Sunday, May 7, 2023

USA box office on 1st weekend in May (2017-2023)

 
The USA box office on the Friday of the first weekend of May 2023 is down 30% compared to last year's peak when "Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness" was the top-grossing movie.  

Source:  Box OFfice Mojo

Variety, 5/7/2023
For “Vol. 3,” the next few weeks will be crucial as summer movie season kicks into high gear with “Fast X” on May 19 and “The Little Mermaid” on May 26. Disney’s superhero sequel needs to sustain momentum against those tentpoles to avoid the same ignominious fate as fellow Marvel installment “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which ignited earlier this year to a mighty $106 million before immediately collapsing at the box office. It failed to reach $500 million worldwide, ending that trilogy on a low note and reinforcing the narrative that Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe is struggling to maintain its luster as an A-list franchise.

Original 5/6/2023 post starts here

The USA box office on the Friday of the first weekend May 2023 is down 42% compared to last year's peak when "Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness" was the top-grossing movie.  

Source:  Box OFfice Mojo

Variety, 5/6/2023
The trilogy capper is on track to land within its expectations heading into the weekend, which had pegged the Disney release to take root with a $110 million to $120 million debut through Sunday. That would be enough to notch the second-highest opening of the year, behind only the $146 million that “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” coined over a three-day frame. However, it’d still be roughly a quarter down from the $146.5 million debut earned by “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” back in 2017.

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