This weekend the 80s and 90s were all over again theater box office. Universal The autumn manRyan Gosling's starrer, inspired by the '80s TV show, started the summer movie season at No. 1 with $28.5 million, while Disney's re-release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace surprised by coming in at number 2 with $8.1 million.
Despite The autumn man'S No. 1 finish, the box office fell short of initial expectations of $30 million to $35 million, and overall the box office is down dramatically from the same frame a year ago, when Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 bowed domestically to $118.4 million. The weekend is down 53 percent from last year, and more than 66 percent lower than in 2022, when Marvel's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness opened domestically to $187.4 million.
The autumn man It is said to have a net budget of $130 million, after tax breaks, for shooting in Australia. Universal will now hope so Fall guy's A-CinemaScore from audiences will help it gain traction with word of mouth in the coming weeks. It also boasts strong reviews from South by Southwest.
The feature film comes from stuntman and director David Leitch and has been marketed as a love letter to the stunt community. Gosling, at the height of his star power thanks to his Oscar-nominated role as Ken Barbie, takes center stage as a downed stuntman who comes out of retirement to try to find a missing A-list star and save a movie (which just so happens to be directed by his ex, played by Emily Blunt). The feature has a worldwide cume of $65.4.
ghost threatThe weekend is a nice twist for the film. It was the kick-off for George Lucas' Star War's prequel trilogy in 1999, and for years afterward, was a punchline for audiences Star Wars fans, but has grown in appreciation in the decades since, with younger fans who grew up with the film coming of age, and star Ewan McGregor reprising his role of Obi-Wan Kenobi for his own Disney+ series in 2022, fueling the nostalgia to the movies. The film returned to theaters as part of the film's 25th anniversary, as well as May 4, the unofficial Star Wars holiday.
The phantom menace beat Amazon MGM Studios' sexy tennis drama Challengers for No. 2. The Luca Guadagnino Film was solid in weekend two, dropping just 49 percent for a weekend with a $7.6 million gross and $29.4 million cume. Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist star.
Sony and Screen Gems Tarot bowed to $6.5 million in its first weekend, a solid start considering the feature cost $8 million and had no traditional marketing campaign. Sony began its first digital campaign for the feature film, meaning there will be no TV spots or billboards for the feature film, which features seven friends accidentally unleashing an evil entity trapped in a deck of cursed Tarot cards. Neither critics nor audiences embraced it. It has an 8 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, while audiences gave it a low C-CinemaScore. It has grossed $10.2 million worldwide.