"Ant-Man 3" achieved a second consecutive championship of $31.96 million the following weekend, but the decline was as high as 69.9%, setting a record for the largest drop in the MCU and higher than the 69.1% drop in "Batman v Superman". "Cocaine Bear" won the runner-up with $23.26 million, and the third place was the Christian gospel film "Jesus Revolution" ($15.8 million).
(Source: Boxofficemojo)
The overall box office in North America last week was $91.6 million, up 47% from the same period last year, but still 29% behind the pre-pandemic 2019.
The bad reputation of "Ant-Man 3" dragged down the film's box office the next week, but the first two episodes of "Ant-Man" were not box office hits, so the performance of "Ant-Man 3" this time is not bad in comparison. "Ant-Man 3" North America currently has a cumulative total of 167 million US dollars, and will soon surpass "Ant-Man 1" with 180 million North American cumulative box office, and eventually surpass "Ant-Man 2"'s 216 million North American box office is not a big problem.
In terms of overseas markets, "Ant-Man 3" fell 57% in 52 markets around the world the following week compared with last week, which is slightly better controlled than the decline in North America. Chinese mainland $31.5 million ranked first, the UK ranked second with $17.8 million, and Mexico, South Korea and France ranked three to five.
"Ant-Man 3" currently has a global cumulative of 364 million US dollars, because the film's reputation is really not ideal, it may eventually be close to the 519 million US dollars of "Ant-Man 1", unable to catch up with the 622 million US dollars of "Ant-Man 2".
Universally-released R-rated comedy action film "Cocaine Bear" was $23.26 million in its first weekend, which is not bad for a film that invested about $30 million. The film has a freshness rating of 70% on Rotten Tomatoes, a popcorn index of 75% for the audience, and a B-CinemaScore rating.
"Jesus Revolution" ranked third with a $15.8 million opening, because it is a Christian gospel movie, although the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is only 55%, the audience popcorn index is as high as 99%, and the CinemaScore score is A+.
The film is about a young man who tries to find the truth, but never finds it, until he meets a hippie street missionary. Together, they arrived at a Southern California church for an unexpected revival and a new discovery of their love for Jesus, which led to a spiritual awakening.
"Avatar 2" ranked fourth in 11 weeks of release, with a total of $665 million in North America and $2.267 billion worldwide. North American film history ranks ninth and global film history ranks third.
"Puss in Boots 2" ranked fifth in its 10th week of release, accumulating $173 million in North America and $442 million worldwide.
New film this week
"Quidi 3" (Action) is released by United America
Director: Michael S. B. Jordan
Starring: Michael S. B. Jordan, Jonathan Meyers
Plot: Adonis Quidi is successful in both career and family life and originally begins to live a quiet life, but when childhood friend and former boxing genius Damian Anderson appears, Quidi must face this fighter who has nothing to lose.
Operation Golden Burst (Thriller) STX released
Director: Gehrig
Starring: Jason Statham,
Plot: Superspy Orson Fojong (Jason Statham) must track down and stop the sale of deadly new weapons technology used by billionaire arms broker Greg Simmons (Hugh Grant). Fortune magazine and his team reluctantly team up with some of the world's best agents (O'Brie Praza, Gary Elvis, Bucky Mallon) to recruit Hollywood's biggest movie star Danny Francisco (Josh Hartnett) to help them complete their secret mission to travel around the world and save the world.