Weekend Box Office Report: August 9th, 2024 to August 11th, 2024

As had been widely expected, Hollywood power couple Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively easily led the way at the box office this weekend with the combination of Disney's Deadpool & Wolverine (in its third weekend) and Sony's It Ends With Us (in its first weekend). Combined, the two films grossed $103.79 million domestically this weekend.

Disney's Deadpool & Wolverine took in $53.77 million to lead the weekend box office for a third consecutive frame. The blockbuster comic book adaptation sequel continued to hold up well by declining 44.5 percent from last weekend. Deadpool & Wolverine held up slightly better than both 2016's Deadpool and 2018's Deadpool 2 did in their respective third weekends of release, as Deadpool declined 44.9 percent in its third weekend (to gross $31.12 million) and Deadpool 2 decreased 46.7 percent (to take in $23.18 million). Deadpool & Wolverine registered the twelfth largest unadjusted third weekend gross of all-time. With a 17-day domestic gross of $493.93 million, Deadpool & Wolverine is already on the verge of reaching the $500 million domestic mark. Deadpool & Wolverine has now zoomed past 2022's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever to become the highest grossing Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film domestically since 2021's Spdier-Man: No Way Home. At this point, Deadpool & Wolverine is in terrific shape to eventually pass the $600 million domestic mark. Although Deadpool & Wolverine lost some of its IMAX showtimes to Borderlands this weekend, Deadpool & Wolverine still grossed an estimated $3.8 million from domestic IMAX screens this weekend. That brings the film's domestic IMAX total to $41.3 million through Sunday.

This weekend also saw Deadpool & Wolverine surpass the $1 billion global mark. Deadpool & Wolverine is the second release of 2024 to reach the $1 billion global milestone; joining fellow Disney release Inside Out 2. Deadpool & Wolverine grossed an estimated $57.8 million internationally this weekend from 52 international markets. That places the film's international total at $535.2 million and current global total at $1.029 billion. Totals for Deadpool & Wolverine through Sunday by international market include $54.8 million in China, $54.5 million in the United Kingdom, $38.2 million in Mexico, $31.3 million in Australia, $25.5 million in Germany, $23.6 million in France, $22.1 million in Brazil, $18.9 million in Spain, $17.9 million in India, $15.6 million in Italy, $14.1 million in South Korea and $12.3 million in Argentina. Deadpool & Wolverine grossed an estimated $3.3 million from international IMAX screens this weekend. Respective IMAX totals through Sunday for the film stand at $36.7 million internationally and at $78.0 million globally.

Sony's It Ends With Us had a break-out second place debut this weekend with $50.02 million. For the frame, In Ends With Us trailed Deadpool & Wolverine by just $3.758 million. It Ends With Us is based upon the popular Colleen Hoover romance novel of the same name, which gave the film a significant built-in audience prior to release. The presence of Blake Lively in the Justin Baldoni directed romance film helped further build up the initial audience for It Ends With Us this weekend. It Ends With Us delivered the eleventh largest unadjusted opening weekend ever for the month of August. The debut of It Ends With Us was similar to the $48.00 million start of The Fault in Our Stars back in June of 2014 (which was also based upon a popular novel).

It Ends With Us started out with $24.22 million on Friday (which included an estimated $7.0 million from Thursday preview shows that began early at 2PM), declined a sharp 42.8 percent on Saturday to take in $13.85 million, but stabilized nicely on Sunday by decreasing a slim 13.7 percent to gross $11.95 million. Overall, the film's opening weekend to Thursday preview gross ratio of 7.15 to 1 was quite solid for an adaptation of a popular novel, though it should be noted that an unspecified amount from the film's early access shows on Wednesday are included in the weekend figure, but not in the preview gross figure. Critical reviews for It Ends With Us have been mixed, but unsurprisingly the film looks to be going over far better with audiences after receiving a healthy A- rating on CinemaScore. Despite having a built-in audience, It Ends With Us will still have the potential of holding up well throughout the rest of August, especially with the aid of what should be strong midweek business.

