The Nun II
Warner Bros. horror sequel opened with $32.6M in first place, though that’s -39% below 2018’s The Nun: $53.8M.
However, It’s above the openings for the last three films in the extended Conjuring / Annabelle / Nun cinematic universe:
- +35% above 2021’s The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It – $24.1M
- +60% above 2019’s Annabelle Comes Home: $20.2M
- +23% above 2019’s The Curse of La Llorona: $26.3M
Overseas / global
The Nun II opened to $52.7M overseas and $85.3M globally, or 61% from overseas.
That global opening is -36% below The Nun, slightly better than its -39% domestic opening. The Nun opened with $79.3M overseas and $133.2M globally, or 59% from overseas.
The sequel’s top five overseas market totals are:
- Mexico: $8.9M
- Indonesia: $4.4M
- Brazil: $4.4M
- Italy: $3.3M
- Spain: $2.3M
The Equalizer 3
Last frame, Sony Pictures’ R-rated action sequel debuted in first place with $34.6M. That’s the #2 Labor Day weekend of all time, behind only 2021’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: $75.3M.
However, it opened -4% below 2018’s The Equalizer 2: $36.0M.
This weekend, it drops a steep -65% to $12.1M and second place.
That’s steeper than the sophomore drops for both the two prior installments:
- 2014’s The Equalizer: -45%
- 2018’s The Equalizer 2: -61%
Through 10 days, it’s earned $61.9M. That’s below both of its two predecessors, through the same point in release, despite opening above the original installment:
- -3% below 2014’s The Equalizer: $64.2M
- -3% below 2018’s The Equalizer 2: also $64.2M
Overseas / global
This weekend, Equalizer 3 fell -54% overseas, milder than its -65% domestic drop.
The third installment has now earned $45.8M overseas and $107.7M globally. The first two films earned $190M and $192M globally.
Top five markets to date are:
- U.K.: $5.9M
- France: $4.4M
- Germany: $4.2M
- Australia: $4.0M
- Spain: $3.2M
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Focus Features’ comedy sequel opens to $10.0M in third place.
That’s -44% below 2016’s My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2: $17.8M.
However, it’s +49% above May’s similar foreign-set comedy sequel Book Club: The Next Chapter – $6.6M.
2002’s original Greek installment had a slowly expanding release over the course months, rendering an opening weekend comparison inexact.
MBFGW3 attracted estimated audience demographics of 71% female, slightly lower than 76% for the second installment.
The third installment’s audience was also an estimated 55% white and 26% Hispanic.
Jawan
In a surprise finish that many didn’t anticipate, Yash Raj Films’ Indian foreign-language action thriller Jawan opened with a $6.1M weekend in fourth place.
That’s -10% behind January’s Pathaan: $6.9M.
Along with its $1.3M Thursday debut, Jawan has earned $7.5M total.
Barbie
In its eighth frame, Warner Bros.’ comedy declines -42% to $5.9M and fifth place.
That’s one percentage point below its steepest weekend decline to date, -43%, and may prove to be the steepest upon release of Monday afternoon’s box office actuals.
All time, Barbie has now earned the:
- #20 opening weekend: $162.0M
- #7 sophomore weekend: $93.0M
- #11 third weekend: $53.0M
- #9 fourth weekend: $33.9M
- #11 fifth weekend: $21.0M
- #16 sixth weekend: $15.1M
- #28 seventh weekend: $10.2M
- #75 eighth weekend: $5.9M
With $620.4M total through 52 days, it now ranks as the #12 biggest movie of all time domestically, between 2012’s The Avengers with $623.3M and 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi with $620.1M.
Overseas / global
This weekend, Barbie declined -59% overseas in holdover markets, much steeper than its -42% domestic drop.
It’s now earned $782.2M overseas and $1.40B globally, or 55% from overseas.
Globally, that’s the #15 film of all time, ranking between 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron with $1.405B and April’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie with $1.36B.
Barbie’s top five overseas markets totals are:
- U.K.: $120.8M
- Germany: $56.5M
- Australia: $55.6M
- Mexico: $54.3M
- France: $47.6M
It’s also earned $35.1M in China.
Weekend comparisons
Total box office this weekend came in around $84.6M.
Here’s how this weekend compares to last weekend, the same weekend last year, and the same weekend in the last pre-pandemic year of 2019:
|
Weekend |
Total |
This weekend is: |
Leader |
|
Last weekend |
$88.7M |
-2% |
The Equalizer 3: $34.6M |
|
Same weekend in 2022 |
$43.1M |
2.0x |
Barbarian: $10.5M |
|
Same weekend in 2019 |
$138.4M |
-37% |
It: Chapter Two – $91.0M |
YTD comparisons
Year-to-date box office stands around $6.80B.
