Monday Update: No clowning around — horror adaptation It became one of the most unexpectedly high openings in film history with a $123.4 million debut.
That’s several million dollars above the already record-setting $117.1 million studio weekend estimate from Sunday, which stunned Hollywood enough as it was.
Fuller numbers and analysis are below, with the full table of box office actuals at bottom. Keep in mind — the final opening weekend number for Warner Bros.’ It came in even higher than the already-amazing number mentioned in our Sunday update below.
Sunday Update: Pennywise the evil clown indeed earned pennies — billions of them. Horror adaptation It debuted with an estimated $117.1 million, one of the most stunningly unexpected openings in Hollywood history.
It’s difficult to overstate just how spectacular and unforeseen this debut from Warner Bros. and New Line is. For context, it’s considered incredibly impressive if a horror movie — usually one of the lowest grossing genres — even earns $117 million in total. Prior to this weekend, a $117 million opening for a horror film was considered inconceivable.
The Boxoffice.com weekend projection of $81 million for It was among the more optimistic, as the Hollywood Reporter projected “$65 to $75 million,” while users on prediction website Box Office Theory guessed an average of $83 million with the highest prediction from any user being $101 million.
Among the records that It shatters:
- Horror opening. The highest horror opening ever when adjusted for inflation had been 1994’s Interview with the Vampire with a modern-day $77.3 million. (And many genre purists would contend that was more of a “horror drama” than a pure horror film, increasing its potential audience.)
- September opening. September had been one of only two months, along with October, without a film ever opening above $75 million when adjusted for inflation. The month’s record in dollars had been 2015’s Hotel Transylvania 2 with $48.6 million, while the inflation-adjusted record had been 1998’s Rush Hour with $62.5 million. It more than doubles the former and nearly doubles the latter, disproving the maxim that September is a dull period between the summer and holiday seasons when nothing makes money.
- Stephen King film adaptation. Among the 41 — that’s right, 41 — movies based on Stephen King books, It not only claims by far the largest opening, but also seems a lock to become the highest earner in total. Even adjusting for inflation, it will almost certainly surpass the final gross of such classics as The Shawshank Redemption, The Shining, The Green Mile, and Misery.
- By itself, It outgrossed the industry’s entire prior record for largest total post-Labor Day weekend.
This outcome was hardly guaranteed. It debuted a mere month after fellow Stephen King novel adaptation The Dark Tower sputtered, with a total unlikely to finish above $60 million. That was despite Dark Tower having a higher budget, a seemingly-better release date, more star power in the form of Matthew McConaughey, and being a fantasy action rather than a horror film.
This much-needed reversal spearheaeded by It arrives after this summer was by some measures the lowest-performing summer in decades. A mere two weekends ago was the lowest inflation-adjusted box office weekend since a post-9/11 weekend in September 2001. That seems like water under the bridge now.
How did this happen?
“It’s easy. You make a brilliant movie based on great source material, market it in a brilliant way, pick a brilliant date, and put it all together,” Warner Bros. President of Domestic Distribution Jeff Goldstein tells Boxoffice.com in an exclusive interview.
“There was something unique about our marketing. The combination of the red balloon, the really freaky look of Pennywise [the clown], all of that together,” Goldstein continues. “Theaters were fun to be in yesterday. It was a blast!”
How will It play out in weeks to come, given the simultaneous opposing forces of horror usually being so front-loaded while this film is generating unprecedented headlines, buzz, and word of mouth?
“I would have thought that trajectory would have shown itself on Friday after Thursday pre-shows, or on Saturday after Friday opening. But it didn’t,” Goldstein answers. “I was expecting a bigger drop Saturday, horror usually drops 30 percent then. But It only dropped 10 percent [from $51.0 million Friday to $45.6 million Saturday]. You look at that and say ‘Wow, it’s not playing like a typical horror movie.'”
