Box Office: June 1st, 2018 – Solo: A Star Wars Story: Week #2

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
2	Deadpool 2 (Fox)	$23,178,597	($254,506,035)	$110m	3rd	#2
3	Adrift (STX)	$11,603,039	($11,603,039)	$35m	1st	N
4	Avengers: Infinity War (BV)	$10,507,279	($643,006,211)	$400m*	6th	#3
5	Book Club (Par)	$7,039,033	($47,555,781)	$10m*	3rd	#4
6	Upgrade (BH Tilt)	$4,670,905	($4,670,905)	**	1st	N
7	Life Of The Party (WB)	$3,504,625	($46,350,255)	$30m*	4th	#5
8	Breaking In (Uni)	$2,811,515	($41,341,530)	$6m	4th	#6
9	Action Point (Par)	$2,390,164	($2,390,164)	$19m	1st	N
10	Overboard (PNT)	$1,949,527	($45,497,721)	$12m*	5th	#8
11	A Quiet Place (Par)	$1,771,171	($183,520,369)	$17m	9th	#9
12	Show Dogs (Glob)	$1,527,370	($14,602,851)	**	3rd	#7
13	RBG (Magn)	$1,060,087	($7,835,946)	**	5th	#10
14	Rampage (WB)	$620,437	($95,111,646)	$120m	8th	#11
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
17	Super Troopers 2 (Fox)	$281,771	($30,318,666)	$13.5m	7th	#12
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
20	The Rider (SPC)	$232,434	($1,732,373)	**	8th	#25
21	Disobedience (BST)	$221,525	($3,062,768)	**	6th	#15
22	Sherlock Gnomes (Par)	$163,367	($42,889,815)	$59m	11th	#18
23	Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (Focus)	$162,505	($1,580,125)	**	3rd	#16
24	How Long Will I Love U (WGUSA)	$156,793	($487,614)	**	2nd	#24
25	On Chesil Beach (BST)	$151,409	($362,245)	**	3rd	#33

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

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