‘Christopher Robin’ can’t top Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise sped past Winnie the Pooh at the box office to lead all films for the second straight week with an estimated $35 million in ticket sales for “Mission Impossible — Fallout.”
The success of Paramount Pictures’ sixth stunt-filled “Mission: Impossible” installment, along with muted enthusiasm for the Walt Disney Co.’s “Christopher Robin,” made for a seldom-seen result: A Disney movie debuting in second place.
In a year when the studio has already notched three $1 billion films worldwide (“Black Panther,” “Avengers: Infinity War” and, as of this week, “Incredibles 2”), the more modest Winnie the Pooh live-action revival opened with a relatively ho-hum $25 million.
As a reminder that “Christopher Robin” was a minor release for Disney, “Black Panther” on Sunday became the third film to cross $700 million domestically, a feat only previously accomplished by “Avatar” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
The late-summer success of “Mission: Impossible” — which has made $124.5 million thus far along with $205 million internationally — is helping solidify a comeback summer for Hollywood.
The summer box office is up 10.6 percent from last year’s record-low season, according to comScore, and year-to-date ticket sales are up 8 percent.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Final domestic figures will be released today.
1. “Mission: Impossible — Fallout”: $35 million
2. “Christopher Robin”: $25 million
3. “The Spy Who Dumped Me”: $12.4 million.
4. “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again”: $9.1 million
5. “The Equalizer 2”: $8.8 million.
6. “Hotel Transylvania 3”: $8.8 million
7. “Ant-Man and the Wasp”: $6.2 million
8. “The Darkest Minds”: $5.8 million
9. “Incredibles 2”: $5 million
10. “Teen Titans Go! To the Movies” :$4.9 million