This begs the question: could It become the highest grossing horror film ever? That depends on how exactly you define “horror,” a somewhat murky categorization — do The Sixth Sense or Jaws count? In pure dollars, It seems potentially on track to claim the horror record. Adjusted for inflation, though, it seems unlikely to beat the current horror record-holder, 1973’s The Exorcist which earned almost $1 billion in today’s dollars.
With It this weekend, Warner Bros. almost overtakes Disney to become the highest grossing studio domestically of 2017. In fact, Warner Bros. appears likely to surpass Disney for that crown on a weekday later this week. Disney has led continuously since March when Beauty and the Beast opened.
Warner Bros.’ run at the top will likely be short-lived, since most analysts expect Disney to retake the yearly lead in November and December on the strength of new Star Wars, Thor, and Pixar films. Still, this is a big win for Warner Bros., which has also released such hits this year as Dunkirk and The LEGO Batman Movie. (As well as some box office disappointments such as The House and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.)
The Reese Witherspoon romantic comedy Home Again started in second place with an estimated $9.0 million. The Open Road Films release came in about in line with pre-release expectations, and provided a nice bit of counterprogramming to the horror, action, and drama films comprising the rest of the weekend’s top five.
Sony’s Spider-Man: Homecoming spends its 10th weekend in the top 10, with a seventh place rank and an estimated $2.0 million.
Superhero movies in particular have a difficult time reaching that box office feat, since their traditionally high openings followed by steep falls usually prevent longevity milestones. Only two other superhero titles have reached 10 weekends in the top 10 during the past decade: The Dark Knight and Guardians of the Galaxy.
Spider-Man marks the fourth film to reach 10 weekends in the top 10 during 2017, along with Beauty and the Beast, Hidden Figures, and La La Land. This is the first year when four films have reached 10 weekends in the top 10 since 2001.
If Spider-Man holds on to that top tier next weekend as well, which seems likely considering it’s currently in 7th place (rather than 8th or 9th or 10th place), it will reach the even rarer club of “11 weekends in the top 10.” That would give 2017 its fourth film to reach 11 weekends in the top 10, which would be the most since five films did so in 1999.
Weekend Actuals for Friday, September 8 – Sunday, September 10, 2017:
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It (2017) | $123,403,419 | — | 4,103 | — | $30,076 | $123,403,419 | 1 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 2 | Home Again | $8,567,881 | — | 2,940 | — | $2,914 | $8,567,881 | 1 | Open Road |
| 3 | The Hitman’s Bodyguard | $4,801,745 | -54% | 3,322 | -48 | $1,445 | $64,848,752 | 4 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 4 | Annabelle: Creation | $4,003,115 | -47% | 3,003 | -355 | $1,333 | $96,270,125 | 5 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 5 | Wind River | $3,132,362 | -50% | 2,890 | 288 | $1,084 | $24,924,354 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 6 | Leap! | $2,443,405 | -50% | 2,691 | -14 | $908 | $15,817,841 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 7 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | $2,006,749 | -46% | 1,657 | -379 | $1,211 | $327,694,543 | 10 | Sony / Columbia |
