It was a solid weekend for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire at the weekend box office. The film opened in first place with $45.2 million. Internationally, the film didn’t fair as well opening with $16.4 million from 7 territories. That delivered $61.6 million for the sequel to the requel. Ghostbusters: Afterlife opened in 2021 with $44 million domestically and went on to gross $204.3 million worldwide.
Dune: Part Two held on to second place with $17.6 million. The movie has now grossed $233.4 million domestically. Over the week, the film grossed $51.6 million internationally to bring that amount to $341 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $574.4 million. The squel has far outpassed the original’s gross of $108.9 million domestically, $325 million internationally, and $433.9 million worldwide.
Kung Fu Panda 4 slipped to third place grossing $16.8 million. The movie has now brought in $133.2 million domestically so far. Internationally, the film added $66.1 million over the week to bring that to $134.9 million. Worldwide the film has grossed $268.2 million.
Immaculate debuted in fourth place with $5.4 million domestically.
Arthur the King rounded out the top five with $4.4 million to bring its domestic total to $14.6 million. It also has grossed $75,881 internationally for a worldwide total of $14.7 million.
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Madame Web is still making money and added $83,000 to lift its domestic total to $43.8 million. Internationally, the film has added about $1.1 million over the week and has grossed $55.1 million. The movie sits at $98.8 million.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Hashira Training added $46,000 to its total to bring its domestic gross to $17.6 million. Internationally, the film has grossed $26.6 million. Worldwide the movie has grossed $44.2 million.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom remained steady domestically, the film stands at $124.5 million. Internationally, the film remained at $309.9 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $434.4 million.
The week’s overall box office success…
Numbers have 33 films earning $103,431,345 from 31,793 theaters. That’s an increase from the previous weekend’s $87,811,569 from 32,235 theaters and 65 films. The average earning was $3,253.27 which is an increase from the previous weekend’s $2,724.
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