In today’s Box Office Breakdown, we analyze ten new releases:
Warner Bros.’ They Will Kill You
IFC's Forbidden Fruits
Focus Features’ The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
Neon’s Alpha
Sony Pictures Classics’ A Magnificent Life
Variance Film’s Jimmy O. Yang: Finally Home
Greenwich Entertainment’s Fantasy Life
WG Pictures’ Our Hero, Balthazar
1-2 Special’s Kontinental ‘25
Oscilloscope’s John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
Plus, a full breakdown of the top ten at the box office this weekend.
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Amazon MGM’s Project Hail Mary took #1 at the box office for the second weekend in a row with $54.5M domestic. This brings its domestic total to $164.3M. Internationally, it made $54.1M this weekend, bringing its worldwide total to $300.8M.
This film took a tiny 32% drop in its second weekend. Much less than Ryan Gosling’s 2nd and 3rd highest opening films:
Blade Runner 2049 (2018)
$32.7M domestic opening
-52.7% week 2 drop ($15.5M)
The Fall Guy (2024)
$27.7M domestic opening
-50.6% week 2 drop ($13.7M)
*Even Barbie, for which he is the co-star, dropped 42.6% in its second weekend.
Project Hail Mary also outperformed the second weekend of Amazon’s previous highest opening films:
Red One (2024)
$32.1M domestic opening
-58.8% week 2 drop ($13.2M)
The Beekeeper
$16.6M domestic opening
-48.1% week 2 drop ($8.6M)
This is now Amazon MGM Studios’ highest-grossing film. And the highest-grossing US film of 2026.
It even dropped less than Oppenheimer (-43.4% 2nd week), the only other film that isn’t a franchise or a sequel to open above $80M in 10 years.
Project Hail Mary is based on a book by Andy Weir, who also wrote The Martian, which, in a moment of poetic unity, dropped by the same amount in its second week:
The Martian (2015)
$54.3M domestic opening
-31.9% week 2 drop ($37M)
$228.4M domestic total
$630.6M worldwide
Project Hail Mary cost $200M to make, and it will reach theatrical profitability.
The film had a sensational per-screen average of $13.4/screen across 4007 theaters.
Here is the trailer.
Here’s the breakdown of the rest of the top 10:
$12.2M - Hoppers (Pixar)
$138.6M domestic total
$297.6M worldwide
$150M budget
RT: 93%
Week 4
This is Pixar’s best opening for an original film in nearly a decade. And it has earned more by its fourth week than the last three original films:
Elio (2025)
$63.8M - week 4 domestic total
$73M domestic total
$154.3M WW total
Elemental (2023)
$109.6M - week 4 domestic total
$154.4M domestic total
$496.4M WW total
Onward (2020)
$61.6M - week 4 domestic total
$61.6M domestic total
$141.9M WW total
It is trailing:
Coco (2017)
$150.7M - week 4 domestic total
$210.5M domestic total
$814.6M WW
Hoppers’ budget is $150M, and it should have no problem recouping, as Pixar films tend to stay in theaters for a long time.
$5M - They Will Kill You (Warner Bros.)
$9M worldwide
$20M budget
RT: 66%
Week 1
For a horror comedy, this is a great opening, about 40% more than the average horror comedy.
However, Warner Bros.’ New Line Cinema has been minting original straight horror hits, like:
Weapons
$43.5M opening weekend
Also, the producer of this film is horror legend Andy Muschietti, the director of the highest-grossing horror film of all time:
It (2017)
$123.4M opening weekend
$328.9M domestic total
$719.8M worldwide
In fact, the poster bore Andy’s name in a larger font than that of the director, Kirill Sokolov.
$4.75M - Dhurandhar: The Revenge (Moviegoers Entertainment)
$22.8M domestic total
$89.8M worldwide
$27M budget
RT: 96%
Week 2
This is a massive domestic win for the Indian action-adventure crime film. It is a sequel and has already bested the domestic total of the first film:
Dhurandhar (2025)
$2M opening
$19.7M domestic total
$137.2M WW total
More impressively, Dhurandhar: The Revenge beat out the domestic total of the previously highest-opening Bollywood film in the US:
RRR (2022)
$9.5M opening
$15.2M domestic total
$166.6M WW total
We’ll see where it lands, but it’s already been majorly profitable.
