Saturday Update: As expected, Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War is still king of the box office with another $15.998 million taken in Friday, down an estimated 49 percent from last Friday and bringing the domestic haul above the $500 million threshold in 15 days — topping Star Wars: The Last Jedi (16 days) as the second fastest film to reach that mark, behind record-holder The Force Awakens (10 days). Its third weekend remains on target to gross in the realm of $60 million or slightly more, which would make it the fourth best third weekend ever.
With $502.01 million earned in North America thus far, Infinity overtook Finding Dory ($486.3 million) for 11th place on the all-time chart. By the end of this weekend, it looks to be up to 8th place ahead of The Dark Knight ($534.9 million), Rogue One ($532.2 million), and 2015’s Beauty and the Beast ($504 million).
According to Disney, there will be no official updates on Avengers‘ overseas performance (including a highly touted opening in China) until Sunday morning.
Life of the Party remains off to a positive start with an estimated $4.91 million opening day on Friday, comparable to the $5.0 million first day of Snatched last year on the same Mother’s Day weekend. The holiday may continue skewing projections, but for now a weekend between $18-22 million remains likely.
Breaking In also bowed in healthy fashion with $4.6 million yesterday as it heads toward a weekend around $15 million.
Meanwhile, Black Panther continued its efforts of reaching the $700 million domestic plateau with another $538,000 yesterday, bringing its cume to $694.8 million.
Early weekend estimates are below with updated estimates from studios to follow on Sunday.
Early Weekend Estimates (Domestic)
FRI, MAY. 11 – SUN, MAY. 13
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avengers: Infinity War | $60,000,000 | -48% | 4,474 | 0 | $13,411 | $546,012,103 | 3 | Disney |
| 2 | Life Of The Party | $19,500,000 | — | 3,656 | — | $5,334 | $19,500,000 | 1 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 3 | Breaking In | $15,000,000 | — | 2,537 | — | $5,912 | $15,000,000 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | Overboard | $9,200,000 | -37% | 2,006 | 383 | $4,586 | $28,693,977 | 2 | Lionsgate / Pantelion |
| 5 | A Quiet Place | $6,300,000 | -19% | 3,144 | -269 | $2,004 | $169,452,634 | 6 | Paramount |
| 6 | I Feel Pretty | $4,000,000 | -21% | 2,858 | -374 | $1,400 | $44,146,576 | 4 | STX Entertainment |
| 7 | Rampage | $3,200,000 | -31% | 2,548 | -603 | $1,256 | $89,564,663 | 5 | Warner Bros |
| 8 | Tully | $2,300,000 | -30% | 1,356 | 3 | $1,696 | $7,043,060 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 9 | Black Panther | $2,100,000 | -35% | 1,370 | -271 | $1,533 | $696,354,611 | 13 | Disney |
| 10 | Blockers | $1,100,000 | -37% | 1,111 | -561 | $990 | $58,111,635 | 6 | Universal |
| 11 | Super Troopers 2 | $975,000 | -48% | 1,379 | -739 | $707 | $27,375,577 | 4 | 20th Century Fox |
| 12 | Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare | $900,000 | -52% | 1,269 | -635 | $709 | $39,710,900 | 5 | Universal |
| 13 | Isle of Dogs | $900,000 | 12% | 1,046 | 344 | $860 | $29,779,374 | 8 | Fox Searchlight |
| 14 | A Wrinkle in Time | $675,000 | 64% | 1,984 | 1690 | $340 | $96,330,876 | 10 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RBG | $950,000 | 64% | 180 | 146 | $5,278 | $1,787,767 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 2 | Ready Player One | $865,000 | -35% | 804 | -601 | $1,076 | $134,535,919 | 7 | Warner Bros. / DreamWorks |
| 3 | 102 Not Out | $285,000 | -41% | 102 | 0 | $2,794 | $976,389 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing International |
| 4 | Traffik | $200,000 | -75% | 381 | -366 | $525 | $8,834,614 | 4 | Lionsgate / Summit / Codeblack Films |
| 5 | Tyler Perry’s Acrimony | $170,000 | -56% | 257 | -141 | $661 | $43,205,076 | 7 | Lionsgate |
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Friday Report: Warner Bros. reports this morning that Life of the Party bowed to an estimated $700,000 from last night’s opening shows. That comes in ahead of Snatched‘s $650,000 start before the same Mother’s Day weekend one year ago, while coming in just under fellow Melissa McCarthy comedy The Boss and its $985,000 in April 2016.
Also posting an encouraging start, Universal’s Breaking In grossed $615,000 from early shows last night. That’s comparable to the studio’s Unfriended ($660,000) back in April 2015 and ahead of The Boy Next Door‘s $500,000 start earlier that year.
While the two openers court female audiences over Mother’s Day weekend, Avengers: Infinity War is set to post one of the biggest third weekends of all-time as it continues to steamroll the market. Check out our detailed weekend forecast and follow us on Twitter for continued updates.
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