Sony’s sequelSicario: Day of the Soldadomanaged to nab third place in its debut at the Friday box office this weekend with nearly $7.5 million. That’s well ahead of Lionsgate’s new sports-comedyUncle Drew, but roughly half the one-day earnings of the top two spots in this frame. Those go to the same sequel titles who sat atop the heap this time last week, withJurassic World: Fallen KingdomandIncredibles 2in the first and second spots, respectively.
TheSicariosequel, which does not bring backEmily Bluntbut does starBenicio Del ToroandJosh Brolin, is on pace for a weekend opening somewhere in the $18 to $20 million range. It’ll be interesting to see ifUncle Drewcan make up some lost ground and finish ahead, though it’s estimated to tally over $16 million; the comedy scored better with audiences thanTaylor Sheridan’s secondSicarioscript according to Cinemascore.
One title that might be less familiar at first glance is Fox Star Studio’s release ofSanju, co-writer/directorRajkumar Hirani’s biopic of the rollercoaster life of Indian actorSanjay Dutt. The film currently only appears in 356 U.S. locations but is expected to earn $2.5 million. Keep an eye out for this one.
On the worldwide scale,Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdommoves past $826 million in the early part of only its second weekend in theaters; roughly three-quarters of that massive haul comes from international markets. One such market–Japan–has yet to see the sequel, but it’ll get a chance to add to the box office total on July 14th.
Incredibles 2, on the other hand, is a home-grown success, tallying well over $400 million domestically with only about $157 million coming from the total foreign territories. The Disney/Pixar flick has a long international rollout that continues through September: July will see the French, UK, and South Korean markets added, while the August expansion includes Japan, Spain and Nordic countries, with September closing things out by adding Italy, Germany, and Turkey. A bit of a weird rollout, but still plenty in the tank forIncredibles 2.
Check out the Top 10 from this Friday’s box office (viaBox Office Mojo):
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
$222,225,335
Incredibles 2
$407,811,514
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
$7,485,000
Uncle Drew
$6,130,000
$109,082,181
$36,957,808
Deadpool 2
$307,884,858
Solo: A Star Wars Story
$205,689,115
Hereditary
$37,777,753
