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'Ocean's 8' opens with franchise-best $41.5M to top weekend
By JAKE COYLE senior media analyst for
NEW YORK (AP) — "Ocean's comScore. "Films featuring
8," the female-fronted female leads are killing it
overhaul of the starry heist at the box office, but that's
franchise, opened with an been going on for quite a
estimated $41.5 million at while."
the box office, taking the One of the early summer's
weekend's top spot from more breakout hits has
the fast-falling "Solo: A Star been the Supreme Court
Wars Story." Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
At a lower price point and documentary "RBG," which
in less fanboy-guarded has made $9.1 million in six
franchise, "Ocean's 8" — weeks of release through
despite ho-hum reviews Sunday.
— found nothing like the Opening this weekend
stormy reception than the was another documentary
female-led "Ghostbusters" that may prove a similar
reboot did on the same sensation: the Fred Rogers
weekend two years ago. documentary "Won't You
Made for approximately Be My Neighbor." The Focus
$70 million, "Ocean's 8" and Features release grossed
its cast featuring Sandra $470,000 in 29 theaters for
Bullock, Cate Blanchett a per-theater average of
and Anne Hathaway, set about $16,000. The film, 99
an opening-weekend percent fresh on Rotten
best for the franchise, not Tomatoes, has been
accounting for inflation. acclaimed for its portrait
The three previous of the man behind "Mister
"Ocean's" films — starring This image released by Warner Bros. shows, from foreground left, Sandra Bullock Sarah Paulson, Rogers' Neighborhood."
Brad Pitt, George Clooney Rihanna, Cate Blanchett and Awkwafina in a scene from "Ocean's 8." Focus said two thirds of the
and Matt Damon, and Associated Press documentary's audience
based on the 1960 original was under the age of 45.
"Ocean's 11," with Frank Paulson, Awkwafina, expectations. Sterling K. Brown, Dave Meanwhile, the troubled
Sinatra — all debuted with Rihanna and Helena "We thought we'd come Bautista and Charlie Day, "Solo" slid to second place
between $36-39 million in Bonham Carter, drew a in in the $35-40 (million) flopped with $3.2 million with $15.2 million on its
the last decade. largely female audience range," said Warner Bros. in 2,407 theaters. Set in a third weekend. It has now
"Ocean's 8," also starring — 69 percent — for a result distribution chief Jeff near-future Los Angeles, grossed $176.1 million, well
Mindy Kaling, Sarah that slightly surpassed Goldstein. "Number one, "Hotel Artemis" is about a off its expected pace.
it's fun. Number two, it hits members-only hospital for "Jurassic World: Fallen
an underserved audience. criminals. Kingdom" began its
Unfortunately, there is just Coming between more international rollout in 48
a lack of stories that are massive blockbusters like overseas markets with an
aimed right at women." the recent "Solo" and the estimated $151.1 million,
Yet the weekend's three upcoming "Incredibles 2" said Universal Pictures.
new wide releases were all and "Jurassic World," the That's a predictably strong
female fronted. weekend was down about start for a film expected to
The horror thriller 20 percent from last year, be one of the biggest of
"Hereditary," starring Toni according to comScore, the summer. It opens Friday
Collette, debuted with when "Wonder Woman" in China, and on June 22 in
$13 million, setting a new was setting box-office North America.
company record for A24, records. But some of the Initial reviews, which came
the indie distributor behind story was still the same. out this week, were mixed
releases like "The Witch" "There's a lot of women- for J.A. Bayona's sequel. But
and "Moonlight." The powered revenue at the critics were also less thrilled
feature-film directing debut box office in the heat with 2015's "Jurassic World,"
of Ari Aster, "Hereditary" of the summer season," which grossed more than
has received rave reviews said Paul Dergarabedian, $1.6 billion worldwide.q
and been hailed as the
year's scariest movie since
its debut at the Sundance
Film Festival. Either from
disappointment or simply
because they were stunned
from fear, audiences gave
"Hereditary" — about a
family cursed after the
death of its matriarch — a
D-plus CinemaScore.
Less successful was "Hotel
Artemis," starring Jodie
Foster. The Global Road
release, also starring
