How often does a distributor replace itself atop the box office?
In light Focus Features accomplishing the uncommon feat this past weekend, Boxoffice PRO combed through every weekend since 2000 and calculated the answer: on average, a distributor replaces itself atop the box office only about twice a year. In the last four years, it’s happened 10 times.
From newest to oldest, here are those 10 most recent examples, followed by a full list of all 43 such occurrences since 2000 at bottom.
November 6, 2020: Let Him Go replaces Come Play (Focus Features)
On Halloween weekend, horror title Come Play topped the box office with $3.1 million. The very next frame, thriller Let Him Go, based on the Larry Watson novel of the same name, claimed the lead with $4.0 million. This marked the first time that Focus Features ever accomplished the back-to-back feat—made possible by the delay of Disney’s Black Widow from November 6 to May 7, 2021.
August 16, 2019: Good Boys replaces Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Universal)
The action spinoff led for two weekends, earning $25.2 million in its sophomore frame before ceding the top spot to the R-rated comedy with $21.4 million. Universal’s The Purge replaced Fast & Furious 6 on June 7, 2013. The franchise’s next installment, F9, is scheduled for release May 28, 2021.
April 19, 2019: The Curse of La Llorona replaces Shazam! (Warner Bros.)
Warner Bros.’ Shazam! led for two weekends, earning $24.4 million through its sophomore frame, before the Conjuring franchise installment debuted with $26.3 million. Shazam: Fury of the Gods is scheduled for release June 2, 2023, while the Conjuring installment The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is scheduled for release June 4, 2021.
September 28, 2018: Night School replaces The House with a Clock in its Walls (Universal)
Family-friendly dark comedy Night School debuted with $26.6 million and was followed by the $27.2 million debut of the Kevin Hart-Tiffany Haddish comedy Night School. 2018 proved a good year for Universal, which earned more than $1 billion globally with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and would win the Academy Award for Best Picture for Green Book.
September 7, 2018: The Nun replaces Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros.)
The romantic comedy spent an impressive three weekends atop the box office, earning $21.9 million in its third frame, until being unseated by The Nun‘s $53.8 million debut. An untitled Nun sequel is in development, though a release date has not yet been officially announced. Crazy, which was the replacee in this case, had been the replacer mere weeks earlier…
August 17, 2018: Crazy Rich Asians replaces The Meg (Warner Bros.)
The shark thriller starring Jason Statham, who also starred as Deckard Shaw in the aforementioned Hobbs & Shaw, took a bite out of the box office with a $45.4 million debut. The next frame, the romantic comedy debuted with $26.5 million, the first of three straight chart-topping frames.
July 20, 2018: The Equalizer 2 replaces Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (Sony)
The animated comedy sequel opened with $44.0 million, after which the Denzel Washington action sequel debuted to $36.0 million. Hotel Transylvania 4 is scheduled for release August 6, 2021.
December 15, 2017: Star Wars: The Last Jedi replaces Coco (Disney)
Pixar’s animated tale spent three weekends at #1, with $18.4 million in its third frame, but of course it was no match for the biggest box office franchise of all time. The Star Wars sequel debuted with $220.0 million, at the time the second-biggest domestic opening of all time behind only predecessor The Force Awakens. (It now ranks fourth, behind Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, and Force.) Coco earned $734 thousand in an October 2020 re-release tied to Halloween.
October 27, 2017: Jigsaw replaces Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (Lionsgate)
Two frames before Halloween 2017, the comedy-horror film started with $21.2 million. Then, during the frame right before Halloween, the “actual” horror film and eighth installment in the Saw franchise cut to $16.6 million. The franchise’s ninth installment Spiral is set for release on May 21, 2021– the first film in the series to be released outside of October.
December 16, 2016: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story replaces Moana (Disney)
Disney’s animated musical starring the voice of Dwayne Johnson, who played Luke Hobbs in the aforementioned Hobbs & Shaw, spent three weekends atop the box office, including $18.5 million in its third frame. When the Star Wars spinoff began with $155.0 million, it began a run that culminated in its becoming the highest grossing film of the year domestically and second-biggest globally behind Captain America: Civil War.
All weekends when a distributor replaced itself at #1 at the box office, since 2000:
| Weekend | New #1 film | Prior #1 film | Distributor |
| 9/8/2000 | The Watcher | Bring It On | Universal |
| 4/20/2001 | Bridget Jones’s Diary | Spy Kids | Miramax |
| 7/6/2001 | Cats & Dogs | A.I.: Artificial Intelligence | Warner Bros. |
| 12/7/2001 | Ocean’s Eleven | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | Warner Bros. |
| 7/5/2002 | Men in Black 2 | Mr. Deeds | Sony |
| 4/25/2003 | Identity | Anger Management | Sony |
| 9/19/2003 | Underworld | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Sony |
| 11/19/2004 | National Treasure | The Incredibles | Disney |
| 2/11/2005 | Hitch | Boogeyman | Sony |
| 2/10/2006 | The Pink Panther | When a Stranger Calls | Sony |
| 4/28/2006 | R.V. | Silent Hill | Sony |
| 9/15/2006 | Gridiron Gang | The Covenant | Sony |
| 3/23/2007 | TMNT | 300 | Warner Bros. |
| 4/13/2007 | Disturbia | Blades of Glory | Paramount |
| 11/16/2007 | Beowulf | Bee Movie | Paramount |
| 4/11/2008 | Prom Night | 21 | Sony |
| 2/13/2009 | Friday the 13th | He’s Just Not That Into You | Warner Bros. |
| 10/2/2009 | Zombieland | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Sony |
| 5/21/2010 | Shrek Forever After | Iron Man 2 | Paramount |
| 10/22/2010 | Paranormal Activity 2 | Jackass 3D | Paramount |
| 2/11/2011 | Just Go With It | The Roommate | Sony |
| 2/25/2011 | Hall Pass | Unknown | Warner Bros. |
| 10/28/2011 | Puss in Boots | Paranormal Activity 3 | Paramount |
| 12/16/2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | New Year’s Eve | Warner Bros. |
| 1/6/2012 | The Devil Inside | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | Paramount |
| 8/31/2012 | The Possession | The Expendables 2 | Lionsgate |
| 6/7/2013 | The Purge | Fast and Furious 6 | Universal |
| 1/17/2014 | Ride Along | Lone Survivor | Universal |
| 6/20/2014 | Think Like a Man Too | 22 Jump Street | Sony |
| 9/11/2015 | The Perfect Guy | War Room | Sony |
| 1/29/2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | The Revenant | 20th Century Fox |
| 2/12/2016 | Deadpool | Kung Fu Panda 3 | 20th Century Fox |
| 5/6/2016 | Captain America: Civil War | The Jungle Book | Disney |
| 12/16/2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Moana | Disney |
| 10/27/2017 | Jigsaw | Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween | Lionsgate |
| 12/15/2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Coco | Disney |
| 7/20/2018 | The Equalizer 2 | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Sony |
| 8/17/2018 | Crazy Rich Asians | The Meg | Warner Bros. |
| 9/7/2018 | The Nun | Crazy Rich Asians | Warner Bros. |
| 9/28/2018 | Night School | The House with a Clock in its Walls | Universal |
| 4/19/2019 | The Curse of La Llorona | Shazam! | Warner Bros. |
| 8/16/2019 | Good Boys | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | Universal |
| 11/6/2020 | Let Him Go | Come Play | Focus Features |
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