| 8 | Dunkirk | $1,861,601 | -57% | 2,110 | -642 | $882 | $183,021,880 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | Logan Lucky | $1,669,875 | -62% | 2,167 | -808 | $771 | $25,072,116 | 4 | Bleeker Street |
| 10 | The Emoji Movie | $1,138,516 | -54% | 1,450 | -658 | $785 | $82,595,374 | 7 | Sony / Columbia |
| 11 | Despicable Me 3 | $933,240 | -63% | 1,274 | -858 | $733 | $259,981,415 | 11 | Universal |
| 12 | Girls Trip | $819,855 | -64% | 1,123 | -484 | $730 | $113,378,325 | 8 | Universal |
| 13 | The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature | $576,818 | -73% | 1,235 | -1416 | $467 | $27,468,712 | 5 | Open Road |
| 14 | The Glass Castle | $533,828 | -62% | 1,037 | -323 | $515 | $16,078,713 | 5 | LionsgateLionsgate |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Tower | $757,159 | -53% | 948 | -872 | $799 | $48,910,620 | 6 | Sony / Columbia |
| 2 | Wonder Woman | $660,442 | -68% | 961 | -877 | $687 | $410,501,584 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | All Saints | $465,035 | -62% | 834 | -12 | $558 | $4,604,312 | 3 | Sony Pictures |
| 4 | War for the Planet of the Apes | $450,821 | -59% | 653 | -388 | $690 | $145,329,526 | 9 | Fox |
| 5 | The Big Sick | $441,878 | -69% | 535 | -735 | $826 | $41,990,772 | 12 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | Baby Driver | $422,548 | -71% | 618 | -845 | $684 | $106,564,826 | 11 | Sony / TriStar |
| 7 | Hazlo Como Hombre | $388,910 | -67% | 382 | 0 | $1,018 | $2,035,761 | 2 | Lionsgate / Pantelion |
| 8 | Birth Of The Dragon | $345,065 | -80% | 702 | -931 | $492 | $6,570,550 | 3 | OTL Releasing |
| 9 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind (re-release) | $309,268 | -83% | 787 | -114 | $393 | $2,890,338 | 2 | Sony |
| 10 | Cars 3 | $298,795 | -83% | 510 | -1935 | $586 | $152,042,304 | 13 | Disney |
| 11 | Atomic Blonde | $290,200 | -67% | 390 | -351 | $744 | $51,041,470 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 12 | Tulip Fever | $287,717 | -75% | 772 | 7 | $373 | $1,937,937 | 2 | Weinstein Company |
| 13 | Kidnap | $210,411 | -87% | 918 | -771 | $229 | $30,211,525 | 6 | Aviron Pictures |
| 14 | Ingrid Goes West | $148,724 | -75% | 200 | -425 | $744 | $2,748,823 | 5 | Neon |
| 15 | The Trip to Spain | $111,664 | -49% | 132 | 2 | $846 | $762,005 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 16 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | $106,947 | -57% | 229 | -51 | $467 | $40,309,952 | 8 | EuropaCorp/STXfilms |
| 17 | Menashe | $97,226 | -51% | 117 | -9 | $831 | $1,441,311 | 7 | A24 |
| 18 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | $94,051 | -52% | 143 | -43 | $658 | $172,447,788 | 16 | Disney |
| 19 | 47 Meters Down | $67,033 | -70% | 149 | -281 | $450 | $44,167,538 | 13 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
| 20 | Patti Cake$ | $66,970 | -73% | 189 | -106 | $354 | $721,466 | 4 | Fox Searchlight |
| 21 | Captain Underpants | $55,792 | -57% | 103 | -41 | $542 | $73,754,420 | 15 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
| 22 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | $53,202 | -75% | 129 | -67 | $412 | $389,760,116 | 19 | Disney |
| 23 | Detroit | $52,566 | -74% | 151 | -180 | $348 | $16,693,193 | 7 | Annapurna Pictures |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shubh Mangal Savdhan | $128,422 | -51% | 80 | 0 | $1,605 | $511,875 | 2 | Eros International |
