Star Trek: Beyond, the third movie in the rebooted Star Trek movies centering around Captain Kirk, came in number one as expected this weekend, making $59.2 million. This was less than I thought it would do, but it was a pretty strong opening for the film. Unfortunately for David, Ice Age: Collision Course, the fifth installment for the Ice Age franchise, under-performed, only making $21.3 million. This could have put David out of the running to overtake the behemoth that was Violet’s line up. He would have needed a strong performance out of Ice Age and Suicide Squad. If Suicide Squad is a monster though, there is still a shot for him.
The other person that can still threaten Violet is George, but he only has a couple movies left, and there is likely not enough steam overtake Violet, who still has Jason Bourne coming out.
As for people following our Summer Movie Draft Giveaway, we had a lot of correct guesses for Star Trek: Beyond coming in first; however, like myself, most shot a little too high for what it would make for the weekend. Matthew D. was the only one who managed to get just about right on with a guess of $60 million, giving him the 8 bonus entries. Meanwhile Tim, Francine Anchondo, and Daisy all earned 3 entries for this week.
Here are the top 10 grossing movies for the US over the weekend:
- Star Trek: Beyond – $59,253,211
- The Secret Life of Pets – $29,607,210
- Lights Out – $21,688,103
- Ice Age: Collision Course – $21,373,064
- Ghostbusters – $21,009,831
- Finding Dory – $7,234,806
- The Legends of Tarzan – $6,576,417
- Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates – $4,385,285
- Hillary’s America – $3,964,646
- The Infiltrator – $3,328,382
Looking to This Weekend
This weekend we have a couple movies coming out–Bad Moms, which is a comedy about moms who decide to do the wrong thing. In addition to that, we have Jason Bourne, the 5th film in the franchise, and the 4th one starring Matt Damon. This could be the lynchpin for Violet sealing the deal in this movie draft, so she is looking for big numbers this coming weekend.
As for my guess, I think Jason Bourne will take number one, and will do pretty well. For a dollar amount, I will go with $75M for the weekend.
So what do you think? We are wrapping up this summer’s draft, but you can still get some guesses in! Make your guess for what movie will be #1 at the US box office this weekend, and leave it in the comments below!
Here is a look at the standings up until this weekend for our 7 players:
| Movie | Cost | Box Office |
|---|---|---|
| My Big, Fat Greek Wedding 2 | $13 | $60.0M |
| Ratchet and Clank | $6 | $8.8M |
| X-Men: Apocalypse | $37 | $155.1M |
| TMNT: Out of the Shadows | $14 | $81.1M |
| Now You See Me 2 | $9 | $64.3M |
| Warcraft | $17 | $47.2M |
| Lights Out | $4 | $21.6M |
| Total | $437.8M |
| Movie | Cost | Box Office |
|---|---|---|
| Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice | $30 | $330.4M |
| Criminal | $7 | $14.7M |
| A Hologram for the King | $1 | $4.2M |
| Captain America: Civil War | $42 | $406.8M |
| Money Monster | $2 | $40.9M |
| Jason Bourne | $18 | – |
| Total | $796.9M |
| Movie | Cost | Box Office |
|---|---|---|
| God’s Not Dead 2 | $5 | $20.8M |
| Central Intelligence | $15 | $123.2M |
| The BFG | $20 | $50.8M |
| The Secret Life of Pets | $21 | $260.7M |
| Ghostbusters | $15 | $86.9M |
| Sausage Party | $24 | – |
| Total | $542.3M |
| Movie | Cost | Box Office |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcore Henry | $7 | $9.3M |
| Jungle Book | $30 | $361.6M |
| The Purge: Election Year | $5 | $76.6M |
| Ice Age: Collision Course | $19 | $21.0M |
| Suicide Squad | $39 | – |
| Total | $468.5M |
| Movie | Cost | Box Office |
|---|---|---|
| Keanu | $8 | $20.6M |
| The Angry Birds Movie | $16 | $105.7M |
| The Nice Guys | $9 | $36.1M |
| Finding Dory | $50 | $460.2M |
| Nine Lives | $5 | – |
| Ben Hur | $12 | – |
| Total | $623.1M |
| Movie | Cost | Box Office |
|---|---|---|
| Huntsman: Winter’s War | $20 | $48.0M |
| Mother’s Day | $11 | $32.5M |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | $35 | $76.5M |
| Free State of Jones | $9 | $20.6M |
| Independence Day: Resurgence | $25 | $101.2M |
| Total | $278.8M |
| Movie | Cost | Box Office |
|---|---|---|
| Meet the Blacks | $4 | $9.1M |
| The Boss | $1 | $63.1M |
| Barbershop: The Next Cut | $9 | $54.0M |
| The Darkness | $1 | $10.8M |
| Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising | $20 | $55.3M |
| The Conjuring 2 | $7 | $101.6M |
| The Shallows | $6 | $53.6M |
| The Legend of Tarzan | $7 | $115.8M |
| Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates | $6 | $40.4M |
| Star Trek Beyond | $19 | $59.6M |
| Bad Moms | $1 | – |
| Pete’s Dragon | $15 | – |
| Spectral | $4 | – |
| Total | $563.2M |
As for the giveaway, be sure to get your guesses in for your bonus entries!
I’ll guess Jason Bourne for $50 million.
The Rafflecopter doesn’t seem to be working for this week. It says I submitted but I hadn’t given my guess yet.
Thanks for the heads up, Tim. I think we fixed it now.
I’ll go with Jason Bourne with $55 million.
Jason Bourne – $55 million
Bourne. 63 mil
Bourne 60 mil
Thank you for your comment, Brody. However, as stated in the rules of the Summer Movie Draft Giveaway, under How Points are Assigned, “Each participant can make one guess per week for that weekend’s top movie, and the guess must be in before Friday at 12am PST, that way players don’t have an unfair advantage.” It was already published as of yesterday morning that Jason Bourne had earned $60 million for the weekend, and you did not post your comment until today. Therefore, you will not be eligible to receive any points for your guess. But we encourage you to participate in guessing what the coming weekend’s #1 movie will be, just make sure to get your guess in before Friday at midnight!
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