August 30-September 1: "Angel has Fallen, "Good Boys", "The Lion King"
“Angel has Fallen” Repeats on Weak Labor Day Weekend as Summer ends
By: Keaton Marcus
Diving into this slow weekend, last week’s biggest film, Angel has Fallen, has topped the charts again on this light Labor Day weekend as the Summer comes to a close. Otherwise, Good Boys eased into its third weekend, dipping a minimal amount, and becoming a low-budget smash. The Lion King continued its spectacular domestic and global run, placing in third—while Hobbs & Shaw and Overcomer rounded out the top five. The one moderately wide release for the three-day was Don’t Let Go which kicked itself in the foot outside of the top ten.
As mentioned, the top spot saw Lionsgate’s Angel has Fallen enslave the box office once again, earning an estimated 11.5M from Fri-Sun, dipping 45.9% from its impressive opening. This results in a four-day performance capping 14.5M for an official domestic total of 43.6M. The U.S. performance is around three million ahead of its predecessor, London has Fallen, which closed with over 62.5M domestically. Considering this, we could be looking at a finish of about 66M.
In runner-up, Universal’s Good Boys laughed up a third weekend of 9.1M, sliding only 21% from its sophomore session, coming up for a Labor Day weekend of 11.5M for a cumulative domestic gross of 58.5M. Internationally, the picture added an estimated 2.7M for a foreign gross of 11.7M and a worldwide total of 70.2M.
Third holds Disney’s live-action retake of The Lion King which continued its already smashing run with an estimated 6.7M, dropping just 16.8%. This results in a Labor Day weekend of 9.2M for a domestic run topping 523.4M. The “animated” children’s film also earned some more numbers overseas, adding an estimated 20.6M internationally for a foreign total of 1.041B and a global gross capping 1.564B, becoming the seventh biggest global release of all-time.
In fourth place was Universal’s worldwide phenomenon Hobbs & Shaw, which fell 22.2% for a three-day performance of 6.2M for a Labor Day weekend of 8M, and a domestic gross reaching 158.8M. Overseas, the action feature earned another 39M from several material markets, tallying a massive 525.3M foreignly for an undeniably impressive global running gross of 684.1M.
Rounding out the top five was Sony’s hit faith film Overcomer, which grossed 5.7M over three days for Labor Day earnings capping 7.8M, resulting in a North American tally of 19.4M.
Outside the top ten was the one wide release of the weekend, which was OTL and Blumhouse’s R-rated horror film dubbed Don’t Let Go which opened to an estimated 2.4M from three days for a Labor Day total topping 3M.
Next weekend, the Fall box office looks to kick off with a bang with WB’s anticipated horror sequel It Chapter Two, which is playing in over 4,400 theaters, and is already predicted for a 100+ million debut. This is especially possible considering its huge predecessor debuted to a monster 123.4M in 2017.
TOP FIVE:
Angel has Fallen
Good Boys
The Lion King (2019)
Hobbs & Shaw
Overcomer