Without any major wide releases this weekend, Hollywood just had the third-weakest Labor Day weekend since 2004. Whatever made up the top 10 last week?week was pretty much here again this week, just with about two-thirds the revenue. In the meantime, most of America stayed away from the movies for one last summer vacation, fairs, BBQs, and – we assume – to save their money for the evil clown looking to break new records next weekend. For now, though,??can crow about being the top of a weak-ish crop for two weeks straight with a second-weekend haul of $14.8 million over four days.Angel Has Fallen

King of the Crop:?Angel?Does?Not Fall In Second Week

Neither?nor?spent a single week in the top spot at the box office. Now,?Angel Has Fallen?has done it for two straight weeks?and?joins?and this year’s?as the only films featuring Gerard Butler to spend two straight weeks at number 1. In fact, the firstHow To Train Your Dragon?is the only other film featuring Butler?to spendany?week at number 1. Over the four-day Labor Day weekend,Angelgrossed an estimated $14.8 million, a number that is neither high nor low when it comes to grossers over the holiday; it is 25th?overall amongst premieres and holdovers. At an estimated $43.91 million after 10 days, the film remains right on par with Richard Donner’sConspiracy Theory, which made a little more in its second weekend and finished with $75 million. It looks likeAngelwill come in a bit under that, but if its eventual international take comes in anywhere close toLondon’s $143 million, Lionsgate may be the first studio to take a second whack at this franchise.Olympus Has FallenLondon Has FallenHow To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Rotten Returns:?Bennett’s War?Fails to Cut Through(Photo by ? ESX Entertainment)

Forrest Films released its?debut, the motorbike and military?drama?, into 970 theaters this weekend. The film about an injured war veteran trying to make a comeback on the motocross circuit has a solid?Tomatometer at?60%, but that’s with just five reviews. The film grossed just?$445,151 over the three-day weekend (Friday to Sunday) for a per-theater-average of $459. That is actually?far from the lowest PTA of 2019 – John Travolta’sThe Fanaticgrossed $3,153 in 52 theaters for less than a $61 PTA – but it is the lowest of the year for an original wide release. The 20th anniversary showing ofCruel Intentions?averaged $385 in 708 theaters; Keanu Reeves’ sci-fi film,Replicas, released this January, had a $1,020 PTA in 2,329 theaters.Bennett’s War

Just for reference we looked at other August releases over time that opened in between 950 and 999 theaters and picked out a few highlights. In 2013 the Spanish language release,Instructions Not Included, with Eugenio Derbez, grossed $7.84 million in 978 theaters; in 2006,Idlewildmade $5.74 million in 973 theaters; and in 1998, the Vince Vaughn/Joaquin Phoenix drama?Return to Paradise?opened to $2.46 million in 965 theaters.

Top 10 and Beyond:?Good Boys?Continues Good Run,?Brittany?In a Marathon Race to B.O. Success

Running down the rest of this weekend’s moneymakers, Universal should continue to be happy about the performance of,?which grossed $12.1 million over the four-day weekend and remains on course to gross around $75 million.?has also maintained itself rather well and is headed for somewhere between $165 million and $175 million. The film is also approaching the $700 million mark worldwide, which is down?from the?previous twoFurious?movies?but sees it outgrossing?Fast Five?– possibly evenFast & Furious 6 –?and turning a decent profit.Good BoysHobbs & Shaw

Sony pulled anEndgameand put?back into theaters with new footage for one last summer push, possibly in an attempt to push it over the $400 million line. That goal?seems unlikely with $385.96 million to date, and it would need another $19 million to passJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle?for Sony’s highest-ever domestic?release. That being said, the film is already the highest-grossing worldwide in the studio’s history with $1.122 billion, which is the 25th?highest ever. Disney’sThe Lion King?is not going to become a top 10 all-time?domestic grosser, but it is currently 13all-time with over $523 million, and is chasing?($532.1 million) and?($535.2 million) to possibly finish 11th. Worldwide the film can now rest comfortably as the 7highest-grossing film ever, having pushed pastFurious 7($1.515 billion) andMarvel’s The Avengers?($1.518 billion) this weekend with a global total of $1.564 billion. Catching?Jurassic World?for 6th place?($1.671 billion) is not entirely out of the cards, but?The Lion King?will?need its international fans to keep showing up. Disney owns six of the ten highest-grossing films of all-time.Spider-Man: Far From Hometh?Rogue OneThe Dark Knightth?

