Weekend Box Office- July 31- Aug 2

 

With the Cruise you clearly never lose. Paramount is having a good weekend after a rough summer start with the critically derided but actually brilliant Terminator: Genisys which has so far tallied up $317 million; but that's besides the point, as the amazing Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation dominated with $56 million for the opening weekend. The thriller, a fifth entry in the long-running journeys of the Impossible Mission Force, continues to showcase Cruise as both an entertainer and a box office draw.

Up against Ethan Hunt and his globe-troting escapades was National Lampoon's "Vacation" reboot, aptly titled Vacation which opened Wednesday, and finished the weekend with $21 million. The reboot starred Ed Helms as Clark Griswold's son, taking his family to Wally World. The reboot came in second.

Rounding out the weekend was Marvel Studios ANT-MAN, Minions, and PIXELS in fifth. 

Courtesy of Deadline:

1). Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation (PAR), 3,956 theaters / $20.3M Fri.* / $19.7M Sat. (-3%) /$16M Sun. (-19%) /3-day cume: $56M / Wk 1
* includes previews of $4M
Industry estimate:$55.6M FSS

2). Vacation (WB), 3,411 theaters / $4.5M Fri. / $5.8M Sat. (+28%) /$4.6M Sun. (-21%) / 3-day cume: $14.85M / Total cume: $21.2M** /Wk 1
**includes Tuesday previews of $1.2M
Industry estimate:$14.7M FSS, $21.2M cume

3). Ant-Man (DIS), 3,322 theaters (-546) / $3.6M Fri. / $5.1M Sat. (+40%) /$3.9M Sun. (-23%) / 3-day cume: $12.6M  (-49%)/Total cume: $132.1M/Wk 3
Industry estimate: $12.6M FSS, $132.1M cume

4). Minions (UNI), 3,575 theaters (-491)/ $3.6M Fri. / $5M Sat. (+36%) /$3.6M Sun. (-28%) / 3-day cume: $12.2M (-47%)/Total Cume: $287.3M / Wk 4
Industry estimate: $12.2M FSS, $287.3M cume

5). Pixels (SONY), 3,723 theaters (0)/ $3.16M Fri. / $4.1M Sat. (+31%) /$3.1M Sun. (-24%) / 3-day cume: $10.4M (-57%)/Total cume: $45.6M/ Wk 2
Industry estimate:$10.3M FSS, $45.6M cume

Next weekend, August 7, will see a crowded brawl as the 20th Century Fox Fantastic Four opens alongside the Joel Edgerton thriller The Gift and the Meryl Streep indie mother/daughter drama Ricki and the Flash.

I'm clearly no expert; but I'd wager F4NTASTIC or Fantastic Four or F4 or whatever you wanna call it will take a win from Rogue Nation. Tracking puts the Marvel super-hero reboot to a $45-50 million weekend, with a lot riding on the fresh-faced but accomplished young cast overpowering the negative rumors that have been circulating about director Josh Trank. While likely untrue and baseless, the same kind of negativity surrounded Fox's Days of Future Past last year, with the rumors of Bryan Singer doing absolutely nothing to detract from the film's stellar opening. 

Time wlill tell.