The heist filmOcean’s8stole the top box office spot fromSolo: A Star Wars Storythis weekend. The spinoff from directorGary Ross(The Hunger Games) opened to $41.5 million, which is the best opening for the franchise thus far.Steven Soderbergh’s previous trilogy topped out withOcean’s Twelveat $39.1 million, although all three of his films did solidly withOcean’s Elevenopening to $38 million andOcean’s Thirteenscoring $36 million on its opening weekend.
Ocean’s 8findsSandra Bullockfilling the role of Danny Ocean’s sister, and the female-centric spinoff is a purely entertaining ride with an A-list cast that audiences sparked to pretty strongly. It’s among the top 10 openings of 2018 so far, and females made up nearly 70% of the audience. Given the title, one has to imagine a trilogy is in mind (Soderbergh producedOcean’s 8and remains involved in the franchise), so here’s hoping the gang reunites forOcean’s 9sooner rather than later.
Solo, meanwhile, fell to the #2 slot with $15.2 million for the weekend. That’s a significant drop off for the film’s third weekend in release, and its domestic total stands at $176.1 million. By comparison,Rogue Onehad amassed $318 million by its third weekend. And unfortunately for Lucasfilm and Disney,Solodoesn’t look like it’s going to be saved by international box office. Overseas it amassed a mere $11.3 million for the weekend, bringing its worldwide total to $312.2 million. Given the budget, massive marketing campaign, and overall investment into the brand thatSolorepresents, this is the first genuine disappointment of the new Lucasfilm era.
In better news, the critically acclaimed horror filmHereditaryopened to an excellent $13 million, marking the highest grossing opening weekend in A24’s history. That tops the $8.8 million opening forThe Witcha few years ago, and whileHereditaryearned a D+ CinemaScore from audiences, it appears folks were intrigued nonetheless to get out and seeAri Aster’s profoundly disturbing family horror drama this weekend. It’s one of the year’s best films, but it is the opposite of a crowd-pleaser so it’ll be interesting to see how word of mouth fares in the weeks to come.
The weekend’s other major new release,Hotel Artemis, bombed with $3.2 million, whileDeadpool 2pulled in another $13.7 million to bring its domestic total to $278.7 million. Worldwide, the R-rated sequel is now at $628.9 million, and while it doesn’t look like it’ll reach the firstDeadpool’s $783 million total, that’s still incredibly strong for an R-rated movie.
Avengers: Infinity War, meanwhile, is well on its way to making infinity dollars. The Marvel sequel tacked on another $6.8 million bringing its domestic total to $654.7 million, which is enough to steal the #4 slot on the domestic all-time chart fromJurassic World. Worldwide the film is now at $1.998 billion. Interestingly, while that worldwide total is astounding, it’s possibleInfinity Warwon’t surpassBlack Pantherat the domestic box office. That film stands at an incredible $699.3 million.
Check out the weekend estimates below.
$41,500,000
Solo: A Star Wars Story
$15,154,000
$176,105,474
Deadpool 2
$13,650,000
$278,665,541
Hereditary
$13,037,336
Avengers: Infinity War
$6,836,000
$654,733,699
$5,050,000
$21,740,025
$4,200,000
$56,874,124
Hotel Artemis
$3,151,118
$2,220,000
$9,209,605
Life of the Party
$2,105,000
$50,266,577