| 2 | Viceroy’s House | $125,683 | 161% | 41 | 37 | $3,065 | $197,697 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 3 | Columbus | $76,254 | -32% | 36 | 7 | $2,118 | $512,109 | 6 | Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Fellowship |
| 4 | It Comes At Night | $75,591 | 459% | 17 | 7 | $4,447 | $13,973,988 | 14 | A24 |
| 5 | Beach Rats | $73,064 | 66% | 34 | 26 | $2,149 | $208,919 | 3 | Neon |
| 6 | Poster Boys | $51,289 | — | 50 | — | $1,026 | $51,289 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing International |
| 7 | Good Time | $50,670 | -84% | 75 | -560 | $676 | $1,862,111 | 5 | A24 |
| 8 | Dolores | $48,646 | 259% | 5 | 4 | $9,729 | $65,936 | 2 | PBS Distribution |
| 9 | A Taxi Driver | $42,546 | -62% | 21 | -10 | $2,026 | $1,451,460 | 5 | Well Go USA |
| 10 | Maudie | $42,136 | -49% | 79 | -27 | $533 | $6,016,063 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 11 | Wish Upon | $40,671 | -21% | 55 | -11 | $739 | $14,240,413 | 9 | Broad Green Pictures |
| 12 | Rebel in the Rye | $37,967 | — | 4 | — | $9,492 | $37,967 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 13 | Crown Heights | $30,047 | -52% | 91 | 37 | $330 | $206,561 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 14 | Memoir of a Murderer | $27,665 | — | 8 | — | $3,458 | $27,665 | 1 | Well Go USA |
| 15 | Twenty Two | $22,222 | — | 11 | — | $2,020 | $22,222 | 1 | China Lion Film |
| 16 | Polina | $21,149 | 1% | 15 | 11 | $1,410 | $73,812 | 3 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
| 17 | Marjorie Prime | $19,558 | -26% | 12 | 0 | $1,630 | $125,172 | 4 | FilmRise Releasing |
| 18 | Gook | $19,354 | -56% | 20 | -7 | $968 | $222,191 | 4 | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
| 19 | Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World | $17,404 | -16% | 22 | 6 | $791 | $153,831 | 7 | Kino Lorber |
| 20 | Step | $15,910 | -63% | 24 | -18 | $663 | $1,097,026 | 6 | Fox Searchlight |
| 21 | Lost in Paris | $15,765 | -44% | 17 | -2 | $927 | $610,343 | 13 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
| 22 | Megan Leavey | $14,142 | -90% | 62 | -321 | $228 | $13,401,068 | 14 | Bleeker Street |
| 23 | Wolf Warrior 2 | $13,977 | -73% | 7 | -17 | $1,997 | $2,697,367 | 7 | The H Collective |
| 24 | The Unknown Girl | $13,477 | — | 2 | — | $6,739 | $13,477 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 25 | The Midwife | $12,521 | -53% | 20 | -1 | $626 | $536,837 | 8 | Music Box Films |
| 26 | The Nile Hilton Incident | $10,992 | -4% | 8 | 2 | $1,374 | $59,796 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 27 | Napping Princess | $10,865 | — | 14 | — | $776 | $10,865 | 1 | GKIDS |
| 28 | The Only Living Boy In New York | $10,391 | -84% | 23 | -112 | $452 | $607,095 | 5 | Roadside Attractions / Amazon Studios |
| 29 | The Teacher | $8,836 | -26% | 4 | -1 | $2,209 | $30,221 | 2 | Film Movement |
| 30 | The Adventurers | $8,754 | -47% | 4 | 0 | $2,189 | $192,763 | 4 | Well Go USA |
| 31 | The Boss Baby | $8,155 | -26% | 31 | -59 | $263 | $174,975,585 | 24 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
| 32 | The Hero | $7,870 | -49% | 23 | -16 | $342 | $4,067,628 | 14 | The Orchard |
| 33 | Beatriz at Dinner | $7,160 | -6% | 23 | -1 | $311 | $7,064,057 | 14 | Roadside Attractions |
