 -63% -83% 3,507 $313   $356,679,912 32
Jun 6, 2017 5 $1,436,102 +31% -35% 3,507 $409   $358,116,014 33
Jun 7, 2017 4 $997,631 -31% -38% 3,507 $284   $359,113,645 34
Jun 8, 2017 4 $1,005,527 +1% -29% 3,507 $287   $360,119,172 35
Jun 9, 2017 6 $1,694,755 +69% -37% 2,911 $582   $361,813,927 36
Jun 10, 2017 5 $2,707,697 +60% -35% 2,911 $930   $364,521,624 37
Jun 11, 2017 5 $1,909,915 -29% -36% 2,911 $656   $366,431,539 38
Jun 12, 2017 5 $761,618 -60% -31% 2,911 $262   $367,193,157 39
Jun 13, 2017 5 $1,075,963 +41% -25% 2,911 $370   $368,269,120 40
Jun 14, 2017 5 $826,311 -23% -17% 2,911 $284   $369,095,431 41
Jun 15, 2017 5 $775,584 -6% -23% 2,911 $266   $369,871,015 42
Jun 16, 2017 9 $1,223,071 +58% -28% 1,813 $675   $371,094,086 43
Jun 17, 2017 9 $1,838,088 +50% -32% 1,813 $1,014   $372,932,174 44
Jun 18, 2017 8 $2,010,573 +9% +5% 1,813 $1,109   $374,942,747 45
Jun 19, 2017 9 $609,510 -70% -20% 1,813 $336   $375,552,257 46
Jun 20, 2017 9 $684,870 +12% -36% 1,813 $378   $376,237,127 47
Jun 21, 2017 10 $467,418 -32% -43% 1,540 $304   $376,704,545 48
Jun 22, 2017 10 $508,782 +9% -34% 1,540 $330   $377,213,327 49
Jun 23, 2017 10 $889,592 +75% -27% 1,468 $606   $378,102,919 50
Jun 24, 2017 10 $1,256,695 +41% -32% 1,468 $856   $379,359,614 51
Jun 25, 2017 10 $876,755 -30% -56% 1,468 $597   $380,236,369 52
Jun 26, 2017 10 $408,199 -53% -33% 1,468 $278   $380,644,568 53
Jun 27, 2017 10 $509,858 +25% -26% 1,468 $347   $381,154,426 54
Jun 28, 2017 11 $368,212 -28% -21% 1,468 $251   $381,522,638 55
Jun 29, 2017 11 $321,337 -13% -37% 1,468 $219   $381,843,975 56
Jun 30, 2017 14 $413,183 +29% -54% 966 $428   $382,257,158 57
Jul 1, 2017 13 $595,852 +44% -53% 966 $617   $382,853,010 58
Jul 2, 2017 12 $530,484 -11% -39% 966 $549   $383,383,494 59
Jul 3, 2017 11 $452,714 -15% +11% 966 $469   $383,836,208 60
Jul 4, 2017 11 $425,878 -6% -16% 966 $441   $384,262,086 61
Jul 5, 2017 11 $237,608 -44% -35% 966 $246   $384,499,694 62
Jul 6, 2017 12 $200,312 -16% -38% 966 $207   $384,700,006 63
Jul 7, 2017 13 $248,590 +24% -40% 660 $377   $384,948,596 64
Jul 8, 2017 13 $351,810 +42% -41% 660 $533   $385,300,406 65
Jul 9, 2017 13 $259,620 -26% -51% 660 $393   $385,560,026 66
Jul 10, 2017 13 $123,332 -52% -73% 660 $187   $385,683,358 67
Jul 11, 2017 13 $153,876 +25% -64% 660 $233   $385,837,234 68
Jul 12, 2017 13 $117,597 -24% -51% 660 $178   $385,954,831 69
Jul 13, 2017 13 $107,559 -9% -46% 660 $163   $386,062,390 70
Jul 14, 2017 13 $147,573 +37% -41% 399 $370   $386,209,963 71
Jul 15, 2017 12 $212,177 +44% -40% 399 $532   $386,422,140 72
Jul 16, 2017 12 $149,785 -29% -42% 399 $375   $386,571,925 73
Jul 17, 2017 13 $78,501 -48% -36% 399 $197   $386,650,426 74
Jul 18, 2017 13 $95,112 +21% -38% 399 $238   $386,745,538 75
Jul 19, 2017 12 $80,290 -16% -32% 399 $201   $386,825,828 76
Jul 20, 2017 12 $69,674 -13% -35% 399 $175   $386,895,502 77
Jul 21, 2017 15 $107,168 +54% -27% 268 $400   $387,002,670 78
Jul 22, 2017 15 $153,766 +43% -28% 268 $574   $387,156,436 79
Jul 23, 2017 15 $103,516 -33% -31% 268 $386   $387,259,952 80
Jul 24, 2017 15 $55,260 -47% -30% 268 $206   $387,315,212 81
Jul 25, 2017 15 $65,962 +19% -31% 268 $246   $387,381,174 82
Jul 26, 2017 15 $54,629 -17% -32% 268 $204   $387,435,803 83
Jul 27, 2017 13 $51,604 -6% -26% 268 $193   $387,487,407 84
Jul 28, 2017 - $85,248 +65% -20% 231 $369   $387,572,655 85
Jul 29, 2017 - $119,674 +40% -22% 231 $518   $387,692,329 86
Jul 30, 2017 - $72,279 -40% -30% 231 $313   $387,764,608 87
Jul 31, 2017 - $41,236 -43% -25% 231 $179   $387,805,844 88
Aug 1, 2017 - $48,868 +19% -26% 231 $212   $387,854,712 89
Aug 2, 2017 - $47,982 -2% -12% 231 $208   $387,902,694 90
Aug 3, 2017 - $42,741 -11% -17% 231 $185   $387,945,435 91
Aug 4, 2017 - $119,991 +181% +41% 252 $476   $388,065,426 92
Aug 5, 2017 - $185,143 +54% +55% 252 $735   $388,250,569 93
Aug 6, 2017 - $148,634 -20% +106% 252 $590   $388,399,203 94
Aug 7, 2017 - $61,751 -58% +50% 252 $245   $388,460,954 95
Aug 8, 2017 - $62,414 +1% +28% 252 $248   $388,523,368 96
Aug 9, 2017 - $50,612 -19% +5% 252 $201   $388,573,980 97
Aug 10, 2017 - $47,968 -5% +12% 252 $190   $388,621,948 98
Aug 11, 2017 - $73,574 +53% -39% 210 $350   $388,695,522 99
Aug 12, 2017 - $109,463 +49% -41% 210 $521   $388,804,985 100
Aug 13, 2017 - $74,080 -32% -50% 210 $353   $388,879,065 101
Aug 14, 2017 - $30,455 -59% -51% 210 $145   $388,909,520 102
Aug 15, 2017 - $36,150 +19% -42% 210 $172   $388,945,670 103
Aug 16, 2017 - $31,575 -13% -38% 210 $150   $388,977,245 104
Aug 17, 2017 - $30,150 -5% -37% 210 $144   $389,007,395 105
Aug 18, 2017 - $52,244 +73% -29% 195 $268   $389,059,639 106
Aug 19, 2017 - $80,250 +54% -27% 195 $412   $389,139,889 107
Aug 20, 2017 - $55,104 -31% -26% 195 $283   $389,194,993 108
Aug 21, 2017 - $18,288 -67% -40% 195 $94   $389,213,281 109
Aug 22, 2017 - $20,402 +12% -44% 195 $105   $389,233,683 110
Aug 23, 2017 - $17,617 -14% -44% 195 $90   $389,251,300 111
Aug 24, 2017 - $16,968 -4% -44% 195 $87   $389,268,268 112
Aug 25, 2017 - $31,623 +86% -39% 299 $106   $389,299,891 113
Aug 26, 2017 - $50,486 +60% -37% 299 $169   $389,350,377 114
Aug 27, 2017 - $36,043 -29% -35% 299 $121   $389,386,420 115
Aug 28, 2017 - $10,776 -70% -41% 299 $36   $389,397,196 116
Aug 29, 2017 - $11,590 +8% -43% 299 $39   $389,408,786 117
Aug 30, 2017 - $9,923 -14% -44% 299 $33   $389,418,709 118
Aug 31, 2017 - $10,496 +6% -38% 299 $35   $389,429,205 119
Sep 1, 2017 - $44,578 +325% +41% 196 $227   $389,473,783 120
Sep 2, 2017 - $86,978 +95% +72% 196 $444   $389,560,761 121
Sep 3, 2017 - $85,549 -2% +137% 196 $436   $389,646,310 122
Sep 4, 2017 - $36,407 -57% +238% 196 $186   $389,682,717 123
Sep 5, 2017 - $7,985 -78% -31% 196 $41   $389,690,702 124
Sep 6, 2017 - $7,269 -9% -27% 196 $37   $389,697,971 125
Sep 7, 2017 - $8,943 +23% -15% 196 $46   $389,706,914 126
Sep 8, 2017 - $13,026 +46% -71% 129 $101   $389,719,940 127
Sep 9, 2017 - $25,007 +92% -71% 129 $194   $389,744,947 128
Sep 10, 2017 - $15,169 -39% -82% 129 $118   $389,760,116 129
Sep 11, 2017 - $3,669 -76% -90% 129 $28   $389,763,785 130
Sep 12, 2017 - $5,205 +42% -35% 129 $40   $389,768,990 131
Sep 13, 2017 - $4,432 -15% -39% 129 $34   $389,773,422 132
Sep 14, 2017 - $4,442 n/c -50% 129 $34   $389,777,864 133
Sep 15, 2017 - $6,348 +43% -51% 80 $79   $389,784,212 134
Sep 16, 2017 - $12,286 +94% -51% 80 $154   $389,796,498 135
Sep 17, 2017 - $7,719 -37% -49% 80 $96   $389,804,217 136
Sep 18, 2017 - $2,030 -74% -45% 80 $25   $389,806,247 137
Sep 19, 2017 - $1,943 -4% -63% 80 $24   $389,808,190 138
Sep 20, 2017 - $2,312 +19% -48% 80 $29   $389,810,502 139
Sep 21, 2017 - $2,599 +12% -41% 80 $32   $389,813,101 140

