Box Office Report: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Continues To Slice The Competition (Poor ‘Harold’)
Box Office analysis is provided by Daniel Garris of BoxOfficeReport.com.
Weekend Box Office Report: August 2nd, 2024 to August 4th, 2024
Disney's Deadpool & Wolverine continued to reign at the box office this weekend with a first place take of $96.81 million. That represented the largest second weekend gross of all-time for an R-rated film and the eighth largest unadjusted second weekend gross of all-time for any film. Deadpool & Wolverine had an exceptional second weekend hold for a film of its size, as the film declined 54.2 percent from last weekend. Deadpool & Wolverine had the best second weekend percentage hold to date for a Deadpool film, as 2016's Deadpool declined 57.4 percent (to gross $56.47 million) and 2018's Deadpool 2 declined 65.4 percent (to gross $43.46 million). The ten-day domestic take for Deadpool & Wolverine stands at a massive $395.39 million. That already makes Deadpool & Wolverine the highest grossing Deadpool film to date domestically (having zoomed past the $363.07 million final domestic gross of Deadpool) and the second highest grossing release of 2024 thus far domestically (behind only fellow Disney release Inside Out 2). Deadpool & Wolverine grossed an estimated $8.0 million from domestic IMAX screens this weekend, which brings the film's domestic IMAX total to $34.0 million through Sunday.
Deadpool & Wolverine also remained especially impressive internationally with an estimated $110.5 million this weekend from 52 international markets. That brings the film's international total to $428.5 million and current global haul to $823.9 million. Totals for Deadpool & Wolverine through Sunday by international market include $45.2 million in China, $42.4 million in the United Kingdom, $32.8 million in Mexico, $24.6 million in Australia, $19.1 million in Germany, $17.8 million in France, $17.4 million in Brazil, $15.7 million in India, $14.6 million in Spain, $13.2 million in Italy, $12.6 million in South Korea and $9.8 million in Argentina. Deadpool & Wolverine grossed an estimated $7.0 million from international IMAX screens this weekend. Respective IMAX totals through Sunday stand at $30.5 million internationally (including $8.5 million in China) and at $64.5 million globally.
Universal's Twisters took in $22.80 million this weekend to hold steady in second place. With the opening weekend of Deadpool & Wolverine out of the way, Twisters was able to stabilize nicely this weekend by declining a very solid 34.8 percent from last weekend. Twisters will soon surpass the $200 million domestic mark, as the film has grossed $195.74 million domestically through 17 days of release. Going forward, Twisters will have an excellent chance of continuing to hold up well throughout the rest of the summer. While Twisters has clearly outpaced expectations domestically, the film's international performance remains lackluster. This weekend Twisters grossed $7.7 million from 77 international markets. Twisters has grossed $79.1 million to date internationally (where the film is being handled by Warner Bros.), for a global total of $274.9 million.
Meanwhile, Warner Bros.'s Trap debuted in third place with $15.45 million. There was hope that the M. Night Shyamalan directed PG-13 rated thriller starring Josh Hartnett would be in store for a break-out performance this weekend, but ultimately Trap opened up right in between the opening weekends of Shyamalan's previous two films as a director; ahead of the $14.13 million start of 2023's Knock at the Cabin and behind the $16.85 million start of 2021's Old. Trap not being able to at least outpace the opening weekend performance of Old feels especially underwhelming given that there had appeared to be a fair amount of pre-release interest in Trap due in part to the concept and pop concert setting of the film. Trap also displayed initial front-loading this weekend, as the film only registered an opening weekend to preview gross ratio of 7.02 to 1 (Trap grossed an estimated $2.2 million from Thursday preview shows that began at 3PM). That suggests that Trap ultimately isn't appealing to more casual fans of Shyamalan and that the film isn't going over all that well with audiences either. The film's modest C+ rating on CinemaScore also suggests that initial word of mouth for Trap is lackluster. Internationally, Trap started out with just $4.6 million this weekend from 38 international markets. That places the film's global total at $20.1 million.
Universal's Despicable Me 4 and Disney's Inside Out 2 claimed fourth and fifth place with respective weekend grosses of $11.45 million and $6.81 million. The pair of blockbuster animated sequels weren't impacted at all by the added presence of Sony's Harold and the Purple Crayon in the marketplace this weekend, as Despicable Me 3 declined 21.5 percent from last weekend and Inside Out 2 decreased a similar 21.0 percent (and that was while playing in 535 fewer locations this weekend than last weekend). Respective total domestic grosses stand at $314.17 million for Despicable Me 4 through 33 days and at $626.97 million for Inside Out 2 through 52 days. Despicable Me 4 grossed $29.0 million internationally this weekend from 80 international markets, which brings the film's international total to $440.4 million and current global haul to $754.6 million. Inside Out 2 grossed $20.5 million internationally this weekend from 52 international markets, for an international total of $928.2 million and a massive global total of $1.555 billion.
Sony's Harold and the Purple Crayon started out in sixth place with an underwhelming $6.00 million. While the Carlos Saldanha directed family comedy starring Zachary Levi didn't have much of a presence at the box office this weekend, the film was able to at least open on the low end of its very modest pre-release expectations. There clearly wasn't much interest in Harold and the Purple Crayon this weekend, as family audiences already look to be satisfied with this summer's previous options (especially Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4). Harold and the Purple Crayon did receive a healthy A- rating on CinemaScore, so there is hope that the film will hold up well going forward. However, given this weekend's slow start, Harold and the Purple Crayon will need to start displaying strong holding power very soon if the film is going to be able to hold onto showtimes and locations for long. Internationally, Harold and the Purple Crayon grossed just an estimated $3.0 million this weekend from 32 international markets. That places the film's global launch at $9.0 million.
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