What does it take to beat Captain America? Well, 17 clones of one sorry sap, it seems.
That’s why you’ll find the bleak Mickey 17 standing bruised but triumphant as box office winner this week. In its first weekend, the film duplicated up $19 million. It’s not a particularly impressive number for a box office winner, but at just over one million per Mickey clone, it’s not a terrible paycheck, either.
Captain America: Brave New World, meanwhile, may want to get those wings checked. It continued its nearly 50% plummet in box office earnings—a trend it’s followed every week since its premiere. Still, it managed a safe second place with $8.5 million, which brings its total domestic earnings to $176.5 million.
Third place went to Last Breath, which likewise fell one spot thanks to Mickey 17, earning just $4.2 million this weekend. Perhaps most notable was that the film, despite a drop in earnings as compared to last week, grew in the number of theaters showing it.
The Monkey’s supernatural snare-drumming simian earned the film a fourth place finish with $3.9 million in its third weekend. The far-friendlier animal, Paddington the bear, rounded out the top five with Paddington in Peru, taking home $3.85 million on his fourth weekend at the theaters.
And if you’re wondering if the Oscars still have any relevance to audiences, Anora would answer: Yes. The Best Picture winner jumped from 22nd last week to seventh this week, even though it released all the way back in October 2024. And despite its heavy sexual content, it took home $1.86 million—a nearly 600% increase from its earnings last week.
Looking down the list, Angel Studios’ Rule Breakers, about an all-girl robotics team from Afghanistan, constructed a ninth place finish with $1.59 million. And Night of the Zoopocalypse, which we described as “baby’s first zombie survival horror film,” barely affected (or infected) audiences. It earned tenth place with $1.06 million. Still, it managed to do better than In the Lost Lands. The adaptation of a George R. R. Martin short story debuted in 11th place with $1.04 million—a tragic number for a movie that reportedly cost $55 million to make.
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