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 5, 2017 1 $183,157,419   4,347 $42,134   $183,157,419 1
May 12, 2017 1 $83,580,055 -54% 4,347 $19,227   $266,737,474 2
May 19, 2017 2 $46,578,453 -44% 4,347 $10,715   $313,315,927 3
May 26, 2017 2 $32,425,405 -30% 3,871 $8,376   $345,741,332 4
Jun 2, 2017 4 $14,377,840 -56% 3,507 $4,100   $360,119,172 5
Jun 9, 2017 5 $9,751,843 -32% 2,911 $3,350   $369,871,015 6
Jun 16, 2017 10 $7,342,312 -25% 1,540 $4,768   $377,213,327 7
Jun 23, 2017 11 $4,630,648 -37% 1,468 $3,154   $381,843,975 8
Jun 30, 2017 12 $2,856,031 -38% 966 $2,957   $384,700,006 9
Jul 7, 2017 13 $1,362,384 -52% 660 $2,064   $386,062,390 10
Jul 14, 2017 13 $833,112 -39% 399 $2,088   $386,895,502 11
Jul 21, 2017 17 $591,905 -29% 268 $2,209   $387,487,407 12
Jul 28, 2017 21 $458,028 -23% 231 $1,983   $387,945,435 13
Aug 4, 2017 18 $676,513 +48% 252 $2,685   $388,621,948 14
Aug 11, 2017 24 $385,447 -43% 210 $1,835   $389,007,395 15
Aug 18, 2017 29 $260,873 -32% 195 $1,338   $389,268,268 16
Aug 25, 2017 35 $160,937 -38% 299 $538   $389,429,205 17
Sep 1, 2017 36 $277,709 +73% 196 $1,417   $389,706,914 18
Sep 8, 2017 43 $70,950 -74% 129 $550   $389,777,864 19
Sep 15, 2017 52 $35,237 -50% 80 $440   $389,813,101 20

