Box Office: May 24-26, 2019: ALADDIN, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3, AVENGERS: ENDGAME, & More

Box Office May 24-26, 2019

Aladdin premiered in the Number One spot at the box office over the weekend with $86.1 Million in the United States.

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum was Second at the box office with $24.3 Million for $100.9 Million in the United States. Worldwide, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum has made $175.3 Million so far.

Avengers: Endgame was Third at the box office over the weekend with $798.1 Million in the United States. Worldwide, Avengers: Endgame has made $2.67 Billion so far.

Pokemon Detective Pikachu was Fourth Place this weekend with $58 Million for $116. 1 Million in the United States. Worldwide, Pokemon Detective Pikachu has made $352.9 Million so far.

Brightburn premiered in Fifth Place with $7.5 Million.

Booksmart, A Dog’s Journey, The Hustle, The Intruder, and Long Shot rounded out the Top Ten respectively.

The films in the Top Ten that opened this weekend at the box office:

Aladdin is a 2019 American musical fantasy film directed by Guy Ritchie, who co-wrote the screenplay with John August. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney’s 1992 animated film of the same name, which is based on the eponymous Middle-Eastern folktale from the One Thousand and One Nights. The film stars Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, and Billy Magnussen. The film follows Aladdin, a street urchin, as he falls in love with Princess Jasmine and must save her Kingdom from the conspiring Jafar.

Brightburn is a 2019 American horror film produced by James Gunn and Kenneth Huang. The film was directed by David Yarovesky and stars Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones, and Meredith Hagner, and follows a young alien boy who lands on earth and realizes he has superpowers; soon using them to terrorize the surrounding town. The film is produced and financed by Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films, Troll Court Entertainment, and The H Collective.

Booksmart is a 2019 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Olivia Wilde (in her directorial debut), from a screenplay by the writing team of Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, and Katie Silberman. It stars Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Will Forte, Lisa Kudrow, and Jason Sudeikis, and follows two graduating high school girls who set out to finally break the rules and party on their last day of classes. Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are executive producers.

Next week sees the release of: Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Rocketman, Ma, and a plethora of other mainstream and independent films. Find my predictions on these releases in the weekly The Bottom Line column. A preview: Godzilla: King of the Monsters will be Number One at the box office.

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