Cocaine Bear & Jesus Revolution Soar, Ant-Man Shrinks

In a story of contradictions, Elizabeth Banks’ B-movie slaughterhouse Cocaine Bear and the Lionsgate function Jesus Revolution surpassed expectations.

Cocaine Bear collected $23.09 million, whereas Jesus Revolution picked up $15.5 million of their debut weeks on the home field workplace, per Deadline. That was sufficient for second and third-place finishes, although neither was capable of unseat final week’s champ, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, from its perch.

The Marvel sequel remained atop the gang however took a large 69.6% tumble in its sophomore body, the worst for an MCU title. The sequel collected $32.2 million in Week 2, bringing its working home whole to $167.2 million. Worldwide, Ant-Man has earned $363.6 million. Will it acquire sufficient to high Ant-Man ($519M) or Ant-Man and the Wasp ($622M)? Time will inform. 

This week sees the discharge of Michael B. Jordan’s newest entry within the Rocky franchise, Creed III. Except, this time he’s doing it with out Sylvester Stallone, which ought to make for an attention-grabbing subplot heading into the weekend. Reviews are sturdy out of the gate, as are preliminary projections (someplace between $28M and $35M). This is a giant take a look at for Jordan, let’s see if he has what it takes to knock out expectations.

Box Office Results: Domestic Top 10

1. Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania (Dis) 4,345 theaters, Fri $8.3M (-82%) Sat $14.6M Sun $9.3M 3-day $32.2M (-70%) Total $167.3M/Wk 2
2. Cocaine Bear (Uni) 3,534 theaters, Fri $8.65M, Sat $8.8M Sun $5.5M 3-day $23.09M/Wk 1
3. Jesus Revolution (LG) 2,475 theaters, Fri $6.95M (contains $3.3M previews) Sat $4.7M Sun $3.8M 3-day $15.5M/Wk 1
4. Avatar: The Way of Water (Dis) 2,495 theaters (-180), Fri $1.1M (-19%) Sat $2.3M Sun $1.3M 3-day $4.7M (-28%) Total $665.3M /Wk 11
5. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Uni) 2,840 theaters (-172), Fri $900K (-26%) Sat $1.95M Sun $1.27M 3-day $4.1M (-23%) Total $173.4M/Wk 10
6. Magic Mike’s Last Dance (WB) 2,918 (-116) theaters,Fri $905K (-46%) Sat $1.23M Sun $865K 3-day $3M (-45%) Total $23.2M/Wk 3
7. Knock on the Cabin (Uni) 2,115 (-486) theaters, Fri $520K (-49%) Sat $870K Sun $480K 3-day $1.87M (-53%) Total $33.9M /Wk 4
8. 80 for Brady (Par) 2,397 (-722) theaters, Fri $480K (-52%) Sat $820K Sun $530K 3-day $1.83M (-51%)/Total $36.4M/Wk 4
9. Missing (Sony) 1,006 (-510) theaters, Fri $263K Sat $485K Sun $262K 3 day $1M (-41%) Total $31.4M/Wk 6
10. A Man Called Otto (Sony) 1,118 (-607) theaters, Fri $217K Sat $391K Sun $242K 3-day $850K (-47%) Total $62.2M/Wk 9