Each week on Atom Insider, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. This week, there’s a new superhero in town, and he’s flying relatively high over the competition.

This Week’s Top Earner – ‘Shazam!’

 

There were a lot of new releases this week, but the latest DC and Warner Bros. superhero film unsurprisingly bolted ahead of the pack with a domestic take of $53.4 million, not including early Fandango screening events. Compared to other comic book movies, Shazam! performed a little better than Green Lantern, The Wolverine, and The Lego Batman Movie. And it performed slightly below Fantastic Four (2005), The Incredible Hulk, Watchmen, X-Men: First Class, and the first X-Men.

So in regards to other new film franchises starring men in tights, Shazam! is on pretty solid footing, and worldwide it’s already amassed an impressive total of $158.7 million off of a reported $100 million budget. It’s easy to assume the super-comedy will make more than enough to bolster itself before Avengers: Endgame dominates the box office at the end of April.

Second Place – ‘Pet Sematary’

 

As expected, Pet Sematary easily secured the #2 spot for Paramount after its debut in over 3,500 theaters. The horror remake of yet another Stephen King adaptation collected $25 million domestically, surpassing its reported budget of $21 million with a worldwide total of $42.3 million. This is about on par with other horror remakes such as Evil Dead (2013), but well below the big record breakers like It (2017). Regardless, we can almost certainly expect a remake of Pet Sematary Two to be brought back to life sometime soon.

 

And Third  – ‘Dumbo’

 

Disney’s latest live-action remake had its wings clipped to #3 after riding high last weekend, making just $18.2 million domestically in over 4,200 theaters. That’s a 60.4% drop, which means the family film will likely lose some theater placement to next week’s debuts, which include Missing Link and Little.  Worldwide, Dumbo has made $213.7 million off of a $170 million budget in just its second week, so it will most likely surpass Alice Through the Looking Glass and perhaps 101 Dalmatians (1996) in the coming weeks.

 

Rounding Out The Rest Of The Box Office

Us (Universal) lost a couple hundred theaters and dropped two spots to #4, making a still impressive $13.8 million in its third weekend. Captain Marvel (Disney) similarly dropped two spots to #5 with $12.6 million after losing over 400 theaters, but considering it’s already crossed the billion-dollar threshold, not so much a worry for Disney.

The Best of Enemies (STX Films) debuted at #6 with just $4.5 million in over 1,700 theaters. Clearly, audiences needed a break so soon after Green Book. Five Feet Apart (Lionsgate) dropped two spots to #7 with $3.7 million, still holding somewhat strong in over 2,400 theaters after a month at the box office.

Unplanned didn’t quite go as planned. The PureFlix drama fell four spots to #8 with just $3.2 million domestically, despite gaining nearly 500 theaters. Wonder Park (Paramount) fell three spots to #9 with a sharp drop to $2 million domestically after losing over 1,000 theaters in its fourth week. Lastly, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World has apparently reached the end of its flight after dropping three spots to #10 in its seventh week with just $1.9 million domestic.

And They’re Out

Hotel Mumbai (Bleecker Street) fell out of the Top 10 in just its second week of wide release, making only $1.7 million in 930 theaters. After six weeks, Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral (Lionsgate) also dropped out despite still being in over 1,100 theaters. And in just its second week, The Beach Bum (Neon) dropped all the way to #14 with a domestic total of only $494,063.

Check back with Atom Insider later this week as we preview all the new releases hitting theaters this Friday.

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