Retiring Guy's Digest: USA box office on the 4th weekend in July (2017-2023)

USA box office on the Friday of the fourth weekend in July 2023 is 40% compared to last year when "Nope" was the top-grossing movie.

Source: Box Office Mojo

Headline: Variety, 7/30/2023

It’s a “Barbenheimer” world and we’re just living in it.

The collective force of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” continued to rule the box office in their second weekends of release, providing another needed jolt as two Hollywood strikes threaten the fragile exhibition industry.

Greta Gerwig’s cotton candy-colored fantasy comedy again led the way, adding a massive $93 million between Friday and Sunday. Ticket sales for “Barbie” declined just 43% from its debut and resulted in the seventh-biggest second weekend in history. The only movies that enjoyed bigger sophomore outing tallies were billion-dollar behemoths “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ($149 million), “Avengers: Endgame” ($147 million) and “Infinity War” ($114 million), “Black Panther” ($111 million), “Jurassic World” ($106 million) and “The Avengers” ($103 million).

Original 7/30/2023 post starts here

USA box office on the Friday of the fourth weekend in July 2023 is nearly 26% compared to last year when "Nope" was the top-grossing movie.

Source: Box Office Mojo

Headline: Variety, 7/29/2023

Disney’s new “Haunted Mansion” is settling for third place behind the formidable pair of blockbusters. The reimagining earned $9.9 million from 3,740 locations on its opening day, a figure that includes $3.1 million in Thursday previews. The family-friendly funhouse feature was projecting an opening between $25 million and $30 million, a range that some rivals predict the debut will end up falling short of.
With a $150 million production budget, “Haunted Mansion” is looking to be another disappointing chapter for Disney’s summer slate.

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