>7 Years Later, Avengers: Endgame is No. 1 again. Still a weird sentence to type out.
Marvel put the 2019 blockbuster back in theaters as Avengers: Endgame Encore, and audiences were clearly not done with it. Per Variety, the re-release pulled $26 million from 3,060 North American theaters over the weekend. And then it got even bigger. Another $60 million came in internationally, for an $86 million global weekend.
Not bad for a movie that’s been parked on home platforms for years. The timing is perfect for Marvel, too. Avengers: Doomsday hits in December, so Endgame on the big screen is basically a giant reminder that people still care about these characters. A lot.
Here’s the rest of the weekend.
7 Years Later, Avengers: Endgame is back at No. 1
Not much else to say here. Endgame came back. People bought tickets. Lots of them.
The $26 million domestic weekend topped every new release, and the $60 million overseas number made it even more impressive. Re-releases don’t usually do this. Especially seven-year-old ones. But Avengers: Endgame was never a normal movie.
7 Years Later, the Avengers: Endgame box office comeback is proving there was still plenty of interest in seeing it on the big screen.
Resident Evil holds second 7 Years Later
Resident Evil fell from last weekend’s top spot, but it still had a solid second frame. The horror flick earned $23 million from 3,684 locations.
Sure, that’s a steep drop from the $60 million opening. But step back and the picture still looks good. It’s now at $103.4 million domestically and $196.5 million worldwide.
That’s a pretty strong place for the latest Resident Evil to be this early in its run.
The Heart of the Beast joins the box office Top 5
Brad Pitt took third with The Heart of the Beast. The survival film opened with $20 million from 3,435 theaters.
A fine start for an original adult drama, though with an $82 million reported budget, it needs audiences to keep showing up. Overseas helped. The movie added $30.1 million internationally, for a $50.1 million worldwide opening.
Pitt plays a retired veteran who survives a plane crash in the Alaskan wilderness with his combat dog. Surviving the crash? Just the beginning. They’ve still got 58 miles ahead of them.
Primetime scores one of A24’s biggest openings
A24 had a great weekend with Primetime. The Robert Pattinson crime drama opened with $19.2 million from 2,863 theaters.
One of A24’s biggest openings ever, apparently. And it reportedly cost only $15 million to make, which makes the number look even better.
Pattinson stars as Chris Hansen in a story inspired by his To Catch a Predator years. Hansen has been pretty vocal in his criticism of the movie. Didn’t matter. People showed up anyway.
Variety also noted that 69% of the opening-weekend crowd was under 30. Young audience for a crime drama like this.
7 Years Later, Forgotten Island rounds out the Top 5
Forgotten Island landed in fifth with $12.8 million from 4,548 theaters. The animated film is moving slowly overseas too, sitting at $20.6 million worldwide so far.
With an $80 million budget, it’s going to need legs. Good news: people who are seeing it seem to like it.
The story follows two best friends stranded in a mystical world, with H.E.R., Dave Franco and Jenny Slate in the voice cast. Animated movies can build over time, especially once families start talking. So this one’s probably not getting judged on opening weekend alone.
Still, the weekend belongs to a movie from 2019.
7 Years Later, Avengers: Endgame is No. 1 again. Who saw that coming?
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