It seems like the “X-Men” movies franchise will not be going out on a high note at the box office. “Dark Phoenix” took second place this weekend after opening across 3,721 theaters. The previously “X-men” movie release was “X-Men: Apocalypse” and that opened to $65.8 million. The lowest opening in the X-men 19-year franchise was 2013’s “The Wolverine” with a $53.1 million debut.
It was a great weekend for our furry friends in “The Secret Life of Pets 2” which opened with $47.1-million across 4,561 theaters. This is the follow-up to 2016’s “The Secret Life of Pets,” which opened to a record $104.3 million.
Box office holdovers round out the top five with Disney’s live-action “Aladdin” taking the third place spot with an estimated $24.5 million while “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” fell by nearly 67 percent in its second weekend with an estimated $15.5 million across 4,108 theaters. “Rocketman” rounds out the top five for the weekend with an estimated $14 million.
Here are this weekend’s top 10 movies:
1. “The Secret Life of Pets 2″— $47.1 million
2. “Dark Phoenix”— $33 million
3. “Aladdin”— $24.5 million
4. “Godzilla: King of the Monsters”— $15.5 million
5. “Rocketman”— $14 million
6. “Ma”— $7.8 million
7. “John Wick: Chapter Three–Parabellum” — $7.4 million
8. “Avengers: Endgame”— $4.8 million
9. “Pokemon Detective Pikachu”— $3 million
10. “Booksmart”— $1.6 million
