After enjoying two weekends of promising returns at the domestic box office with the debuts of Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon ($8.5 million) and Warner Bros.’ Tom & Jerry ($14.1 million), the North American box office cooled off a bit over the mid-March frame as studios held off on releasing major new titles.
As a result, the top 5 remained unchanged from last weekend, with Raya again taking the crown with an estimated $5.5 million from 2,163 locations, a drop of 35%. The animated fantasy, which is also available to Disney+ subscribers on PVOD for $30, has a total of $15.84 million through its first ten days.
Warner Bros.’ Tom & Jerry repeated in second place in its third frame with an estimated $4.1 million (a drop of 38% from last weekend’s take), for a total of $28.2 million to date. The film’s top 10 markets were, in order: New York, Dallas, Phoenix, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco/Bay Area, Salt Lake City, Detroit, Atlanta, and Philadelphia.
Lionsgate’s Chaos Walking held steady in third place with an estimated $2.25 million from 1,995 locations, a drop of 40% from last weekend’s debut. The Daisy Ridley-Tom Holland sci-fi stands at $6.9 million after its first ten days.
In fourth place, Focus Features’ Boogie took in an estimated $730k from 1,272 locations in its sophomore frame, a dip of 39% from last weekend’s debut. The total for the sports drama now stands at $2.28 million.
Rounding out the top 5 is The Croods: A New Age, which took in an estimated $520,000 in its 15th weekend of release. The total for the Universal/Dreamworks Animation sequel stands at $54.3 million.
Outside the top 5, Sony/Stage 6 Films’ Long Weekend took in an estimated $245k from 814 locations in its opening frame, giving the Finn Wittrock-Zoe Chao rom-com a per-location average of $300.
OVERSEAS
After taking back the global box office all-time crown from Avengers: Endgame on Saturday in its latest China re-release, Disney/Fox’s Avatar finished the weekend with an estimated three-day gross of $20.5 million in the country. Thirty percent of that total came from IMAX screens, which represent just 1% of total screens in China.
Finally, Tom & Jerry took in an estimated $2.6 million from 37 markets, bringing its international total to $38.7 million and its global tally to $66.9 million.
Sunday’s Studio Weekend Estimates
March 12-14, 2021
| Title | Estimated weekend | % change | Locations | Location change | Average | Total | Weekend | Distributor |
| Raya and the Last Dragon | $5,500,000 | -35% | 2,163 | 118 | $2,543 | $15,837,165 | 2 | Walt Disney |
| Tom and Jerry | $4,075,000 | -38% | 2,454 | -109 | $1,661 | $28,150,000 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| Chaos Walking | $2,250,000 | -40% | 1,995 | 15 | $1,128 | $6,911,407 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| Boogie | $730,000 | -39% | 1,272 | 20 | $574 | $2,277,660 | 2 | Focus Features |
| The Croods: A New Age | $520,000 | -34% | 1,440 | -164 | $361 | $54,303,725 | 16 | Universal |
| The Marksman | $465,000 | -7% | 1,105 | 55 | $421 | $13,602,116 | 9 | Open Road |
| Jathi Ratnalu | $460,000 | 130 | $3,538 | $460,000 | 1 | |||
| The Little Things | $400,000 | -27% | 1,303 | -145 | $307 | $14,231,000 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| Wonder Woman 1984 | $400,000 | -22% | 1,139 | -78 | $351 | $44,953,000 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| The Father | $312,500 | 865 | $361 | $312,500 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | ||
| Long Weekend | $245,000 | 814 | $301 | $245,000 | 1 | Sony Pictures | ||
| Judas and the Black M… | $168,000 | -40% | 777 | -207 | $216 | $4,709,000 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| Lamb of God: The Conc… | $150,000 | 104 | $1,442 | $150,000 | 1 | Purdie | ||
| Dutch | $135,618 | 202 | $671 | $135,618 | 1 | Faith Med… | ||
| Monster Hunter | $135,000 | -46% | 1,003 | -71 | $135 | $14,588,320 | 13 | Sony Pictures |
| Wrong Turn | $107,897 | -3% | 140 | -6 | $771 | $641,251 | 7 | Saban Films |
| Land | $101,000 | -35% | 859 | -156 | $118 | $2,508,020 | 5 | Focus Features |
| The War with Grandpa | $92,371 | -6% | 435 | -76 | $212 | $20,746,873 | 23 | 101 Studios |
| Promising Young Woman | $90,000 | -9% | 497 | -22 | $181 | $5,498,230 | 12 | Focus Features |
| News of the World | $75,000 | -52% | 703 | -135 | $107 | $12,300,480 | 12 | Universal |
| The Mauritanian | $57,000 | -37% | 211 | -41 | $270 | $746,464 | 5 | STX Entertainment |
| Crisis | $35,064 | -68% | 124 | -86 | $283 | $404,738 | 3 | Quiver |
| Come True | $27,500 | 96 | $286 | $27,500 | 1 | IFC Midnight | ||
| Blithe Spirit | $14,500 | -40% | 41 | -45 | $354 | $261,582 | 4 | IFC Films |
| My Salinger Year | $7,250 | -75% | 80 | -43 | $91 | $45,308 | 2 | IFC Films |
| The Vigil | $2,000 | -78% | 12 | -26 | $167 | $44,116 | 3 | IFC Midnight |
| Dara Of Jasenovac | $1,534 | 82% | 6 | -3 | $256 | $52,267 | 6 | 101 Studios |
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