“The Secret Life of Pets 2” raked in $48 million to win the box office this weekend, and “Dark Phoenix” came in second with $33 million . . . but both of them underperformed.
“The Secret Life of Pets 2”made less than half of the $104 million that the original movie made in its first weekend three years ago. And “Dark Phoenix” had the worst opening weekend of the “X-Men” franchise.
Meanwhile, “Avengers: Endgame” made another $4.8 million in its seventh week. It’s definitely slowing down, but it’s closing in on the global box office record held by “Avatar”. It’s only $57.4 million away.
That could happen, but it’s VERY unlikely to pass “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” domestically. It would need another$112.3 million in the U.S. to do that.
And now, here’s the Top 10 from this weekend . . .
1. NEW: “The Secret Life of Pets 2”, $48 million, including Thursday previews.
2. NEW: “Dark Phoenix”, $33 million
3. “Aladdin”, $24.5 million. Up to $232.4 million in its 3rd week.
4. “Godzilla: King of the Monsters”, $15.5 million. Up to $78.6 million in its 2nd week.
5. “Rocketman”, $14 million. Up to $50.5 million in its 2nd week.
6. “Ma”, $7.8 million. Up to $32.8 million in its 2nd week.
7. “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum”, $7.4 million. Up to $138.7 million in its 4th week.
8. “Avengers: Endgame”, $4.8 million. Up to $824.4 million in its 7th week.
9. “Detective Pikachu”, $3.0 million. Up to $137.4 million in its 5th week.
10. “Booksmart”, $1.6 million. Up to $17.8 million in its 3rd week.
