‘Mission: Impossible’ bests Winnie-the-Pooh
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Tom Acre Wood: Pooh, Tigger, Cruise sped past WinniethePiglet and the rest (whoPooh at the box office to are rendered digitally but lead all films for the second convincingly felt-like). straight week with an estimated While reviews were mixed, $35 million in ticket audiences gave it an “A’’ sales for “Mission Impossible CinemaScore. — Fallout.” The late-summer success
The success of Paramount of “Mission: Impossible” — Pictures’ sixth, which has made $124.5 million stunt-filled “Mission: Impossible” thus far along with $205 installment, million internationally — is along with muted enthusiasm helping solidify a comeback for the Walt Disney summer for Hollywood. Co.’s “Christopher Robin,” The summer box office is up made for a seldom-seen result: 10.6 percent from last year’s A Disney movie debuting record-low season, according in second place. to comScore, and yearto
In a year where the studiodate ticket sales are up 8 has already notched three $1 percent. billion films worldwide Estimated ticket sales (”Black Panther,”for Friday through Sunday ‘’Avengers: Infinity War” at U.S. and Canadian theaters, and, as of this week, “Incredibles according to 2”), the more modest comScore. Winnie-the-Pooh live-action 1. “Mission: Impossible revival opened with a relatively — Fallout” — $35 ho-hum $25 million. million As a reminder that “Christopher 2. “Christopher Robin” was a minor releasefor Robin” — $25 Disney, “Black Panther” 3. “The Spy Who on Sunday became the Dumped Me” — $12.4 third film to ever cross $700 4. “Mamma Mia! Here million domestically, a feat We Go Again” — $9.1 only previously accomplished 5. “The Equalizer 2” by “Avatar” and — $8.8 “Star Wars: The Force 6. “Hotel Transylvania Awakens.” 3” — $8.8
Made for an estimated 7. “Ant-Man and the $75 million, Marc Forster’s Wasp” — $6.2 “Christopher Robin” stars 8. “The Ewan McGregor as a Minds” — $5.8 grown-up Christopher 9. “Incredibles 2” — $5 Robin reunited with the belovedcharacters 10. “Teen Titans Go! of the Hundred To the Movies” — $4.9 Darkest