'Men in Black: International' celebrates box office win with lackluster numbers
Weekend Box Office June 14-16, 2019
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — All is quiet and eerie at the domestic box office as “{a href="https://kutv.com/news/entertainment/men-in-black-international" target="_blank" title="https://kutv.com/news/entertainment/men-in-black-international"}Men in Black: International{/a}” takes the top spot despite being largely ignored as it looks to finish the weekend with a scant $28 million. Previous entries in the franchise all opened over $50 million. Following recent trends, the film did far better overseas where it has earned nearly $74 million for worldwide total of $102 million against a $110 million budget.
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Disney’s live-action adaptation of “{a href="https://kutv.com/news/entertainment/live-action-aladdin-is-better-than-expected-less-magical-than-animated-version" target="_blank" title="https://kutv.com/news/entertainment/live-action-aladdin-is-better-than-expected-less-magical-than-animated-version"}Aladdin{/a}” held strong with $16.7 million for the weekend and a domestic total of $263 million. Worldwide the film has brought in $724 million. That’s good enough for third place at the worldwide box office for 2019. Only “{a href="https://kutv.com/news/entertainment/avengers-endgame-offers-fans-a-fond-farewell" target="_blank" title="https://kutv.com/news/entertainment/avengers-endgame-offers-fans-a-fond-farewell"}Avengers: Endgame{/a}” with $2.742 billion ($45 million behind all-time leader “Avatar”) and “Captain Marvel” with $1.127 billion have earned more.
With $8.3 million “{a href="https://kutv.com/news/entertainment/shaft-offers-action-thrills-amid-a-tone-deaf-narrative" target="_blank" title="https://kutv.com/news/entertainment/shaft-offers-action-thrills-amid-a-tone-deaf-narrative"}Shaft{/a}” didn’t exactly make a grand entrance. The silver lining here is that {a href="https://www.cinemascore.com/" target="_blank" title="https://www.cinemascore.com/"}CinemaScore{/a} has audiences giving the film an A grade. Warner Bros. would happily trade for a C in exchange for the film opening closer to the expected $14 million.
“{a href="https://kutv.com/news/entertainment/dark-phoenix-dimly-closes-out-exhausted-x-men-series" target="_blank" title="https://kutv.com/news/entertainment/dark-phoenix-dimly-closes-out-exhausted-x-men-series"}Dark Phoenix{/a}” is in a free fall as it dipped 72% from last week’s earnings with $9 million for a shocking domestic total of $51 million. Worldwide it has earned $204 million. Thank you, next.
Next week sees the release of “{a href="https://kutv.com/news/entertainment/toy-story-4" target="_blank" title="https://kutv.com/news/entertainment/toy-story-4"}Toy Story 4{/a}.” Early projections have the film earning anywhere between $150 and $200 million domestically.
