Key Takeaways
Total 3-Day Weekend Gross:
$124,902,357 | +2.9% Last Week / -46.7% Weekend 28, 2025
The Top 3 movies being family-oriented certainly cannibalized the grosses for newcomer Moana, but overall led to decent numbers above $100M for theaters, with a slight week-over-week uptick. Year-over-year is a different story, falling far behind 2025 when Superman dominated the box office as the kind of well-received summer tentpole that has been few-and-far-between in 2026.
- Top Title: Moana (Disney) | $43M / 3,875 Screens / $11,097 PSA | Week 1
- Top Opener: Moana (Disney) | $43M / 3,875 Screens / $11,097 PSA | Week 1
- Best PSA: Reading Lolita in Tehran (Greenwich) | $15K / 1 Screen / $15,000 PSA | Week 1
1. Moana
Disney | NEW
$43M 3-Day Opening Weekend | $95M Global Total
Walt Disney Pictures’ live-action redo of Moana has become the summer’s latest casualty of franchise fatigue after blue chip brands like Star Wars, DC, and Minions have failed to light a fire with ticket buyers. The Dwayne Johnson-led remake of the 2016 animated smash pulled in $43M from 3,875 screens for a $11,097 Per Screen Average.
That’s below our prediction panel’s lowest-end forecast, and a steep drop that saw early tracking at or above $60M. Opening in close proximity to Minions & Monsters ($20.5M, -45%) as well as the studio’s own Toy Story 5 ($18.5M, -39%) cannibalized the family audience, especially with solid holds for the prior two films. Minions actually performed slightly above our high-end prediction. Unlike those prior films, the theater count on Moana was south of 4000.
Here’s how the 3-Day looked, including $4.5M in Thursday previews (higher than Snow White‘s $3.5M)…
- Friday – $18M
- Saturday – $13.5M
- Sunday – $11.5M
Critics were not kind, calling the new Moana out for bringing very little new to the table beyond a beat-for-beat remake. Rotten Tomatoes was 34% critical, below live-action bombs Snow White (39%) and Dumbo (46%). Ticket buyers were kinder, giving it a 90% audience score, “A-” CinemaScore, and a PostTrak of 4.5 out of 5 from GAs. Audiences were 66% female/34% male with under 12’s the clear majority at 28%. The film was unable to draw a significant portion from both teen (9%) and 45+ quads (14%).
Demographics were fairly diverse…
- Caucasian – 35%
- Hispanic – 30%
- AA – 18%
- Asian – 9%
- NatAm/Other – 8%
Premium formats represented 44% of the take, including $3.4M from domestic IMAX ($6.2M WW)…
2D – 89%
- Traditional 2D – 56%
- PLF 2D – 21%
- IMAX 2D – 9%
- ScreenX – 2%
- Motion 2D – 1%
3D – 11%
- Traditional 3D – 8%
- PLF 3D – 1%
- Motion 3D – 2%
Glutting the market with guaranteed brands is no longer a guarantee, as 2026 has shown without subtlety.
Overseas Moana also underperformed, taking in $52M from a wide international opening in 50 material territories for a $95M total. Like Supergirl, this is a rare mega-budget tentpole that opens to less than $100M WW, though with a price tag around $250M, well above the DC flop’s reported $170M. Top 3 territories were Australia ($5.3M), France ($5.2M), and Korea ($3.8M).
4. Evil Dead Burn
Warner Bros./New Line | NEW
$13.7M 3-Day Opening Weekend | $27M Global Total
Warner Bros. and New Line unleashed more hell from producer Sam Raimi’s four-decade old brand with Evil Dead Burn, the sixth entry from the reinvented series. It took in $13.7M from 3,004 screens for a 4,561 PSA to take fourth place, slightly over half what Evil Dead Rise did three years ago ($24.5M).
Here’s how the 3-Day looked, including $2.3M in Thursday previews…
- Friday – $6.7M
- Saturday – $4M
- Sunday – $3M
Both previous reboot entries in 2013 and 2023 have opened in the $25M ballpark, but Evil Dead Rise is another case of established IP not connecting as big as it used to, especially in the horror realm where audiences have been craving fresh originals.
Critics were middling at 72%, less than Rise (85%) but better than the 2013 reboot (64%), along with a “B” CinemaScore and PostTrak score 3 out of 5 from GAs, none of which indicates the potential for an extended run.
Here’s how demographics looked…
- 51% Caucasian
- 28% Hispanic
- 14% African-American
- 4% NativeAmerican/Other
- 3% Asian
Sony handled most overseas on Evil Dead Burn with StudioCanal distributing in the UK and Metropolitan in France, earning simpatico with domestic at $13.3M from all markets for a global total of $27M. India led the charge with $1.5M, followed by the UK ($1.2M), Mexico ($1.1M), and France grossed ($850K).
Other Notable Performances
After dominating the Per Screen Average for two straight weeks, A24’s racy comedy The Invite expanded wide into 1,610 locations for $5.7M, bringing the total for the Seth Rogen starrer to $7.38M. Directed by and co-starring Olivia Wilde, the critically-acclaimed (96% on RT) movie also features Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton.
