Last week, horror IPs and romantic comedies failed to lure viewers away from cartoon plumbers and amateur astronauts. So this week, The Mummy, action star Bob Odenkirk, and Theo Fung(?) are giving it a try. No dice. People are still glued to the year’s two biggest movies, and not since 2016 have two movies done so well at the beginning of the year. dead pool, zootopiaand batman vs superman Already posted over $300 million each, Disney’s live-action production jungle book It was just getting started.
King of crops: super mario galaxy movie Remains number one for 3 weeks in a row
Only Brendan Fraser’s Mummy can beat Mario this weekend, but we won’t find out until 2028. super mario galaxy movie The person who took the top spot for three weeks in a row was Avatar: Fire & Ash. Mario brought in an additional $35 million for the family business, bringing its 19-day total to $355.2 million. This ranks 26th on the all-time list, but how does it stack up against blockbuster sequels? Avengers: Age of Ultron It had a third weekend of $38.8 million and banked $367.4 million. galaxy It also has symmetry with another Marvel movie. Captain America: Civil Warwhich earned $353.1 million after 19 days and $32.9 million after its third weekend, moving it to 27th place on the all-time list. Mario’s 48.6% drop (compared to the original’s 35% drop in its third weekend) has lowered its domestic forecast to likely $420-430 million from last week’s $440-460 million. But at the moment every dollar is profit and all over the world galaxy movie reached $747 million. But is there still $1 billion available?
Top 10 stories: project hail mary hold steady, Lee Cronin’s “The Mummy” open third
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller project hail mary is sailing toward its next milestone. It has already reached $500 million worldwide last week, of which more than $285 million is currently domestic. forget Dune: Part 2since it has already passed. The movie closest to the trend is Disney’s 2016 live-action version. jungle book. like Hail Mary‘s fourth weekend box office gross was $24.1 million, compared to that movie’s $24.4 million. The weekend after that jungle Although he earned $17.1 million, Hail Mary The fifth time he earned $20.4 million. Still needs a little boost to catch the latter jungle’Overall numbers, but the pattern suggests heading into the $330 million to $340 million area. That means over $600 million is definitely happening around the world. (It has now grossed more than $573 million.) It is also the 12th film ever to gross more than $20 million in its fifth national opening weekend, and it may rank as the highest-grossing “original” movie since the first. zootopia How about 2016?
It joins horror writers like John Carpenter and M. Night Shyamalan in bearing their names rather than titles (or just a way to keep people from confusing them with Brendan Fraser films). Lee Cronin’s “The Mummy” Its debut gross was $13.5 million, making it the fourth-highest horror debut of the following year. scream 7 ($63.6 million), Submit help ($19.1 million) and iron lung ($17.8 million), but 28 Years Later: Temple of Bones ($12.5 million). 2025 was a great year for original horror, and it should have been the ninth best debut. sinner and weapons. but Cronin’s Mummy barely won he. cronins evil dead rise It opened with $24.5 million and ended with more than $67 million over the same weekend in 2023. Critics gave the film a positive rating of 85%. mummy It’s down to 45%. The $22 million production budget has already grossed $34 million worldwide.
This weekend, Christopher Borgli’s drama It became the 8th highest grossing film in A24 history. Weekend 3 added an additional $4.8 million to $39.6 million. Ben Affleck in 2023 air It earned $5.4 million in its third weekend, topping the $37 million mark. drama is on track to do just that, still targeting a box office gross of $50 million to $55 million, making it only the third R-rated movie this year to hit that mark. There were 12 deals last year, five of which exceeded $100 million.
Last week’s exotic locale romantic comedy, you and me and tuscanywhich dropped to $3.8 million this weekend for a total of $14.3 million. Current number is less than monte carlothe 2011 Selena Gomez girls’ getaway film grossed $16.1 million after a second weekend of $3.8 million. The deal closed for $23.1 million. tuscanynumbers unfortunately share a surprising consistency with films containing black romances. Apart from star-driven films like hitch and boomerang Ensemble pieces like think like a human and The Best Man Movies, here’s a list of that movie over the years:
How did Stella recover? ($37.6 million), poetic justice ($27.5 million), love and basketball ($27.4 million), brown sugar ($27.3 million), The game can be played by two people ($22.2 million), Love Don’t Cost Thing ($21.9 million), just right ($21.5 million), jason lyrics ($20.8 million), photograph ($20.5 million), Delivered from Eva ($17.5 million) love jones ($12.4 million), something new ($11.4 million)
tuscany Reaching $20 million may be difficult. One movie not on the list worth finding is the work of Layne Allen Miller. Ray Lane The film, co-starring David Johnson and Vivian Opara, premiered at Sundance in 2023, but was released only on Hulu and was never given a chance to find an audience in theaters.
