Coming off its record-breaking debut, “Avengers: Endgame” easily took the crown in its second weekend with $147.3 million. Passing $2.1 billion worldwide, it passed “Titanic” on the list and now only needs to overtake “Avatar” to become the highest grossing film of all-time. After reaching the heights it already has in only ten days of release, that should be an easy feat. “Avengers: Endgame” also nabbed the POPCORN AWARD for the second weekend in a row, taking in an average of $31,614 per 4,662 theaters.
The rest of the Top Five was comprised of three newcomers and continued spillover love for “Captain Marvel.” “The Intruder” was the winner of the newcomers, earning $10.8 million on an $8 million production budget, landing it in second place. The Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen comedy “Long Shot” earned $9.7 million with tons of good press going into the weekend. And, the animated film “UglyDolls” took fourth place with $8.6 million. Outside the Top Ten, “El Chicano” made over $700,000 in its debut while the documentary “Ask Dr. Ruth” made over $90,000.
Launching onto the List this week was the Ralph Fiennes directed film “The White Crow,” which debuted outside the List last weekend. It landed at #22. The only other film to move up this weekend was “Red Joan,” starring Judi Dench, which jumped up three spots and earned the GOLDEN PERCENTAGE AWARD with an increase of +60.8%. Four films took drops of five spots or more. Those four films were Disneynature’s “Penguins” and Bollywood’s “Kalank” in their third weekends, plus “After” and Laika’s “Missing Link” in their fourth weekends. As predicted, “The Best Of Enemies,” “Family” (2019), and “Unplanned” all fell off the List. Joining them were “Hellboy” (2019) in its fourth weekend, “High Life” in its fifth weekend, and “Hotel Mumbai” in its seventh weekend.
Next weekend is a toss up. While it seems likely that “Avengers: Endgame” will pull off a turkey and win the Box Office Crown for the third weekend in a row, it all depends on where, in its projections, that “Detective Pikachu” ends up opening. Right now, the projection range for “Detective Pikachu” is somewhere between $55-$79 million. If it opens on the lower end of that, definitely expect a three-peat for “Endgame.” But, if it opens closer to $79 million, that could easily put it over “Endgame” if its decrease continues at the same rate that it was this weekend (roughly dropping -58.7%, which would put it somewhere lower than $73.5 million). Looking for a third place finish will be the Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson film “The Hustle,” which is aiming for a $15.5 million debut. Also opening is the Diane Keaton comedy “Poms,” which is looking to grab $9 million in its opening weekend, which could also give it a spot in the Top Five. The Fox Searchlight film “Tolkien” will also open in 1,300 theaters over the weekend, so expect that to make an impact on the List as well. Making room for all these titles, expect the bottom part of the List to drop off, with titles like “Five Feet Apart,” “Kalank,” “Ask Dr. Ruth,” and “The White Crow” all being vulnerable to dropping off next weekend.
BOX OFFICE KING: “Avengers: Endgame” (x2)
BOX OFFICE QUEEN: “The Intruder”
POPCORN AWARD*: “Avengers: Endgame” (x2)
GOLDEN PERCENTAGE AWARD**: “Red Joan”
| # | Title | Weekend | Total | Budget | Week | LW | CH |
| 1 | Avengers: Endgame (BV) |
$147,383,211 | ($621,277,849) | $356m* | 2nd | #1 |  |
| 2 | The Intruder (2019) (SGem) |
$10,855,054 | ($10,855,054) | $8m | 1st | N |  |
| 3 | Long Shot (LG/S) |
$9,740,064 | ($9,740,064) | $40m* | 1st | N | |
| 4 | Uglydolls (STX) |
$8,603,407 | ($8,603,407) | $45m | 1st | N | |
| 5 | Captain Marvel (BV) |
$4,282,244 | ($420,774,262) | $152m* | 9th | #2 |  |
| 6 | Breakthrough (Fox) |
$3,906,900 | ($33,183,412) | $14m* | 3rd | #4 | |
| 7 | The Curse of La Llorona (WB) |
$3,702,607 | ($48,302,610) | $9m | 3rd | #3 | |
| 8 | Shazam! (WB) |
$2,504,958 | ($135,248,748) | $100m | 5th | #5 | |
| 9 | Dumbo (2019) (Dis) |
$1,511,608 | ($109,788,200) | $170m* | 6th | #6 | |
| 10 | Little (Uni) |
$1,420,165 | ($38,530,490) | $20m | 4th | #7 | |
| 11 | El Chicano (BClf) |
$700,261 | ($700,261) | $8m* | 1st | N | |
| 12 | Pet Sematary (2019) (Par) |
$502,803 | ($53,760,022) | $21m | 5th | #8 | |
| 13 | Us (2019) (Uni) |
$494,860 | ($173,919,550) | $20m | 7th | #9 | |
| 14 | Amazing Grace (2019) (Neon) |
$377,245 | ($2,781,578) | ** | 22nd | #12 | |
| 15 | Penguins (Dis) |
$328,976 | ($6,709,805) | ** | 3rd | #10 | |
| 16 | Missing Link (UAR) |
$289,507 | ($16,153,580) | ** | 4th | #11 | |
| 17 | Red Joan (IFC) |
$256,119 | ($530,088) | ** | 3rd | #20 |  |
| 18 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Uni) |
$171,470 | ($159,938,530) | $129m | 11th | #17 | |
| 19 | The Mustang (Focus) | $155,405 | ($4,833,075) | ** | 8th | #15 | |
| 20 | After (2019) (Avi) |
$135,297 | ($11,965,231) | $14m | 4th | #13 | |
| 21 | Wonder Park (Par) |
$114,835 | ($45,182,676) | $100m* | 8th | #18 | |
| 22 | The White Crow (SPC) |
$94,915 | ($206,509) | ** | 2nd | #29 |  |
| 23 | Ask Dr. Ruth (Magn) |
$93,128 | ($93,128) | ** | 1st | N | |
| 24 | Kalank (FIP) |
$84,217 | ($2,699,301) | $11.5m* | 3rd | #16 | |
| 25 | Five Feet Apart (LGF) |
$76,390 | ($45,524,526) | $7m* | 8th | #21 | |
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OFF THE CHARTS THIS WEEK
| Title | Dom / World | Budget | Weeks | Highest | NOTE |
| The Best Of Enemies (STX) | $10,128,316 | $10m | 5th | #6 |
(+$128,316) |
| Family (2019) (TFA) | $121,545 |
** | 3rd | #25 |
** |
| Hellboy (2019) (LG/S) | $21,796,087 |
$50m | 4th | #3 |
(-$28.2m) |
| High Life (A24) | $1,086,577 | $10m* | 5th | #23 (x3) |
(+$53.1m) |
| Hotel Mumbai (BST) | $9,453,752 | ** | 7th | #8 |
** |
| Unplanned (PFR) | $17,918,514 | $6m | 6th | #4 |
(+$11.9m) |
(OFFICIALLY CLOSED)
*POPCORN AWARD goes to the highest per theater average within the Top 25 List
**GOLDEN PERCENTAGE AWARD goes to the highest increase within the Top 25 List
