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“Alien: Romulus” this weekend was the highest-grossing movie with an estimated $41.5 million in sales in North America. The latest installment in the sci-fi horror franchise, released by Walt Disney’s (NYSE:DIS) 20th Century Studios, premiered in 3,855 theaters across the United States and Canada.
Disney’s (DIS) Marvel Studios took second place with $29 million for “Deadpool & Wolverine” in its fourth weekend. The superhero sequel helped weekend sales to rise 30% from the same weekend a year earlier.
“The summer started off pretty gloomy, but it’s winding up really strong,” Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore, said. “We thought we were going to coast through August, but now we’re powering through August towards a much better overall summer number than we expected for the box office.”
Romantic drama “It Ends With Us” was in third place with $24 million, down 52% from its opening weekend. The Sony movie has made $97.8 million to date.
“Borderlands,” a video game adaptation, grossed $2.4 million in its second weekend to lift its total to $13.5 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. “Alien: Romulus,” $41.5 million.
2. “Deadpool & Wolverine,” $29 million.
3. “It Ends With Us,” $24 million.
4. “Twisters,” $9.8 million.
5. “Coraline,” $8.6 million.
6. “Despicable Me 4,” $6 million.
7. “Trap,” $3.4 million.
8. “Inside Out 2,” $3.2 million.
9. “Borderlands,” $2.4 million.
10. “Stree 2,” $2.2 million.