However, there is some positive news regarding theatrical distribution. Magnolia Pictures is a long-time indie powerhouse that has released films such as: melancholiaBong Joon Ho’s the hostand enter the correct oneEspecially since we just had our biggest opening ever. Yes, this is still its second wide release and the first to open in over 2,000 theaters, but Ben Wheatley’s action film usuallyalong with Bob Odenkirk, finished in the top 10 with $2.65 million. Previous leaders have included: Woman, you’re lost In 2004 ($2.5 million), Thelma June Squibb ($2.3 million) in 2024; If this assumption applies, usually ‘ has already become their 17th highest grossing film of all time. If it doubles from opening weekend, it will be in the top five. Congratulations, Magnolia.
disney/pixar hopper As they continue to cut costs, their victory should be close. Another $2.9 million was added this weekend, taking the film to more than $161 million domestically. It also grossed over $206 million internationally, making it one of the company’s highest-grossing films worldwide. only lightyear, toy story, bug’s lifeand good dinosaur Revenues so far have declined. inside out 2 It became the only Pixar film to surpass $500 million (actually $1.69 billion) worldwide since the pandemic. elemental It came close to $496 million.
A summary of this week’s top 10: bus boys” is a comedy co-starring David Spade and podcaster Theo Fung, and Blu-ray.com’s Brian Orndorff said, “I’d be shocked if a worse movie comes out in 2026.” The release of Mind Blowing Films grossed an estimated $1.65 million from 800 theaters. hindi horror comedy booth bangla It earned $950,000 in 500 theaters. Finally, let’s take another look BTS World Tour “Arirang” Japan Performance It also earned $2.44 million last Saturday, before earning another $1.8 million Saturday night.
Beyond the top 10: virgin mary Proper opening with limited release
New movie directed by David Lowery and starring Anne Hathaway. virgin marywhich opened to $168,000 in just five theaters in New York and Los Angeles. A24 currently owns the top three per-theater averages for any year released in two or more theaters. that moment ($106,985), pillion ($60,442), and now virgin mary ($33,613)
Neon expanded on Steven Soderbergh’s work christophers It was shown in 364 theaters and grossed $596,000 for a total of $702,000. neon Exit 8 They paid $669,000 each for a total of $3.1 million and $2.8 million. the release of a documentary about the creators of Saturday Night Live by Focus Features; loangrossed just $270,000 in 414 theaters with a PTA of just $652.
Roadsides outside the top 10 this week great awakening An additional $823,667 was added, bringing the total to $6.6 million. The film currently ranks 18th among the studio’s all-time theatrical releases, but will soon overtake that ranking. Winter’s Bone with jennifer lawrence delivery person Released in March 2021. IFC’s face of death Sales decreased by 81.8% to $300,000 for a total of $2.44 million. Finally, Universal’s original work by Colleen Hoover, his memorieswhich earned $450,000 for a total of $48.2 million.
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Next week, Mario and Ryan will be parting ways michael. The delayed and reshot third act of director Antoine Fuqua’s biopic of the former King of Pop is expected to be a strong start for Lionsgate. IFC releases Tommy Wirkola remake by Jorma Taccone Journey, over your corpseJason Segel and Samara Weaving plan to kill each other as spouses.
Full box office list: April 17-19, 2026
- Super Mario Galaxy Movie – $35 million (total $355.2 million)
- Project Hail Mary – $20.4 million ($285 million total)
- Lee Cronin’s “The Mummy” – $13.5 million ($13.5 million total)
- Drama – $4.8 million (total $39.6 million)
- You, Me and Tuscany – $3.8 million ($14.3 million total)
- Hopper – $2.9 million (total $161.1 million)
- Normal – $2.6 million ($2.6 million total)
- BTS World Tour “Arirang” Goyang: Live Viewing – $1.8 million (total $4.2 million)
- Busboys – $1.6 million ($1.6 million total)
- Booth Bangla – $950,000 (total $050,000)
You can hear Eric Childress evaluate the box office each week on Business First AM with Angela Miles and his Movie Madness podcast. [box office figures via Box Office Mojo]
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