| 34 | Brigsby Bear | $6,658 | -71% | 25 | -11 | $266 | $515,765 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 35 | A Ghost Story | $6,527 | -46% | 15 | 0 | $435 | $1,579,405 | 10 | A24 |
| 36 | A Gentleman | $6,357 | -93% | 17 | -113 | $374 | $407,213 | 3 | FIP |
| 37 | Lady Macbeth | $6,069 | -46% | 23 | -6 | $264 | $1,089,591 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
| 38 | Landline | $5,435 | -53% | 14 | -10 | $388 | $929,677 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 39 | The Fencer | $5,399 | -63% | 6 | -1 | $900 | $71,673 | 8 | CFI Releasing |
| 40 | Whose Streets? | $5,156 | -58% | 15 | -9 | $344 | $160,995 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 41 | I Am The Blues | $4,670 | 5394% | 4 | 3 | $1,168 | $30,126 | 9 | Film Movement |
| 42 | The Villainess | $4,552 | 25% | 3 | 0 | $1,517 | $17,868 | 3 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 43 | 13 Minutes | $4,096 | 35% | 8 | 2 | $512 | $155,897 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 44 | Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story | $3,900 | -28% | 2 | 0 | $1,950 | $11,400 | 3 | MVD Entertainment Group |
| 45 | Trophy | $3,522 | — | 1 | — | $3,522 | $3,522 | 1 | The Orchard |
| 46 | Le Trou | $3,032 | 63% | 1 | 0 | $3,032 | $30,973 | 11 | Rialto Pictures |
| 47 | School Life | $2,332 | — | 1 | — | $2,332 | $2,332 | 1 | Magnolia |
| 48 | The Challenge | $2,171 | — | 1 | — | $2,171 | $2,171 | 1 | Kino Lorber |
| 49 | Company Town | $2,150 | — | 1 | — | $2,150 | $2,150 | 1 | First Run Features |
| 50 | We Love You, Sally Carmichael! | $2,022 | -63% | 7 | -4 | $289 | $23,723 | 6 | Purdie Distribution |
| 51 | Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk | $1,944 | -36% | 2 | -1 | $972 | $46,688 | 7 | Abramorama |
| 52 | Heat and Dust (2017 re-release) | $1,939 | -81% | 2 | -2 | $970 | $19,856 | 2 | Cohen Media Group |
| 53 | Valley Of Bones | $1,814 | -98% | 13 | -287 | $140 | $166,552 | 2 | Smith Global Media |
| 54 | The Ornithologist | $1,674 | -20% | 1 | 0 | $1,674 | $50,511 | 12 | Strand Releasing |
| 55 | Pop Aye | $1,593 | — | 2 | — | $797 | $67,637 | 11 | Kino Lorber |
| 56 | The Wound | $998 | — | 1 | — | $998 | $26,591 | 4 | Kino Lorber |
| 57 | Person to Person | $964 | -25% | 2 | -2 | $482 | $48,347 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 58 | The Skyjacker’s Tale | $935 | — | 1 | — | $935 | $3,723 | 11 | Strand Releasing |
| 59 | Once Upon A Time | $900 | -85% | 1 | -4 | $900 | $484,953 | 5 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 60 | Hidden Figures | $755 | — | 2 | — | $378 | $169,379,801 | 38 | Fox |
| 61 | The Untamed | $635 | 32% | 1 | 0 | $635 | $25,899 | 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 62 | In Pursuit of Silence | $618 | 61% | 1 | -1 | $618 | $20,757 | 12 | Cinema Guild |
| 63 | Slack Bay | $602 | -45% | 2 | 0 | $301 | $111,062 | 21 | Kino Lorber Films |
| 64 | The Girl Without Hands | $595 | -54% | 5 | -1 | $119 | $18,999 | 8 | GKIDS |
| 65 | Love, Kennedy | $587 | -85% | 4 | -6 | $147 | $395,897 | 15 | Purdie Distribution |
| 66 | Sidemen: Long Road to Glory | $537 | -80% | 1 | -2 | $537 | $23,136 | 4 | Abramorama |
| 67 | Served Like a Girl | $485 | -80% | 1 | -5 | $485 | $8,133 | 3 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
| 68 | Moka | $373 | -90% | 1 | -3 | $373 | $123,359 | 13 | Film Movement |
