Box Office: May 31-June 2, 2019: GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS, ALADDIN, ROCKETMAN, & More

Box Office May 31-June 2, 2019

Godzilla: King of the Monsters premiered in the Number One spot at the box office over the weekend with $49 Million in the United States.

Aladdin was Second at the box office over the weekend with $42.3 Million in the United States for $185 Million so far. Worldwide, Aladdin has made $445.9 Million so far.

Rocketman premiered in Third Place at the box office over the weekend with $25 Million in the United States.

Ma premiered in Fourth Place at the box office over the weekend with $18.2 Million in the United States.

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum was Fifth at the box office with $11.1 Million for $125.7 Million in the United States. Worldwide, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum has made $221.6 Million so far.

Avengers: Endgame, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Booksmart, Brightburn, and The Hustle rounded out the Top Ten respectively.

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

Godzilla: King of the Monsters is a 2019 American monster film directed by Michael Dougherty and written by Dougherty, Zach Shields, and Max Borenstein. A sequel to Godzilla (2014), it is the 35th film in the Godzilla franchise, the third film in Legendary’s MonsterVerse, and the third Godzilla film to be completely produced by a Hollywood studio. The film stars Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins, Charles Dance, Thomas Middleditch, Aisha Hinds, O’Shea Jackson Jr., David Strathairn, Ken Watanabe, and Zhang Ziyi. It is dedicated to executive producer Yoshimitsu Banno and original Godzilla suit performer Haruo Nakajima, who both died in 2017. In the film, humans must rely on Godzilla to defeat King Ghidorah, who has awakened other Titans to destroy the world.

Rocketman is a 2019 biographical musical film based on the life of musician Elton John. Directed by Dexter Fletcher and written by Lee Hall, it stars Taron Egerton as John, with Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, and Bryce Dallas Howard. The film follows John’s early days as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music to his musical partnership with Bernie Taupin. The film is titled after John’s 1972 song “Rocket Man”.

Ma is a 2019 American psychological horror film directed by Tate Taylor, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scotty Landes. It stars Octavia Spencer, Juliette Lewis, Diana Silvers, Luke Evans, McKaley Miller, Missi Pyle, Corey Fogelmanis, Marjay Ross, Gianni Paolo, and Dante Brown, and follows a group of teenagers who befriend a lonely middle-aged woman who allows them to party in her basement, only to have strange things begin to happen. The film is produced by Jason Blum, through his Blumhouse Productions company, as well as Taylor and John Norris.

Next week sees the release of: The Secret Life of Pets 2, Dark Phoenix, and a plethora of other mainstream and independent films. Find my predictions on these releases in the weekly The Bottom Line column. A preview: Dark Phoenix will be Number One at the box office.

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