‘Dunkirk’ has victory at the box office
It’s victory for “Dunkirk” and “Girls Trip” at the box office this weekend. Both original and well-reviewed films smashed expectations and enticed diverse audiences to the theaters, even though cumulatively summer remains down from last year. Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic brought in an estimated $50.5 million to easily top the charts, according to Warner Bros., while the raucous comedy “Girls Trip” broke the R-rated comedy slump of 2017 with $30.4 million to take second place. “Dunkirk” was far from an inevitable summer success. But stellar reviews, awards buzz and hype around the film’s largescale production helped drive people to the theater and large-format screens. Drawing quite a different audience was the buddy comedy “Girls Trip,” starring Regina Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah as a group of girlfriends who head to New Orleans for a weekend of fun. Not so successful was Luc Besson’s nearly $180 million sci-fi epic “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” which earned $17million from North American theaters over the weekend for a fifth-place start. It came in behind “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” in third in its third weekend with $22 million and “War for the Planet of the Apes” in fourth place in its second weekend with $20.4 million. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Final domestic figures will be released today.
1. “Dunkirk”: $50.5 million 2. “Girls Trip”: $30.4 million 3. “Spider-Man: Homecoming”: $22 million 4. “War for the Planet of the Apes”: $20.4 million 5. “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”: $17 million 6. “Despicable Me 3”: $12.7 million 7. “Baby Driver”: $6 million 8. “The Big Sick”: $5 million 9. “Wonder Woman”: $4.6 million 10. “Wish Upon”: $2.5 million