‘Furiosa,’ ‘Garfield’ lead slowest Memorial Day weekend box office in decades

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what happened to the $100 million opener? ” Notably, 2024 has had none yet. The biggest of the year was “Dune: Part Two,” which opened to $82.5 million and went on to earn over $711 million worldwide.“Moviegoing begets moviegoing,” Derarabedian said. “Every studio is rooting for every other studio to have a big hit.”The lack of a recent runaway hit just puts more pressure on the upcoming films to make up the slack.

Still on the way are a slew of potential blockbusters like Paramount’s “A Quiet Place: Day One” (June 27), Universal’s “Despicable Me 4” (July 3) and “ Twisters ” (July 19) and two heavy-hitters from Disney: “Inside Out 2” (June 14) and “ Deadpool & Wolverine ” (July 26).“It ain’t over yet,” Dergarabedian said. “There’s a lot of big movies on the way.

The summer heat is on for the June and July films to really deliver.”Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S.

and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.1. “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” $25.6 million.2. “The Garfield Movie,” $24.8 million.3. “IF,” $16.1 million.4. “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” $13.4 million.5. “The Fall Guy,” $5.9 million.6. “The Strangers: Chapter 1,” $5.6 million.7. “Sight,” $2.7 million.”8. “Challengers,” $1.4 million.9. “Babes,” $1.1 million.10. “Back to Black,” $1.1 million..