Here’s how that compares to last year and the last pre-pandemic year of 2019, through the equivalent point:
|
Year |
YTD total |
2023 YTD now: |
2023 YTD after last weekend: |
Trend |
|
2022 |
$5.37B |
+26.6% |
+25.5% |
Up |
|
2019 |
$7.97B |
-14.7% |
-14.6% |
Down |
Top distributors
Grouped by parent company, the YTD leaders are:
- Disney + 20th Century + Searchlight + Star: $1.63B
- Universal + Focus Features: $1.51B
- Warner Bros.: $1.06B
- Sony Pictures + Sony Classics + Crunchyroll: $813.8M
- Paramount: $700.0M
Sunday’s Studio Weekend Estimates:
| Title | Estimated weekend | % change | Locations | Location change | Average | Total | Weekend | Distributor |
| The Nun II | $32,600,000 | 3,728 | $8,745 | $32,600,000 | 1 | Warner Bros. | ||
| The Equalizer 3 | $12,100,000 | -65% | 3,965 | $3,052 | $61,845,408 | 2 | Sony Pictures | |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 | $10,000,000 | 3,650 | $2,740 | $10,000,000 | 1 | Focus Features [Universal] | ||
| Jawan | $6,191,506 | 813 | $7,616 | $7,555,773 | 1 | Yash Raj Films | ||
| Barbie | $5,900,000 | -42% | 3,281 | -305 | $1,798 | $620,511,857 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| Blue Beetle | $3,775,000 | -47% | 2,786 | -530 | $1,355 | $63,703,555 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story | $3,375,000 | -49% | 2,765 | -1,091 | $1,221 | $35,685,098 | 3 | Sony Pictures |
| Oppenheimer | $3,000,000 | -48% | 2,091 | -452 | $1,435 | $315,136,955 | 8 | Universal |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | $2,600,000 | -44% | 2,500 | -455 | $1,040 | $111,327,215 | 6 | Paramount |
| Bottoms | $2,051,560 | -33% | 1,265 | 550 | $1,622 | $7,615,818 | 3 | MGM |
| Meg 2: The Trench | $1,200,000 | -58% | 1,574 | -797 | $762 | $80,729,624 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| Strays | $810,000 | -68% | 1,500 | -986 | $540 | $22,845,000 | 4 | Universal |
| Haunted Mansion | $641,000 | -53% | 825 | -355 | $777 | $65,525,328 | 7 | Disney |
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | $565,000 | -55% | 566 | -399 | $998 | $171,432,689 | 9 | Paramount |
| The Hill | $520,000 | -65% | 1,208 | -495 | $430 | $6,550,000 | 3 | Briarcliff Entertainment |
| Golda | $292,726 | -64% | 791 | $370 | $4,114,814 | 3 | Bleecker Street | |
| Elemental | $253,000 | -80% | 710 | -3,370 | $356 | $154,103,533 | 13 | Disney |
| Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | $240,414 | 525 | $458 | $240,414 | 1 | Blue Fox | ||
| Catvideofest 2023 | $64,150 | 451% | 87 | 69 | $737 | $468,432 | 6 | Oscilloscope |
| Amerikatsi | $59,189 | 3 | $19,730 | $59,189 | 1 | Variance Films | ||
| Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | $57,000 | -54% | 100 | -36 | $570 | $174,455,963 | 11 | Disney |
| Theater Camp | $43,000 | -52% | 70 | -22 | $614 | $3,893,887 | 9 | Searchlight [Disney] |
| Fremont | $34,391 | -4% | 23 | 14 | $1,495 | $127,797 | 3 | Music Box Films |
| Oldboy | $30,000 | -54% | 33 | -38 | $909 | $2,407,447 | Neon | |
| Jules | $18,099 | -42% | 61 | n/c | $297 | $1,866,299 | 5 | Bleecker Street |
| Birth/Rebirth | $11,485 | -54% | 9 | -9 | $1,276 | $126,952 | 4 | IFC Films |
| The Little Mermaid | $9,000 | -90% | 45 | -206 | $200 | $298,169,539 | 16 | Disney |
| Piaffe | $2,120 | -5% | 2 | n/c | $1,060 | $12,279 | 3 | Oscilloscope |
| The Unknown Country | $1,500 | -73% | 4 | -6 | $375 | $53,731 | 7 | Music Box Films |
| Lakota Nation vs. United States | $1,264 | -72% | 5 | -4 | $253 | $86,063 | 9 | IFC Films |
