Box Office: 'Toy Story 4' Bows With $118 Million, 'Child's Play' Is a Distant Second
"Toy Story 4" easily dominated the box office this weekend with an $118 million debut. While that's nothing to sneeze at, it's still well below projections that were closer to $140 million.
It did bow with slightly more than "Toy Story 3"'s $110 million in 2010. Excellent reviews, winning new characters, and a solid "A" CinemaScore should keep the sequel powering through the summer.
"Toy Story 4" had the fourth-biggest launch for an animated movie, behind "Shrek the Third" ($121 million). And it's only the third movie this year to make more than $100 million in its opening weekend. The other two were, not surprisingly, Disney properties as well: "Captain Marvel" and “Avengers: Endgame."
In distant second place was the reboot of "Gabriel Bateman of "Lights Out" star. Audiences gave it a "C+" CinemaScore.
In its second weekend, "Men in Black: International" had a steep 65% decline from its debut, taking in $10 million to land in fourth place. The fourth "MIB" film has earned $52 million so far.
Debuting outside the top 10 was the latest Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets," stars.
Here are the top 10 estimates for June 21-23, 2019
1. "Toy Story 4," $118,000,000
2. "Child's Play" (2019), $14,055,540
3. "Aladdin" (2019), $12,200,000
4. "Men in Black International," $10,750,000
5. "The Secret Life of Pets 2," $10,290,000
6. "Rocketman," $5,650,000
7. "John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum," $4,075,000
8."Godzilla: King of the Monsters," $3,700,000
9. "Dark Phoenix," $3,600,000
10. "Shaft" (2019), $3,555,000
[Via Variety]
