Hoppers wound up having solid (if unspectacular) staying power for Pixar this weekend, with it easily topping its second frame with $26.5 million (a bit better than we expected). With an $86.8 million gross, the hope is likely that this will at least match the $140 million-plus earned by Elemental, although it doesn’t have a prayer of matching the $210 million domestic earned by Coco back in 2017, a time in which the studio’s brand seemed indestructible. As such, perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the vast majority of their new films in development are follow-ups to proven hits, with Toy Story 5 their next opener.
Another person who’s proven to be a box office force is Colleen Hoover, with the latest adaptation of her work, Reminders of Him, easily topping the box office with a solid $18.25 million. That’s a better result than the last adaptation, Regretting You, which opened with just over $13 million but legged out to $48 million domestically. Reminders of Him, which stars scream queen Maika Monroe in an against-type role, seems like it will do even better if it has legs.
A24 also had a solid weekend, with their low-budget Fantasia Film Festival acquisition, Undertone, grossing $9.3 million, which is actually on the high end for the studio. In recent years, the one-time champs of indie horror have lost a bit of ground to Neon, but this is a strong performance for them, especially if you consider Undertone only cost $500K.
Another horror flick, Scream 7, continued to fall off at the box office following a record-breaking opening. It made $8.3 million this weekend for a $106 million total. It will easily end its run as the highest-grossing Scream movie ever—not adjusted for inflation (the previous champ is Scream VI with $108 million).
WB’s The Bride, which proved to be a box office catastrophe last weekend, continued to hemorrhage cash, with it only making $2.1 million in week two for an $11.3 million total gross—not great for a movie that cost at least $90 million before marketing. It will likely lose hundreds of millions.
An old anime favorite, Hayao Miyazaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service, got rereleased this weekend in a new 4K edition by GKIDS, making $1.668 million on only 249 screens. Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is starting to wrap up its run with $1.665 million and an $81 million gross. While that number is no doubt a disappointment to WB, as the heavily marketed film seemed primed to be a much bigger hit, the adaptation has performed strongly overseas, with it having made over $220 million worldwide. At the very least, it will break even, and by the time it hits streaming, it should start turning a profit.
Another 4K reissue, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, celebrated its 35th anniversary, making $1.475 million. As someone who saw the original run in theaters, I’m feeling pretty old—I can only imagine how Vanilla Ice feels. Go Ninja Go!
Finally, Amazon/MGM’s Crime 101 made another $1.13 million, bringing its domestic gross to $35.5 million.
Next weekend sees the release of Project Hail Mary, which actually had a handful of 70mm screenings this weekend (the studio doesn’t seem to be reporting grosses). Will it be the hit Amazon/MGM is banking on? Let us know in the comments.
