Box-Office Weekend: “Fast X” Finishes First

Mike Tyrkus May 21, 2023 No Comments News

Fast X easily beat Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to wrest the top spot of the box-office weekend by a difference of $35.5 million.

With $67.5 million to show for its opening weekend, Fast X handily took control of the box-office weekend, besting two-time champion Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Despite falling to second place, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 did add $32 million over the weekend to bring its three-week total to $266.5 million. Meanwhile, The Super Mario Bros. Movie was relegated to a distant third place with $9.8 million, giving the film a seven-week total of $549.3 million. Also dropping a spot, was fourth-place Book Club: The Next Chapter which added $3.0 million in its second weekend of release to bring its overall total to $13.1 million. Meanwhile, Evil Dead Rise was forced to fifth place where it added $2.4 million over the weekend to bring its five-week total to $64.1 million.

Climbing a spot to finish in sixth place this weekend was John Wick: Chapter 4 as it added $1.3 million to raise its nine-week total to $185.3 million. Dropping two spots to a seventh-place finish was Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret with $1.3 million in its fourth week of release, bringing its overall total to $18.7 million. Falling from sixth- to a eighth-place finish this weekend was Hypnotic which added $825,000 this weekend to brings its two-week total to $4.1 million. In its third weekend of release, Love Again dropped one spot to finish in ninth-place with $400,000 over the weekend, giving the film a three-week total of $5.9 million. Finally, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves held onto the tenth spot of the top ten with $400,000 this weekend, giving the film an eight-week tally of $92.9 million.

Last weekend’s ninth-place film, Air, was the only film to get pushed from the top ten over the weekend. The film leaves after amassing $52 million over the past six weeks.

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Weekend Box Office (May 19th – May 21st)

Fast X…$67.5 Million
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3…$32.0 Million
The Super Mario Bros. Movie…$9.8 Million
Book Club: The Next Chapter…$3.0 Million
Evil Dead Rise…$2.4 Million
John Wick: Chapter 4…$1.3 Million
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.…$1.3 Million
Hypnotic…$825,000
Love Again…$400,000
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves…$385,000

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Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com

An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.