Ron Howard’s “Solo: A Star Wars Story” continues to reign as the king of the box office this weekend, despite a 65% drop. This is almost an identical drop to “Deadpool 2” from last week, which lands once again at Number 2, yet the naysayers continue to call “Solo” a box office failure, bringing in only $29.3 million in its second weekend. The first new release on the chart is the Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin drama “Adrift,” which brought in $11.6 million. That was enough to knock “Avengers: Infinity War” to Number 4 in its sixth weekend, while knocking “Book Club” to Number 5, rounding out the Top Five.

“Upgrade” missed the Top Five by about $2.5 million, coming in with $4.6 million at Number 6, while Johnny Knoxville comedy “Action Point” just landed within the Top Ten at Number 9 with $2.3 million capping off the new releases for the week. The Saoirse Ronan led “On Chesil Beach” enjoyed a nice bump over the weekend, jumping from Number 33 to 25 with $151,409. “The Rider,” instead of falling off the list this weekend, also enjoyed a nice jump from Number 25 to 20 with $232,434, holding on much better than I had imagined. Within the Top 25, “Solo” took the per theater average win as well, with an average of $6,710 per theater in 4,381 theaters while the actual winner, outside the list, was “American Animals” at Number 27, with an average of $33,698 in 4 theaters.

Falling out of the Top 25 were four big releases including “Blockers,” capping off an impressive 9 week run of almost tripling its production budget domestically, Wes Anderson’s “Isle Of Dogs,” which brought in an impressive $31.4 million, “Tully,” and “A Wrinkle In Time,” which hits home video tomorrow. That 65.2% drop by “Solo” was enough to give it the biggest percentage drop within the Top 25 this week while “Super Troopers 2” was second on that list with a 54% drop.

Next week, “Ocean’s 8,” “Hotel Artemis,” and “Hereditary” look to crash the list. “Ocean’s 8” will likely take the 2 week crown from “Solo,” looking to come in at a $45 million weekend. “Hotel Artemis” and “Hereditary” will not land as much but they will still be shoving some films off the list. The bottom three films, “Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word,” “How Long Will I Love U,” and “On Chesil Beach” could easily be pushed off the list.

# Title Weekend Total Budget Week LW CH
1 Solo: A Star Wars Story (BV) $29,396,882 ($148,989,574) $300m* 2nd #1 even
2 Deadpool 2 (Fox) $23,178,597 ($254,506,035) $110m 3rd #2 even
3 Adrift (STX) $11,603,039 ($11,603,039) $35m 1st N even
4 Avengers: Infinity War (BV) $10,507,279 ($643,006,211) $400m* 6th #3 down
5 Book Club (Par) $7,039,033 ($47,555,781) $10m* 3rd #4 down
6 Upgrade (BH Tilt) $4,670,905 ($4,670,905) ** 1st N even
7 Life Of The Party (WB) $3,504,625 ($46,350,255) $30m* 4th #5 down
8 Breaking In (Uni) $2,811,515 ($41,341,530) $6m 4th #6 down
9 Action Point (Par) $2,390,164 ($2,390,164) $19m 1st N even
10 Overboard (PNT) $1,949,527 ($45,497,721) $12m* 5th #8 down
11 A Quiet Place (Par) $1,771,171 ($183,520,369) $17m 9th #9 down
12 Show Dogs (Glob) $1,527,370 ($14,602,851) ** 3rd #7 down
13 RBG (Magn) $1,060,087 ($7,835,946) ** 5th #10 down
14 Rampage (WB) $620,437 ($95,111,646) $120m 8th #11 down
15 First Reformed (A24) $421,447 ($1,023,243) $3.5m* 3rd #17
16 I Feel Pretty (STX) $297,566 ($48,324,313) $32m 7th #13 down
17 Super Troopers 2 (Fox) $281,771 ($30,318,666) $13.5m 7th #12 downdown
18 Ready Player One (WB) $250,873 ($136,060,031) $175m* 10th #20
19 Black Panther (BV) $246,901 ($699,129,850) $200m* 16th #14 downdown
20 The Rider (SPC) $232,434 ($1,732,373) ** 8th #25
21 Disobedience (BST) $221,525 ($3,062,768) ** 6th #15 downdown
22 Sherlock Gnomes (Par) $163,367 ($42,889,815) $59m 11th #18 down
23 Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (Focus) $162,505 ($1,580,125) ** 3rd #16 downdown
24 How Long Will I Love U (WGUSA) $156,793 ($487,614) ** 2nd #24 even
25 On Chesil Beach (BST) $151,409 ($362,245) ** 3rd #33

***ALL DOMESTIC NUMBERS FROM BOX OFFICE MOJO***

OFF THE CHARTS THIS WEEK

Title Dom / World Budget Weeks Highest NOTE
Blockers (Uni) $59,630,490
($91,230,490)
$21m 9th #3
(+$38.6m)
(+$70.2m)
Isle Of Dogs (FoxS) $31,406,348
($59,087,673)
** 11th #7
**
Tully (Focus) $9,173,645
($12,291,630)
** 5th #6
**
A Wrinkle In Time (BV) $97,946,988
($129,980,221)
$103m* 13th #2 (-$5.1m)
(+$27m)

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