Wonder Woman 1984 keeps the weekend box office tied up

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Diana has first place wrapped up again

As we finally put the excruciating 2020 in the rear-view mirror, WONDER WOMAN 1984 spent New Years weekend on top of the box office with an estimated $5.5 million over its second weekend.

The reunion of star Gal Gadot and director Patty Jenkins dropped by 67% from its opening on Christmas Day, giving the superhero sequel a ten-day domestic total of $28.5 million.

Also featuring Kristen Wiig, Chris Pine and Pedro Pascal, the $200 million adventure of the DC Comics champion has also managed to lasso a worldwide total of $118.5 million so far.

On top of the ongoing COVID-19 limitations, the PG-13 Warner Bros. release has been greeted with mixed response from both critics and fans (unlike the widely enjoyed first movie), and reportedly continues to experience technical issues for viewers attempting to access the sequel through the company's HBO Max application. Regardless, a third WONDER WOMAN movie has already been given the go-ahead.

The releases from last weekend (and the past few months, really) continued battling for the attention of anyone willing to visit theaters as the calendar changed to a (hopefully) better year.

Despite being available in homes on VOD since December 18, the DreamWorks animated sequel THE CROODS: A NEW AGE took second place with $2.18 million for a domestic total of $34.5 million after six weekends. Universal's PG-rated release now has a worldwide total of $115 million on a reported cost of $65 million.

The Tom Hanks PG-13 Western NEWS OF THE WORLD rode down to third place with $1.69 million, slipping by 25% from its opening on Christmas Day. Director Paul Greengrass' $38 million period drama has a ten-day domestic total of $5.4 million.

Director Paul W.S. Anderson's videogame adaptation MONSTER HUNTER remained in fourth place with $1.25 million, a marginally improved performance from last weekend. The PG-13 Milla Jovovich action movie (based on Capcom's popular game) has a domestic total of $6.3 million and $15 million worldwide, on a reported cost of $60 million.

In fifth place was the psychological thriller FATALE with $700,000, also experiencing a slight boost from last weekend. On its third weekend, the R-rated Universal release with Hilary Swank and Michael Ealy has a domestic total of $3.09 million.

The dark comedy PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN was in sixth place with $660,000, only an 8% drop from last weekend's start. The R-rated revenge movie with Carey Mulligan has a ten-day domestic total of $1.9 million.

The latest version of classic fairy tale PINOCCHIO was in seventh place, followed by the apparently indestructible Robert De Niro family comedy THE WAR WITH GRANDPA on its thirteenth weekend on the list. 

Making a reappearance in 500 theaters was the R-rated 1979 sci-fi classic ALIEN, drifting into ninth place with $75,000 for the weekend.

Director Ridley Scott's horror-thriller with future superstar Sigourney Weaver has a cumulative domestic total of $81.9 million, not adjusted for inflation. Despite the odd timing for the reissue (the movie's 30th anniversary was last May), any excuse to see the suspenseful xenomorph terror on a big screen seems justified.

Closing out the list for the holiday weekend was the R-rated body-swap thriller FREAKY, now with a domestic total of $8.7 million.

The next wide release on the schedule is the Liam Neeson action-thriller THE MARKSMAN, currently slotted for January 15.

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