The U.S. box office logs a slight improvement this weekend compared with previous weeks, in a period packed with many mid-profile releases on the schedule. It does so with a $122 million gross, the best box office since the weekend of August 21-23, a little over a month ago.
The relative surprise lies at No. 1, which goes to the re-release of the film ‘Avengers: Endgame’. With barely seven years having passed since its original release, the film has managed to gross $26 million in its U.S. re-release, rising to $86 million worldwide, adding the spectacular $60 million earned in international territories.
The notion that superhero cinema is dead is evidently a matter of opinion, and Marvel can testify to that this summer. With these numbers, ‘Endgame’ becomes the second-best re-release in history, only behind ‘Titanic’ in 2012, though back then 15 years had passed since the original and the film was released in 3D.
This re-release also has consequences for the list of the all-time highest-grossing films. Until a few days ago ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ stood in second place with $2.495 billion, creeping closer to ‘Endgame’. Now, with these $86 million extra, it is ‘Endgame’ that gains ground and reaches $2.885 billion. Moreover, at this moment ‘Endgame’, which has only been re-released in 8 markets, is $38 million away from taking the No. 1 spot and becoming the highest-grossing film ever, surpassing ‘Avatar’’s $2.923 billion. Who would have thought.
‘Resident Evil’ holds up in a weekend crowded with premieres
The second week of ‘Resident Evil’ posts a 61.3% drop, arriving at $23.3 million. A decline that sits toward the lower part of the spectrum, but thanks to the fragmentation of the rest of the week’s releases, it remains in second place, one notch below last week. In total, the horror film has earned $103 million in the United States and $196 million worldwide, showing that the franchise reboot has been successful.
The rest of the top five are made up of this week’s debuts. In third place, with almost identical numbers to the fourth, we find ‘In the Heart of the Beast’, Brad Pitt’s return to the big screen, which finishes with $20 million. And in fourth, Robert Pattinson’s ‘Primetime’ earns $19.2 million. That said, this last film played in 2,874 theaters versus the 3,435 for Pitt’s movie, so we can speak of a better showing for ‘Primetime’.
Both films have benefited from critics’ praise and positive audience reactions, although ‘Primetime’ did so with a budget of $15 million versus the $82 million spent on ‘In the Heart of the Beast’. In international markets, Brad Pitt’s film adds $30 million for a solid total of $50.1 million, while Pattinson’s film has not yet premiered internationally.
The other new release of the week, ‘The Forgotten Island’, trails considerably with $12.8 million in fifth place. Universal’s film also underperforms internationally with only $7.8 million for a total of $20.6 million.
‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Spider-Man’ exit the top 5 for the first time
‘Practically Magic 2’ lands in sixth place with $5.6 million in its third week. The film has totaled $59.8 million in the United States and $92 million when including international markets. Tepid performance for Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock’s spells.
If you’ve read this far you’ll have noticed we haven’t mentioned either ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ or ‘The Odyssey’. And indeed, the summer favorites finally drop out of the top 5 after nine and eleven weeks on the big screen. ‘Spider-Man’ was seventh, adding $4.1 million to its spectacular $950 million gross, and ‘The Odyssey’ eighth with $3.7 million more to its $616 million total. They have certainly been two of the year’s films, and we’ll revisit them when we review 2026. For now, it’s time for them to yield their spots at the box office to new bets.
In ninth place stays ‘Coyote vs. Acme’, adding another $1.9 million for $58.3 million in the United States, with a total international of $88 million. The ranking closes with the religious film ‘Daniel’, which in its second week adds $1.5 million, bringing its total to $6.2 million.
That’s the box office for the week. In seven days the big question is to know how Tom Cruise will fare in ‘Digger’. We’ll report back here, as usual.
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