And now we come to the first of this weekend's new wide releases, I Feel Pretty. This new Amy Schumer comedy grossed a decent $16.2 million in its opening weekend, down from the opening weekends of past Schumer comedies Trainwreck and Snatched. The fact that Schumer didn't have a highly well-known co-star like Bill Hader or Goldie Hawn to add extra star power for I Feel Pretty (Michelle Williams is in the movie, but she's only briefly glimpsed at in the trailer) may have hurt the film from breaking out, but this is still an alright bow for an original comedy that cost only $32 million to make. A solid B+ CinemaScore (a better score than the one garnered by Blockers two weeks ago) indicates word-of-mouth should be good enough to help it stick around for the next few weeks to a domestic gross that may be able to cross $50 million. One last note; this is the fourth biggest opening weekend ever for an STX Films project, making this one the newest success for the studio that's been on a hot streak these last six months.
The real surprise over this weekend has gotta be the overperformance of Super Troopers 2, which actually managed to top the domestic box office on opening weekend. Grossing $14.7 million this weekend, Super Troopers 2 already has made 81% of the first movies entire domestic gross in the span of three days and is guaranteed to become the first Broken Lizard comedy to gross over $20 million domestically. Though heavily front-loaded (more than half of its opening weekend came from its first day of release), this title managed to become a tidy moneymaker for all involved thanks to it being a sequel to a movie people actually like and the brilliant decision to release the film on April 20th, A.K.A. April 20th. Needless to say, Super Troopers 2 is a major box office success big enough to ensure that all involved will be able to buy a whole lot of liters of cola in the near future.
Rounding out the top five was Truth or Dare, which grossed $7.9 million over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend, giving this title a solid $30.3 million domestic total. A bunch of holdovers had strong holds over this weekend, including Ready Player One which went down only 35% this frame to gross another $7.5 million for a $126.1 million domestic total, setting this one on track for a $140-145 million domestic total. Also dipping 35% this frame was Blockers, which grossed another $6.9 million for a $48.2 million domestic total. The best weekend-to-weekend hold in the entire top 12 was easily Black Panther, which dipped a tiny 19% to gross another $4.6 million in its tenth weekend of release for a massive domestic haul of $681 million.
The thriller Traffik debuted this weekend to $3.7 million, a not great haul that did come in ahead of expectations and did manage to land a decent $3,705 per-theater average (this film was only playing in 1,045 locations). Rounding out the top ten was Isle of Dogs in its second weekend of wide release, which fell 38% to gross another $3.4 million for a $24.3 million domestic total. Whether or not this one can manage to squeak past $30 million domestically remains to be seen. Bharat Ane Nenu, a thriller hailing from India, grossed a great $2.8 million this weekend, the thirteenth best domestic opening weekend in history for a foreign language film. Meanwhile, dropping 41% this frame was one of the years biggest sleeper hits I Can Only Imagine, which grossed another $2.4 million for a $79.4 million domestic haul. In its third weekend of release, Chappaquiddick dipped 34% to gross another $2 million for a $34.6 million domestic total.
Lynne Ramsey's You Were Never Really Here expanded into 181 locations this weekend and grossed a projected $551,745 for a per-theater average of $3,015, a meek showing for the film that seems to be struggling in its expansion beyond arthouse theaters. After 17 days of release, this Amazon Studios project has grossed $1.2 million. I shall update this post once those numbers come in. Anywho, next up is Beirut, which went down 39% in its second weekend of release as it grossed another $1 million for a $3.9 million domestic total. In its third weekend of limited release, Lean On Pete expanded into 65 theaters and grossed $177,440 for a per-theater average of $2,729 and a domestic total to date of $347,988. Fellow horse-oriented drama The Rider held solidly in its second weekend as it expanded into 9 locations and grossed $78,433 for a per-theater average of $8,715 and a domestic total of $142,768. Like The Rider, Final Portrait was a Sony Pictures Classics title that expanded its theater count this weekend, with Final Portrait going into 100 locations and grossed $78,405 for a per-theater average of $784 for a domestic total of $299,784. Godard Mon Amour bowed in 4 locations this weekend and grossed $12,646 for a per-theater average of $3,162.
The Top 12 movies this weekend grossed a total of $113.5 million, a solid haul that makes this the fifth biggest sixteenth weekend in any given year and up 21% from the same weekend last year when The Fate of The Furious was in its second weekend of ruling the box office. April 28 has grossed about $631 million so far and is guaranteed to become the biggest April in domestic box office history once Avengers: Infinity War debuts next weekend with $200+ million.
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