The aforementioned holdover animated films both crossed domestic milestones, with Universal’s Minions & Monsters crossing $100M with $108.27M while Disney’s Toy Story 5 crossed $400M with $403.77M. The latter is still the #6 all-timer for Pixar below Toy Story 3‘s $415M while on the overall Disney animated front is just surpassed the original Frozen ($400.7M)
Lionsgate’s music biopic Michael legged it out past the $1B mark globally this weekend, earning $1.001B after 80 days in release. Domestically the movie is now at $371.85M.
Next Week
In the next frame all eyes -even the cyclops’- will be on Universal’s The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s massively expensive mythological epic based on Homer’s aged text. Besides the Nolan brand (one of the few A-list directors left whose name alone has pull), the deck is stacked with wall-to-wall stars: Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, etc. Early tracking suggests this could hit nine figures, even with the same restrictive R-rating that did not stop Oppenheimer from taking nearly $1B WW. Comps harken back to the sword and sandal revival of the early 2000s (Gladiator, Troy, 300, Beowulf), but a practical-heavy Old Hollywood-style extravaganza disconnected from tired IP might be just what the doctor ordered right now.
Sunday Studio Estimates | Weekend 28 – 2026
Total 3-Day Domestic Gross: $124,902,357 | (-46.7% vs 2025)
| Rank | Title | Weekend Est. | Screens | PSA | Total | Week | Distributor |
| 1 | Moana | $43,000,000 | 3,875 | $11,097 | $43,000,000 | 1 | Disney |
| 2 | Minions & Monsters | $20,500,000 | 4,244 | $4,830 | $108,273,000 | 2 | Universal |
| 3 | Toy Story 5 | $18,500,000 | 3,575 | $5,175 | $403,772,720 | 4 | Disney |
| 4 | Evil Dead Burn | $13,700,000 | 3,004 | $4,561 | $13,700,000 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Young Washington | $6,447,757 | 2,771 | $2,327 | $33,105,849 | 2 | Angel Studios |
| 6 | The Invite | $5,721,062 | 1,610 | $3,553 | $7,384,507 | 3 | A24 |
| 7 | Obsession | $3,800,000 | 2,069 | $1,837 | $253,322,000 | 9 | Focus Features |
| 8 | Supergirl | $3,560,000 | 2,584 | $1,378 | $66,001,000 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | Disclosure Day | $3,200,000 | 2,204 | $1,452 | $111,314,000 | 5 | Universal |
| 10 | Backrooms | $1,485,500 | 1,262 | $1,177 | $194,197,303 | 7 | A24 |
| 11 | Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass | $953,724 | 1,000 | $954 | $953,724 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 12 | My Neighbor Totoro – Studio Ghibli Fest 2026 | $815,689 | 1,141 | $715 | $815,689 | 1 | Fathom Entertainment |
| 13 | Jackass: Best and Last | $730,000 | 989 | $738 | $17,300,000 | 3 | Paramount |
| 14 | Lenin | $560,522 | 250 | $2,242 | $560,522 | 1 | Shloka Entertainments |
| 15 | Dhamaal 4 | $467,030 | 387 | $1,207 | $467,030 | 1 | Shree International |
| 16 | Scary Movie | $405,000 | 401 | $1,010 | $107,493,000 | 6 | Paramount |
| 17 | Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu | $257,000 | 265 | $970 | $177,364,989 | 8 | Disney |
| 18 | Michael | $250,000 | 270 | $926 | $371,855,000 | 12 | Lionsgate |
| 19 | Maddie’s Secret | $150,000 | 149 | $1,007 | $798,954 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 20 | Leviticus | $111,400 | 125 | $891 | $7,033,780 | 4 | Neon Rated |
| 21 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | $91,000 | 80 | $1,138 | $220,446,934 | 11 | 20th Century Studios |
| 22 | Night Nurse | $72,000 | 330 | $218 | $72,000 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 23 | Tuner | $35,000 | 55 | $636 | $4,489,189 | 8 | Black Bear |
| 24 | The Death of Robin Hood | $18,832 | 25 | $753 | $5,256,057 | 4 | A24 |
| 25 | I Love Boosters | $18,000 | 21 | $857 | $9,708,213 | 8 | Neon Rated |
| 26 | Reading Lolita in Tehran | $15,000 | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | 1 | Greenwich Entertainment |
| 27 | Sherman’s March (4K Restoration) | $9,000 | 3 | $3,000 | $32,847 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 28 | Floaters, The | $8,500 | 1 | $8,500 | $8,500 | 1 | Eammon Films |
| 29 | Remake | $8,500 | 1 | $8,500 | $8,500 | 1 | Music Box Films |
| 30 | The Hole (1998) (re) | $6,828 | 1 | $6,828 | $6,828 | 1 | Independent Films |
| 31 | The Town that Takes | $2,500 | 24 | $104 | $2,500 | 1 | Atlas Distribution Company |
| 32 | The Python Hunt | $2,336 | 6 | $389 | $89,868 | 10 | Oscilloscope Pictures |
| 33 | Underland | $177 | 1 | $177 | $12,321 | 6 | Oscilloscope Pictures |
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