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 5/5/2017 $1,816,851 0 0 0 $4,822,234 1/1/2019
Australia 4/28/2017 $6,440,549 705 705 2,775 $25,977,656 1/22/2018
Brazil 4/28/2017 $6,900,000 0 0 0 $20,925,686 6/26/2018
Bulgaria 5/4/2017 $139,468 0 0 0 $393,545 2/26/2019
China 5/4/2017 $48,710,000 103,007 103,007 164,835 $99,300,000 6/12/2017
Czech Republic 5/5/2017 $699,344 139 139 487 $1,795,319 1/1/2019
France 4/28/2017 $7,900,000 0 0 0 $24,809,136 6/13/2018
Germany 4/28/2017 $8,300,000 0 0 0 $30,165,432 6/11/2018
Hong Kong 4/28/2017 $1,898,684 0 0 0 $4,756,321 10/27/2018
India 5/5/2017 $1,607,943 0 0 0 $3,428,270 10/3/2018
Indonesia 4/28/2017 $3,400,000 0 0 0 $7,683,449 1/1/2019
Italy 4/28/2017 $2,393,067 0 0 0 $7,900,157 10/23/2018
Japan 5/12/2017 $2,118,270 0 0 0 $10,097,680 7/4/2018
Lithuania 4/28/2017 $66,611 176 176 483 $175,314 6/16/2017
Malaysia 4/28/2017 $2,000,000 0 0 0 $2,000,000 4/30/2017
Mexico 4/28/2017 $8,135,629 0 0 0 $19,005,244 10/12/2018
Netherlands 4/28/2017 $1,535,700 117 122 931 $4,467,886 10/19/2022
New Zealand 4/28/2017 $1,143,358 140 140 629 $4,003,751 7/24/2017
Philippines 4/28/2017 $3,200,000 0 0 0 $5,000,000 1/1/2019
Poland 5/5/2017 $1,213,653 0 0 0 $3,247,124 1/1/2019
Portugal 4/28/2017 $354,677 90 90 372 $994,302 7/7/2017
Russia (CIS) 5/4/2017 $12,551,268 1,370 1,370 5,311 $27,881,604 9/4/2020
Slovakia 5/5/2017 $250,483 69 69 191 $600,150 6/29/2017
South Korea 5/1/2017 $6,943,409 1,218 1,218 2,652 $20,375,964 5/3/2023
Spain 4/28/2017 $3,649,061 753 753 3,529 $10,314,253 10/30/2018
Taiwan 4/28/2017 $2,400,000 0 0 0 $4,715,392 10/28/2018
Thailand 4/28/2017 $2,700,000 0 0 0 $2,700,000 4/30/2017
Turkey 4/28/2017 $560,401 382 382 1,022 $1,525,166 2/26/2019
United Kingdom 4/28/2017 $16,939,652 632 634 4,407 $53,060,496 9/30/2018
 