| 69 | Paris Can Wait | $284 | -84% | 3 | -3 | $95 | $5,613,248 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 70 | Lemon | $258 | -92% | 3 | -6 | $86 | $24,791 | 4 | Magnolia |
| 71 | Red Christmas | $210 | -57% | 2 | -1 | $105 | $1,178 | 3 | Artsploitation |
| 72 | The Death of Louis XIV | $186 | — | 1 | — | $186 | $43,635 | 24 | Cinema Guild |
| 73 | Dawson City: Frozen Time | $119 | -89% | 2 | -1 | $60 | $117,918 | 14 | Kino Lorber Films |
Sunday’s Studio Weekend Estimates for Friday, September 8 – Sunday, September 10, 2017:
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It (2017) | $117,150,000 | — | 4,103 | — | $28,552 | $117,150,000 | 1 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 2 | Home Again | $9,028,222 | — | 2,940 | — | $3,071 | $9,028,222 | 1 | Open Road |
| 3 | The Hitman’s Bodyguard | $4,850,000 | -54% | 3,322 | -48 | $1,460 | $64,897,007 | 4 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 4 | Annabelle: Creation | $4,000,000 | -47% | 3,003 | -355 | $1,332 | $96,267,010 | 5 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 5 | Wind River | $3,210,200 | -49% | 2,890 | 288 | $1,111 | $25,002,192 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 6 | Leap! | $2,500,100 | -48% | 2,691 | -14 | $929 | $15,874,536 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 7 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | $2,015,000 | -45% | 1,657 | -379 | $1,216 | $327,702,794 | 10 | Sony / Columbia |
| 8 | Dunkirk | $1,950,000 | -55% | 2,110 | -642 | $924 | $183,110,279 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | Logan Lucky | $1,826,425 | -59% | 2,167 | -808 | $843 | $25,228,666 | 4 | Bleeker Street |
| 10 | The Emoji Movie | $1,060,000 | -57% | 1,450 | -658 | $731 | $82,516,858 | 7 | Sony / Columbia |
| 11 | Despicable Me 3 | $909,000 | -64% | 1,274 | -858 | $714 | $259,957,175 | 11 | Universal |
| 12 | Girls Trip | $802,000 | -65% | 1,123 | -484 | $714 | $113,360,470 | 8 | Universal |
| 13 | The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature | $546,018 | -74% | 1,235 | -1416 | $442 | $27,437,912 | 5 | Open Road |
| 14 | The Glass Castle | $540,000 | -62% | 1,037 | -323 | $521 | $16,084,885 | 5 | LionsgateLionsgate |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Tower | $750,000 | -53% | 948 | -872 | $791 | $48,903,461 | 6 | Sony / Columbia |
| 2 | Wonder Woman | $662,000 | -68% | 961 | -877 | $689 | $410,503,142 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | The Big Sick | $480,000 | -67% | 535 | -735 | $897 | $42,028,894 | 12 | Lionsgate |
| 4 | All Saints | $465,000 | -62% | 834 | -12 | $558 | $4,604,277 | 3 | Sony Pictures |
| 5 | War for the Planet of the Apes | $460,000 | -59% | 653 | -388 | $704 | $145,338,705 | 9 | Fox |
| 6 | Baby Driver | $415,000 | -72% | 618 | -845 | $672 | $106,557,278 | 11 | Sony / TriStar |
| 7 | Hazlo Como Hombre | $375,000 | -68% | 382 | 0 | $982 | $2,021,851 | 2 | Lionsgate / Pantelion |
| 8 | Birth Of The Dragon | $360,000 | -79% | 702 | -931 | $513 | $6,585,485 | 3 | OTL Releasing |
| 9 | Cars 3 | $320,000 | -82% | 510 | -1935 | $627 | $152,063,509 | 13 | Disney |
| 10 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind (re-release) | $300,000 | -83% | 787 | -114 | $381 | $2,881,070 | 2 | Sony |
| 11 | Tulip Fever | $285,300 | -75% | 772 | 7 | $370 | $1,935,520 | 2 | Weinstein Company |
| 12 | Atomic Blonde | $274,000 | -69% | 390 | -351 | $703 | $51,025,270 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 13 | Kidnap | $190,000 | -88% | 918 | -771 | $207 | $30,191,114 | 6 | Aviron Pictures |
