JamesG
07-22-2019, 03:25 PM
The Lion King Debuts with Record $185M & Avengers: Endgame Becomes Global #1
by Brad Brevet
July 21, 2019
Yet again, it took another Disney film to energize the weekend box office as this was the first weekend in the last six to top the same weekend last year and it's all thanks to Disney's The Lion King, which topped the weekend box office with a record $185 million, surpassing the total gross for the same weekend last year all on its own.
Disney's success this weekend didn't end there, either, as Avengers: Endgame surpassed Avatar to become the highest grossing worldwide release of all-time.
With an estimated $185 million, Disney's The Lion King topped the weekend box office with a record opening weekend for the month of July, topping the previous record held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 ($169.1m).
The debut is the second largest opening of the year so far and seventh largest of all-time. The film's debut in 4,725 locations was also a record and the debut was also the largest ever for a PG-rated film.
Internationally, The Lion King added another $269 million this weekend for an international cume that now stands at $346 million and a global cume totaling $531 million.
Sony's Spider-Man: Far from Home finished in second place after two weekends atop the box office with an estimated $21 million. The film's domestic cume now stands just shy of $320 million as it enters its third week in release.
An international update was not available as of press time.
Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 4 held on very well in the face of The Lion King, delivering an estimated $14.6 million for a third place finish and a domestic cume that now tops $375 million as the animated feature begins its fifth week in release.
Internationally, Toy Story 4 added another $25.8 million, pushing the film's overseas cume to $483.9 million and a global cume just shy of $860 million, making it the fifth highest worldwide release for Pixar all-time.
Paramount's Crawl dipped -50% for an estimated $6 million three-day and a domestic cume that now stands just shy of $24 million after ten days in release.
Internationally, the film has still only reached 26% of the marketplace and brought in $2.7 million from 21 markets for an overseas cume that currently stands just shy of $10 million.
Rounding out the top five is Universal's Yesterday, which dipped just -24% for a three-day totaling just over $5 million, raising the film's domestic cume to $57.5 million as it enters its fourth week in release.
The film also added another $4.3 million internationally this weekend for a $40.6 million overseas cume, bringing the global cume for the $26 million production just shy of $100 million.
Just outside the top twelve, Bleecker's The Art of Self-Defense expanded into 550 locations (+543) and brought in an estimated $1.05 million, bringing the film's domestic cume to $1.2 million.
In limited release, Sony Classics debuted David Crosby: Remember My Name into four locations with an estimated $41,050 ($10,263 PTA); Blue Fox's Rosie brought in an estimated $2,970 from two theaters in New York and Los Angeles; Big World's I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians opened in one theater with an estimated $2,176; and Cinema Libre's At War opened with $1,550, also in only one theater.
Finally, this weekend saw a new king of the global box office in the form of Disney and Marvel's Avengers: Endgame. The massive conclusion to Marvel's Infinity Saga topped Avatar, which has held the worldwide record gross for ten years, as Endgame's global tally now stands at $2.79 billion.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4530&p=.htm
July 19-21, 2019 Weekend Studio Estimates:
1. The Lion King $185,000,000
2. Spider-Man: Far from Home $21,000,000 / $319,659,412
3. Toy Story 4 $14,600,000 / $375,533,349
4. Crawl $6,000,000 / $23,834,810
5. Yesterday $5,100,000 / $57,596,465
6. Stuber $4,000,000 / $16,081,864
7. Aladdin $3,800,000 / $340,040,714
8. Annabelle Comes Home $2,660,000 / $66,582,201
9. Midsommar $1,599,155 / $22,482,183
10. The Secret Life of Pets 2 $1,530,000 / $151,551,165
by Brad Brevet
July 21, 2019
Yet again, it took another Disney film to energize the weekend box office as this was the first weekend in the last six to top the same weekend last year and it's all thanks to Disney's The Lion King, which topped the weekend box office with a record $185 million, surpassing the total gross for the same weekend last year all on its own.
Disney's success this weekend didn't end there, either, as Avengers: Endgame surpassed Avatar to become the highest grossing worldwide release of all-time.
With an estimated $185 million, Disney's The Lion King topped the weekend box office with a record opening weekend for the month of July, topping the previous record held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 ($169.1m).
The debut is the second largest opening of the year so far and seventh largest of all-time. The film's debut in 4,725 locations was also a record and the debut was also the largest ever for a PG-rated film.
Internationally, The Lion King added another $269 million this weekend for an international cume that now stands at $346 million and a global cume totaling $531 million.
Sony's Spider-Man: Far from Home finished in second place after two weekends atop the box office with an estimated $21 million. The film's domestic cume now stands just shy of $320 million as it enters its third week in release.
An international update was not available as of press time.
Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 4 held on very well in the face of The Lion King, delivering an estimated $14.6 million for a third place finish and a domestic cume that now tops $375 million as the animated feature begins its fifth week in release.
Internationally, Toy Story 4 added another $25.8 million, pushing the film's overseas cume to $483.9 million and a global cume just shy of $860 million, making it the fifth highest worldwide release for Pixar all-time.
Paramount's Crawl dipped -50% for an estimated $6 million three-day and a domestic cume that now stands just shy of $24 million after ten days in release.
Internationally, the film has still only reached 26% of the marketplace and brought in $2.7 million from 21 markets for an overseas cume that currently stands just shy of $10 million.
Rounding out the top five is Universal's Yesterday, which dipped just -24% for a three-day totaling just over $5 million, raising the film's domestic cume to $57.5 million as it enters its fourth week in release.
The film also added another $4.3 million internationally this weekend for a $40.6 million overseas cume, bringing the global cume for the $26 million production just shy of $100 million.
Just outside the top twelve, Bleecker's The Art of Self-Defense expanded into 550 locations (+543) and brought in an estimated $1.05 million, bringing the film's domestic cume to $1.2 million.
In limited release, Sony Classics debuted David Crosby: Remember My Name into four locations with an estimated $41,050 ($10,263 PTA); Blue Fox's Rosie brought in an estimated $2,970 from two theaters in New York and Los Angeles; Big World's I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians opened in one theater with an estimated $2,176; and Cinema Libre's At War opened with $1,550, also in only one theater.
Finally, this weekend saw a new king of the global box office in the form of Disney and Marvel's Avengers: Endgame. The massive conclusion to Marvel's Infinity Saga topped Avatar, which has held the worldwide record gross for ten years, as Endgame's global tally now stands at $2.79 billion.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4530&p=.htm
July 19-21, 2019 Weekend Studio Estimates:
1. The Lion King $185,000,000
2. Spider-Man: Far from Home $21,000,000 / $319,659,412
3. Toy Story 4 $14,600,000 / $375,533,349
4. Crawl $6,000,000 / $23,834,810
5. Yesterday $5,100,000 / $57,596,465
6. Stuber $4,000,000 / $16,081,864
7. Aladdin $3,800,000 / $340,040,714
8. Annabelle Comes Home $2,660,000 / $66,582,201
9. Midsommar $1,599,155 / $22,482,183
10. The Secret Life of Pets 2 $1,530,000 / $151,551,165