Rest of World $77,153,331
 
International Total$479,274,862 5/3/2023

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Aug 27, 20171256,786 256,786$4,619,580$4,619,5803
Sep 3, 20171113,596-56% 370,382$2,059,495$6,679,0754
Sep 10, 2017169,652-39% 440,034$1,390,254$8,069,3295
Sep 17, 2017634,860-50% 474,894$695,806$8,765,1356
Sep 24, 2017816,203-54% 491,097$293,598$9,058,7337
Oct 1, 20171112,020-26% 503,117$228,380$9,287,1138
Oct 8, 20171312,466+4% 515,583$245,456$9,532,5699
Oct 15, 20171612,301-1% 527,884$245,405$9,777,97410
Oct 22, 20171910,330-16% 538,214$204,431$9,982,40511
Oct 29, 20171710,322n/c548,536$204,995$10,187,40012
Nov 5, 20171513,526+31% 562,062$263,081$10,450,48113
Nov 19, 2017289,324 580,046$179,021$10,782,52415
Dec 3, 20173027,668 646,613$400,079$11,859,83517
Dec 10, 20172020,551-26% 667,164$295,318$12,155,15318
Dec 17, 20171826,464+29% 693,628$396,166$12,551,31919
Dec 24, 20171747,515+80% 741,143$684,691$13,236,01020
Dec 31, 20172613,584-71% 754,727$197,511$13,433,52121
Apr 29, 2018278,054 850,100$102,850$14,680,89738
May 20, 2018266,400 867,568$81,600$14,925,44941
May 26, 2019293,029 1,022,084$45,314$17,272,74294
Jun 16, 2019227,172 1,041,446$71,792$17,543,67297
Jun 23, 2019278,607+20% 1,050,053$118,432$17,662,10498
Jul 7, 2019236,670 1,060,075$86,577$17,792,190100

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Aug 27, 201711,441,946 1,441,946$32,023,687$32,023,6873
Sep 3, 20171348,534-76% 1,790,480$7,305,737$39,329,4244
Sep 10, 20171156,754-55% 1,947,234$3,232,593$42,562,0175
Sep 17, 2017377,141-51% 2,024,375$1,626,205$44,188,2226
Sep 24, 2017442,126-45% 2,066,501$1,068,827$45,257,0497
Oct 1, 2017340,699-3% 2,107,200$831,533$46,088,5828
Oct 8, 2017532,717-20% 2,139,917$662,822$46,751,4049
Oct 15, 2017723,411-28% 2,163,328$481,314$47,232,71810
Oct 22, 20171021,028-10% 2,184,356$425,851$47,658,56911
Oct 29, 20171315,342-27% 2,199,698$359,745$48,018,31412
Nov 5, 20171513,686-11% 2,213,384$340,151$48,358,46513
Nov 12, 20171113,615-1% 2,226,999$326,483$48,684,94814
Nov 19, 20171410,933-20% 2,237,932$272,832$48,957,78015
Nov 26, 20177142,838+1,206% 2,380,770$2,549,035$51,506,81516
Dec 3, 2017662,430-56% 2,443,200$953,483$52,460,29817
Dec 10, 2017734,368-45% 2,477,568$678,792$53,139,09018
Dec 17, 2017931,720-8% 2,509,288$607,948$53,747,03819
Dec 24, 2017961,072+93% 2,570,360$1,190,108$54,937,14620
Dec 31, 20171617,374-72% 2,587,734$395,749$55,332,89521
May 13, 2018209,472 2,635,706$190,575$56,279,59040

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