| 14 | Ingrid Goes West | $152,865 | -75% | 200 | -425 | $764 | $2,752,964 | 5 | Neon |
| 15 | The Trip to Spain | $125,000 | -43% | 125 | -5 | $1,000 | $773,718 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 16 | Menashe | $123,540 | -38% | 117 | -9 | $1,056 | $1,467,625 | 7 | A24 |
| 17 | 9/11 | $120,500 | — | 398 | — | $303 | $120,500 | 1 | Atlas Distribution |
| 18 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | $98,000 | -50% | 143 | -43 | $685 | $172,451,737 | 16 | Disney |
| 19 | Patti Cake$ | $68,000 | -72% | 189 | -106 | $360 | $722,496 | 4 | Fox Searchlight |
| 20 | 47 Meters Down | $63,600 | -72% | 149 | -281 | $427 | $44,164,105 | 13 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | Detroit | $53,000 | -74% | 151 | -180 | $351 | $16,693,627 | 7 | Annapurna Pictures |
| 22 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | $52,000 | -76% | 129 | -67 | $403 | $389,758,914 | 19 | Disney |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viceroy’s House | $148,461 | 208% | 41 | 37 | $3,621 | $220,475 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 2 | Columbus | $90,702 | -19% | 36 | 7 | $2,520 | $526,557 | 6 | Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Fellowship |
| 3 | Beach Rats | $72,591 | 65% | 34 | 26 | $2,135 | $208,446 | 3 | Neon |
| 4 | Good Time | $67,680 | -79% | 75 | -560 | $902 | $1,879,121 | 5 | A24 |
| 5 | Dolores | $53,610 | 296% | 5 | 4 | $10,722 | $70,900 | 2 | PBS Distribution |
| 6 | Rebel in the Rye | $44,280 | — | 4 | — | $11,070 | $44,280 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 7 | Maudie | $43,894 | -47% | 79 | -27 | $556 | $6,017,821 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 8 | Crown Heights | $36,630 | -41% | 99 | 45 | $370 | $213,139 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 9 | Polina | $23,000 | 10% | 15 | 11 | $1,533 | $75,663 | 3 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
| 10 | Marjorie Prime | $22,000 | -17% | 12 | 0 | $1,833 | $127,614 | 4 | FilmRise Releasing |
| 11 | Gook | $20,385 | -53% | 20 | -7 | $1,019 | $223,222 | 4 | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
| 12 | Twenty Two | $20,000 | — | 11 | — | $1,818 | $20,000 | 1 | China Lion Film |
| 13 | The Little Hours | $15,320 | — | 13 | — | $1,178 | $1,623,366 | 11 | Gunpowder & Sky |
| 14 | Lost in Paris | $15,000 | -47% | 17 | -2 | $882 | $609,578 | 13 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
| 15 | The Only Living Boy In New York | $12,360 | -81% | 23 | -112 | $537 | $609,064 | 5 | Roadside Attractions / Amazon Studios |
| 16 | The Hero | $11,739 | -24% | 29 | -10 | $405 | $4,071,497 | 14 | The Orchard |
| 17 | Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story | $3,800 | -30% | 2 | 0 | $1,900 | $3,800 | 3 | MVD Entertainment Group |
| 18 | Trophy | $3,474 | — | 1 | — | $3,474 | $3,474 | 1 | The Orchard |
| 19 | We Love You, Sally Carmichael! | $2,044 | -63% | 7 | -4 | $292 | $23,745 | 6 | Purdie Distribution |
| 20 | Heat and Dust (2017 re-release) | $1,944 | -81% | 2 | -2 | $972 | $19,855 | 2 | Cohen Media Group |
| 21 | Love, Kennedy | $617 | -84% | 4 | -6 | $154 | $395,927 | 15 | Purdie Distribution |
| 22 | Served Like a Girl | $505 | -79% | 1 | -5 | $505 | $8,153 | 3 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
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