It Ends With Us was also impressive internationally this weekend with an estimated $30.0 million debut from 42 international markets. That places the film's global launch at $80.0 million. Debuts for It Ends With Us this weekend by international market included $5.7 million in the United Kingdom, $4.7 million in Australia, $3.4 million in Brazil, $2.5 million in Mexico, $1.0 million in the Netherlands and $1.0 million in Sweden. It Ends With Us has a number of major international markets left to open in, including France this coming Wednesday (August 14), Germany the following day (August 15), Indonesia this coming Friday (August 16), Italy the following Wednesday (August 21) and China and Taiwan on Friday, August 30. It Ends With Us also has as of yet unspecified release dates in September for South Korea and in October for Japan.

Universal's Twisters placed in third with $15.00 million. That represented a solid 34.2 percent decline from last weekend, as Twisters has now held up well for two consecutive weekends. The 24-day domestic gross for Twisters stands at a healthy $222.27 million. Going forward, Twisters is likely to continue to hold up well throughout the rest of the summer. Unfortunately, Twisters remains weak internationally (where the film is being handled by Warner Bros.), as the film took in just $4.0 million this weekend from 74 international markets. With that said, Twisters did surpass the $300 million global mark this weekend. Respective totals for Twisters stand at $88.0 million internationally and at $310.3 million globally. Twisters will open in South Korea this coming Wednesday (August 14).

Meanwhile, Lionsgate's Borderlands was off to a very rough fourth place start this weekend with just $8.60 million. The pricey Eli Roth directed video game adaptation opened even lower than the film's already modest consensus expectations, which ranged from roughly $9 million to $15 million heading into the weekend. Despite an ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu and Jamie Lee Curtis, there just was never much excitement for Borderlands, and on top of that the film's especially poor critical reviews look to have already made a negative impact at the box office this weekend. Making matters even worse; Borderlands doesn't look to be going over any better with audiences after receiving a poor D+ rating on CinemaScore. Borderlands also displayed initial front-loading this weekend, as after starting out with $3.94 million on Friday (which included an estimated $1.32 million from Thursday preview shows that began at 3PM), the film had an opening weekend to opening day ratio of just 2.18 to 1. Clearly, it appears that Borderlands won't be sticking around in theatres for long.

Universal and Illumination's Despicable Me 4 rounded out the weekend's top five with $7.98 million. While Despicable Me 4 was down a very solid 30.3 percent from last weekend, the blockbuster computer animated sequel did lose a bit of momentum this weekend (last weekend the film declined a slim 21.5 percent), as it appears that the added presence of It Ends With Us had a slight negative impact on Despicable Me 4 this weekend (as well as on Inside Out 2). In the bigger picture, the 40-day domestic total for Despicable Me 4 stands at a strong $330.11 million. This weekend also saw Despicable Me 4 surpass the $800 million global mark. Despicable Me 4 grossed $19.4 million internationally this weekend from 82 international markets. That brings the film's international total to $477.7 million and current global haul to $807.9 million.

Warner Bros.'s Trap took in $6.65 million to place in sixth with $6.65 million. The M. Night Shyamalan directed PG-13 rated thriller was down a sizable 57.0 percent from last weekend's debut (which was already on the very low end of consensus expectations). The second weekend percentage hold for Trap was slightly better than the 59.3 percent 2021's Old declined in its second weekend (to gross a similar $6.86 million). With a ten-day domestic take of $28.60 million, Trap is running 6.9 percent behind the $30.72 million ten-day start of Old (which like Trap, was also directed by M. Night Shyamalan). Upon opening in additional international markets this weekend, Trap grossed an estimated $10.2 million from 67 international markets. Respective totals for Trap stand at $16.7 million internationally and at $45.3 million globally. Debuts for Trap this weekend by international market included $2.1 million in France, $1.4 million in the United Kingdom, $0.85 million in Spain, $0.82 million in Mexico and $0.75 million in Italy.

In other box office news, NEON's Cuckoo debuted in ninth place this weekend with $3.03 million. While the Tilman Singer directed R-rated horror film starring Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens and Jessica Henwick didn't break out this weekend, the film's per-location average of $2,016 (from 1,503 locations) was respectable, especially for a lower-profile wide release. On the average, critical reviews for Cuckoo have been good, but not great. Cuckoo doesn't look to be going over quite as well with audiences after receiving a modest C+ rating on CinemaScore.

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