As anticipated, Disney’s The Lion King easily regained the No. 1 spot at the box office this weekend, bringing in an estimated $75.5 million in its sophomore frame for a hefty $350.8 million to date. However, Quentin Tarantino also scored a big win with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which showed some counter-programming muscle in second place.
Down 60% from last weekend’s record $191.7 million haul, The Lion King’s sophomore drop was a bit steeper than expected—which isn’t a big deal considering that it’s already surpassed Aladdin ($343.9 million) to become the third highest-grossing of Disney’s recent crop of cinematic reimaginings after just ten days of release (it will also surpass The Jungle Book‘s $364 million later this week). The champ for now remains Beauty & the Beast, which dipped just 48% in its second weekend on its way to a lifetime total of $504 million.
Speaking of champs, Sony’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood cut through the deluge of PG and PG-13 family releases currently dominating the summer box office to debut with an impressive $40.3 million in second place. Launching on 3,659 screens—Tarantino’s widest opening ever—Once Upon a Time managed to top Inglourious Basterds’ $38 million opening to become the director’s largest debut of all time (in fairness, Basterds also opened on around 500 fewer screens).
Once Upon a Time benefitted from strong reviews (it’s currently at 85% on Rotten Tomatoes) and hype surrounding the movie’s bold-faced cast—among them the powerhouse trio of Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, who were heavily featured in Sony’s marketing campaign. But Tarantino was also undeniably a major factor in the film opening as high as it did. Over the last two-and-a-half decades the director has become a brand name unto himself, and he holds particularly strong appeal with young males, who dominated pre-sales for the film.
In third place, Spider-Man: Far From Home brought in an estimated $12.2 million in its fourth weekend of release, bringing the total for the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) installment to $344.4 million domestically and $1.03 billion worldwide. The sequel has now surpassed both Spider-Man: Homecoming ($334.2 million) and Spider-Man 3 ($336.5 million) to become the third highest-grossing Spider-Man release to date not adjusting for inflation. With its leapfrog over Homecoming, it’s now also the tenth highest-grossing MCU title of all time.
Toy Story 4 finished in fourth with an estimated $9.8 million in its sixth weekend of release, bringing the Pixar blockbuster to $395.6 million to date. The latest installment in the long-running animated franchise, which is currently the third highest-grossing title of 2019 domestically, is quickly creeping up on previous entry Toy Story 3, which brought in $415 million in 2010.
Paramount’s Crawl came in fifth in its third weekend with an estimated $4 million, giving the alligator-horror film $31.4 million to date. That’s a decent result for the $13.5 million-budgeted title, which will finish its run a bit lower than the shark thriller 47 Meters Down ($44.3 million) from the summer of 2017.
In sixth place, the Beatles-driven musical rom-com Yesterday grossed $3 million in its fifth weekend of release, bringing the total for the leggy Universal title to $63.3 million.
Aladdin, which just crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide, came in seventh with an estimated $2.7 million, giving the Disney remake $345.9 million through the end of its tenth weekend.
In eighth, Stuber continued to fade off quickly with an estimated $1.67 million in its third weekend, bringing the total for the Fox title (released by Disney) to just $20.1 million.
Ninth place went to Warner Bros.’ Annabelle Comes Home, which brought in an estimated $1.56 million to bring its total to $69.7 million through the end of its fifth weekend.
A24’s critically-acclaimed The Farewell expanded to 135 screens this weekend and crept into tenth place with an estimated $1.55 million, giving the Lulu Wang-directed dramedy a very good per-screen average of $11,510. The film goes wide next Friday.
Overseas Update:
The Lion King brought in an estimated $142.8 million overseas this weekend, bringing its international total to a fantastic $611.9 million and its worldwide cume to a massive $962.7 million, making it the fifth-highest-grossing title globally this year. Country totals include $114.8 million in China, $45.1 million in the U.K. and $42.1 million in Brazil. The Disney release is set to cross the $1 billion mark this week.
As previously mentioned, Spider-Man: Far From Home crossed the $1 billion mark this weekend after banking another estimated $21 million overseas. The film is currently Sony’s second-highest-grossing release of all time worldwide, having now surpassed 2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ($963.2 million). International totals include $204.7 million in China, $58 million in South Korea and $38.2 million in the U.K.
With an estimated $19.4 million internationally this weekend, Toy Story 4‘s overseas tally now stands at $522.3 million while its global cume is an outstanding $917.9 million.
Having crossed the $1 billion mark on Friday, Aladdin finished the weekend with an estimated $7.2 million internationally, bringing its overseas total to $663.8 million and its worldwide tally to $1.0097 billion. That total includes an impressive $101.3 million in Japan, the top overseas market for the Disney release.
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