"Furiosa" Narrowly Beats "Garfield" in Slow Memorial Day Weekend Box Office

[JamesG]

Furiosa Flops and Weak Holiday Box Office Put the Heat on Hollywood
by Chloe Melas
May 27, 2024


Memorial Day weekend is usually a big one for moviegoers and Hollywood, but this year’s numbers show otherwise.

Warner Bros.’ Furiosa edged out Sony’s The Garfield Movie with just $32 million domestically to take the top spot for the four-day weekend, according to estimates from Comscore. Final results will be released this week.

Now the heat is on for Hollywood to deliver the rest of summer movie season.




This year, though, the holiday frame came with several issues, Comscore senior analyst Paul Dergarabedian told NBC News on Monday.

"This was indeed a historically slow Memorial Day weekend for movie theaters,” Dergarabedian said. “But this outcome was the result of many factors, including a disruption of the release dates for many films as a result of the Hollywood strikes," as well as "a lack of a first-quarter blockbuster holdover."

He also noted that no movie so far this year has opened with a $100 million weekend, which became common in the age of comic book blockbusters.

https://www.nbcnews.com/media/furios...ood-rcna154178






May 24-27, 2024 - Memorial Day Weekend Estimates:

1. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga $32,000,000
2. The Garfield Movie $31,100,000
3. IF $21,000,208 / $63,567,000
4. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes $17,200,000 / $126,649,252
5. The Fall Guy $7,650,000 / $73,941,385
6. The Strangers: Chapter 1 $6,900,000 / $22,633,988
7. Sight $3,596,755
8. Challengers $1,761,000 / $46,855,760
9. Back to Black $1,350,000 / $5,249,020
10. Babes $1,228,000 / $1,455,799

[opus]

I guess Furfield doesn’t have the same zing as Barbenheimer.

[Dead2009]

I see all the people crying on Twitter got their wish.

[opus]

Originally Posted by Dead2009

I see all the people crying on Twitter got their wish.

‘Splain please. Who was wishing for what?

[Dead2009]

Originally Posted by opus

‘Splain please. Who was wishing for what?

There were people on social media over the weekend complaining that people would rather see Garfield over a Mad Max prequel. I saw some posts actively telling others not to see Garfield on purpose.

[TMC]

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[opus]

Originally Posted by Dead2009

There were people on social media over the weekend complaining that people would rather see Garfield over a Mad Max prequel. I saw some posts actively telling others not to see Garfield on purpose.

Twitter weird sometimes . I wouldn't think Mad Max and Garfield would have the same audience. Not saying there aren't people who would want to see both (I would see both).

[icecream]

Originally Posted by opus

Twitter weird sometimes . I wouldn't think Mad Max and Garfield would have the same audience. Not saying there aren't people who would want to see both (I would see both).

Look at the so-called cat hater wanting to see a cat centric movie.

[opus]

Originally Posted by icecream

cat hater

That’s Board Hater’s brother.

Originally Posted by icecream

wanting to see a cat centric movie

If a Garfield movie is good enough for Barbara Cooper it’s good enough for me.