‘Hotel Transylvania 3’ checks in to top spot
“Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation” has checked into the No. 1 spot at the box office in its opening weekend and left the Dwayne Johnson action thriller “Skyscraper” in the dust.
Sony Pictures estimated Sunday that the animated family movie earned $44.1 million from North American theaters. As the first in the franchise to open in the summer, it’s just slightly under the previous installment’s $48.5 million debut in September 2015.
Worldwide, “Hotel Transylvania 3” has earned more than $100 million.
The series has grossed more than $900 million worldwide to date.
Going into the weekend, experts expected a three-way race to the top among “Hotel Transylvania 3,” “Skyscraper” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” but the family film won by a large margin.
“There haven’t been a lot of options for families this summer,” said comScore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “They become instant hits.”
Johnson’s “Skyscraper,” a rare original summer blockbuster, remained earthbound in its first weekend in North America. The Universal Pictures film brought in only $25.5 million domestically.
“Skyscraper” cost a reported $125 million to produce, not accounting for marketing costs.
Estimated ticket sales are for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Final domestic figures will be released today.
1. “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation”: $44.1 2. “Ant-Man million and the Wasp”: $28.8 million 3. “Skyscraper”: $25.5 million 4. “Incredibles 2”: $16.2 million 5. “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”: $15.5 million 6. “The First Purge”: $9.1 million 7. “Sorry to Bother You”: $4.3 million. 8. “Sicario: Day of the Soldado”: $3.9 million 9. “Uncle Drew”: $3.2 million 10. “Ocean’s 8”: $2.9 million