Klaus Vedfelt
“Inside Out 2” for the third straight weekend was the No. 1 box-office draw with an estimated $57.4 million in North American sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The sequel from Disney/Pixar (NYSE:DIS) also set a record for animated movies with global sales of $1.01 billion.
“A Quiet Place: Day One” was in second place with $53 million in sales during its premiere weekend. However, it’s possible the action-horror prequel from Paramount Pictures (NASDAQ:PARA) could move ahead to No. 1 by the time actual sales numbers are published Monday.
About 40% of the latest film’s earnings in the United States and Canada were from “premium screens” such as IMAX and other large formats. The opening surpassed predecessors “A Quiet Place” at $50.2 million in April 2018 and “ A Quiet Place: Part II ” at $47.5 million in May 2021.
“Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1” opened to $11 million in sales on 3,334 screens domestically. Actor Kevin Costner financed the $100 million production, whose sequel is scheduled to premiere on August 16, and teamed with Warner Bros. (NASDAQ:WBD) for distribution.
The top 10 included two Indian films: science-fiction pic “Kalki 2898 AD” in fifth place at $5.4 million and “Jatt & Juliet 3” in ninth place with $1.5 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. “Inside Out 2,” $57.4 million.
2. “A Quiet Place: Day One,” $53 million.
3. “Horizon: An American Saga—Chapter 1,” $11 million.
4. “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” $10.3 million.
5. “Kalki 2898 AD,” $5.4 million.
6. “The Bikeriders,” $3.3 million.
7. “The Garfield Movie,” $2 million.
8. “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” $168.1 million.
9. “Jatt & Juliet 3,” $1.5 million.
10. “Kinds of Kindness,” $1.5 million.