For the weekend of August 24-26, 2018, Crazy Rich Asians was the big winner for a second week in a row. Based on a best-selling book, the movie is the first major US motion picture to feature a predominantly Asian cast, and even if Constance Wu and Michelle Yeoh aren't box-office gold, it demonstrated that it pays off for Hollywood to take more risks on diverse stories.
The Happytown Murders had bad reviews and looked DOA from its first trailer. Maybe it's a testament to Melissa McCarthy it didn't open in single digits.
A.X.L. opened as poorly as predicted. On fewer screens, the Papillon remake starring Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek, failed to get many people in seats. In limited release, Searching, starring Star Trek's John Cho as a dad trying to find his missing daughter, did really well and should make it in the top five when it expands next week.
In its second week, Mile 22, the fourth collaboration of Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg, looks like it will be their least successful yet. It's also their most poorly reviewed. The other second week release, Alpha, had terrible marketing, but excellent reviews. It'll be interesting to see how big or small its third week drop-off is.
Christopher Robin may have opened below Disney's expectations, but it's having long legs. It helps that there aren't any other major family movies opening until The House with a Clock in Its Walls on September 21. BlacKkKlansman is also doing well in keeping audiences coming.
Sometime next week, Incredibles 2 will pass $600 million domestic.
Ant-Man & the Wasp is on pace to out-gross Solo: A Star Wars Story. Solo has yet to hit $400 million worldwide.
Opens August 31
OPERATION FINALE with Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley and Melanie Laurent.
KIN with Myler Truitt, James Franco, Jack Reynor, Dennis Quaid and Zoe Kravitz.
THE LITTLE STRANGER with Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter and Charlotte Rampling.
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