The weekend’s chart delivered a rare sight. All top three spots were taken by titles on their opening weekend, as the previous weekends podium placers (A Complete Unknown, Mufasa: The Lion King and Widow Clicquot) fell to #4, 7 and 8 respectively.
Captain America: Brave New World opened at #1, taking $734,823 from 101 screens to total just over $800K including previews.
Opening at #2, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy played 113 screens, taking $664,118 and grossing $799,294 including previews.
Debuting at #3, Chinese animated drama Ne Zha 2 played a much more modest 33 screens for its take of $580,688, which grew to a gross of $774,174 including preview outings.
On 55 screens, Moana 2 dropped 3 places to #15, taking $18,982 for a total of $10,159,080.
The Haka Party Incident played 15 screens, taking $3,475 for a gross of $48,684.
Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara added $303 from 6 screens for $5,598. Also on 6 screens, Better Man took $160 for $565,574.
Three titles had single-screen outings over the weekend. Encanto Reo Maori has now grossed $2,298; Never Look Away has $125,076; and Maurice & I has $351,498.
Titles opening this week include Walter Salles’ autobiographical I’m Still Here, and Oz Perkins’ adaptation of Stephen King’s The Monkey.
Thanks to Numero for the data that powers our box office reporting.