Last week’s two other openers benefited from a lackluster weekend. The faith-based?earned just shy of $8 million and?is currently outpacing both of?director Alex Kendrick’s other?films,Courageous?andFireproof, which finished with $34.5 and $33.4 million, respectively. In its 13th?day, the Certified Fresh horror-comedy??passed $20 million and now resides between the grosses ofMystery Men?andSinister2,?suggesting a final gross in the $28 million range. (Not spectacular but not terrible either on a $6 million budget.)?, on the other hand, is an unqualified success. The Guillermo del Toro-produced horror tale is very closely on par with the originalBlade,?which finished with just over $70 million. All horror is going to take a hit next week with the opening ofIt:?Chapter Two,?so it may come up a bit short of that but is nevertheless into profit.OvercomerReady or NotScary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Sony has the tale of two movies in?and. The former has grossed over $130 million and is not far behind the pace of where Robert Zemeckis’What Lies Beneath?was back in 2000, though a total of $150 million may be a reach in the U.S. after dropping out of the top 10 this week. The movie is over $283 million worldwide. As for the?Angry Birdssequel,?it is relying on its international dollars to save it because it is currently on an Underdog pace domestically – literally on pace with the movieUnderdog –?to hopefully make $43 million.Once Upon a Time…In HollywoodThe Angry Birds Movie 2

Finally, we get to some festival films. From Sundance we have this week’s?(titledRelive?at the festival), which made $3.04 million in its 922 theater launch.Don’t Let Go

The most interesting story, though, could be developing under not just our noses, but also Amazon’s. The studio’s??expanded from five theaters into 49 this weekend; last weekend it made $180,711 and this week it earned $414,000 across the three-day weekend (and an estimated $539,000 for the four-day holiday). Last year’s,?with Robert Redford, made the same leap, starting with $142,131 and then climbing up to $403,928 the second week.The Old Man & The Gun?ended up making $11.2 million. Anything over $7.65 million would be Amazon’s second highest-grossing film to date.Brittany Runs a MarathonThe Old Man & The Gun

Maybe they should be looking at what Roadside is achieving with.?That film opened?in 17 theaters and it grossed $204,793 for the 43best per-theater-average of the year.Brittany?had the sixth?best, then expanded to the same amount of theaters asFalconin weekend two and outgrossed it $414,000 to $287,212.The Peanut Butter Falcon?then expanded into 996 theaters last week and grossed $2.97 million. It jumped up to 1,249 theaters this weekend and made another $2.92 million (and an estimated $3.95 million over the four-day holiday). Its total now stands at $8.94 million and is the 11th-highest grossing film ever in Roadside’s indie history. The film was not even a high-profile Sundance premiere; it was first shown at SXSW in March.The Peanut Butter Falconrd?

This Time Last Year:Crazy Rich Asians?Led Robust Holiday Weekend

?won the box office for a third straight weekend as audiences flocked to their favorites again. That $28.5 million victory over the four-day holiday put the leader at $117 million as it prepared to eclipse the second-place finisher,The Meg, which was over $123 million.Mission: Impossible – Fallout?was third and passed the $200 million mark. The week’s top newbie,Operation Finale, finished fourth with just $7.87 million and a lackluster six-day total of $9.61 million since opening on a Wednesday. Bursting into the?top 10?was Sundance hit,?Searching, which made $7.61 million in just 1,207 theaters for fifth place. All combined it was the best Labor Day weekend since 2013, as the top 10?grossed $96.29 million and averaged 68.2% on the Tomatometer. This year’s top 10?grossed an estimated $80.69 million?for just the 16th-highest holiday weekend since 1990 and averaged 68.8% with critics.Crazy Rich Asians

On the Vine:?Nothing Stands In?It‘s Way

Normally, the fall movie season begins with a flurry of?films clamoring?for awards attention, but this year it begins with what promises to be one of the most successful flicks of the year. The nearly three-hour conclusion of Stephen King’s story of the evil in Derry,,?arrives in theaters with the adults now in the room to battle Pennywise. No other wide release even dares to challenge this monster, and why would they? The first film opened to over $123 million and concluded with over $327 million domestic and $700 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing horror film of all time (in 2017 dollars). Will the 2019 chapter introduce a new champion??It: ChapterTwo

The Full Top 10: August?30-September 2Angel Has Fallen(2019)39%– $14.8 million ($43.91 million total)Good Boys(2019)79%–$12.1 million ($59.12 million total)The Lion King(2019)53%–?$9.32 million ($523.55 million total)Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw(2019)67%– $8.21 million ($159.02 million total)Overcomer(2019)45%– $7.78 million ($19.32 million total)Ready or Not(2019)87%– $6.995 million ($21.47 million total)Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark(2019)79%–$6.25 million ($58.87 million total)Dora and the Lost City of Gold(2019)83%–$5.7 million ($51.16 million total)The Angry Birds Movie 2(2019)71%–$5.6 million ($35.39 million total)Spider-Man: Far From Home(2019)90%–$5.51 million ($385.96 million total)

Erik Childress can be heard each week evaluating box office onwith Nick Digilio as well as onwith Angela Miles and his.WGN RadioBusiness First AMMovie Madness Podcast

[box office figures via]Box Office Mojo

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