$4.7M - Reminders of Him (Universal)
$41.1M domestic total
$69.5M worldwide
$25M budget
RT: 56%
Week 3
This is the third film based on a Colleen Hoover book to release in theaters. And it’s looking like it’ll finish in the middle of the previous two releases:
It Ends With Us
$148.5M domestic total
$351.4M worldwide
Regretting You
$41.6M domestic total
$90.5M worldwide
Hoover’s novels are amassing cultural gravity. And they’re being made for relatively modest amounts and have all been profitable theatrically.
$4M - Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (Searchlight)
$16.3M domestic total
$23.5M worldwide
$20M budget
RT: 76%
Week 2
This sequel took a 56% drop in its second week. Not too bad.
However, the first film in the series barely dropped in its second week:
Ready or Not (2019)
$8M opening
-26.2% week 2 drop
$20.4M week 2 domestic total
$28.7M domestic total
$57.6M WW total
The sequel has a starrier cast, including Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood, and even David Cronenberg, but at this pace, it is behind the first film. If it’s able to increase its international numbers, it should recoup theatrically.
$2.6M - Scream 7 (Paramount)
$118.7M domestic total
$204.1M worldwide
$45M budget
RT: 32%
Week 5
Not including inflation, this is now the top-earning Scream film of all time:
Scream (1996)
$6.4M opening
$103M domestic total
$173M worldwide
Scream 2 (1997)
$32.9M opening ($66.4M w/ inflation)
$101.4M domestic total
$172.4M worldwide
Scream VI (2023)
$44.4M opening
$108.4M domestic total
$166.6M worldwide
Scream 3 (2000)
$34.7M opening ($66.5M w/ inflation)
$89.1M domestic total
$161.8M worldwide
Scream (2022)
$30M opening
$81.6M domestic total
$137.7M worldwide
Scream 4 (2011)
$18.7M opening
$38.2M domestic total
$97.2M worldwide
The budget was $45M, and it is fully recouped.
$2.2M - GOAT (Sony)
$100.9M domestic total
$180.9M worldwide
$90M budget
RT: 82%
Week 7
GOAT had a tiny 36% drop in its seventh week.
Sony’s new original animated film will end nowhere near Sony’s top three animated films that launched series (Spider-Man not included):
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
$42.5M opening
$148.3M domestic total
$377.1M worldwide
The Smurfs (2011)
$35.6M opening
$142.6M domestic total
$563.7M worldwide
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
$30.3M opening
$124.9M domestic total
$236.8M worldwide
GOAT will not reach the mega totals of the above. It will also fall slightly short of recouping its $90M budget theatrically.
$1.65M - undertone (A24)
$18.5M domestic total
$500K budget
RT: 32%
Week 3
Two weeks ago, undertone was one of A24’s highest opening horror films by a first-time director. Last week, its steep 68% drop had a larger falloff than Hereditary (49.5% week 2), Talk to Me (39.4% week 2), and The Witch (42.4%). And now it seems it won’t get anywhere near the totals of:
Hereditary (2018) - Ari Aster
$13.6M opening (vs. undertone’s $9.3M)
$44.1M domestic total
$90.2M worldwide
Talk to Me (2022) - Danny and Michael Philippou
$10.4M opening (vs. undertone’s $9.3M)
$43.9M domestic total
$92.2M worldwide
The Witch (2016) - Robert Eggers
$8.8M opening (vs. undertone’s $9.3M)
$25.1M domestic total
$40.4M worldwide
Regardless, A24 made an incredible pickup of this film at Fantastic Fest and has been marketing it with clever tactics that play on the sonic appeal.
The micro-budget makes this a massive win for A24 out of the gate and puts undertone director Ian Tuason in an elite category.
$1.17M - Forbidden Fruits (Independent Film Company)
RT: 77%
Week 1
This is the second horror comedy to open this weekend. And the results are lackluster, with this film opening 65% lower than the average horror comedy.
The film is produced by Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body) and stars Lili Reinhart, Alexandra Shipp, Lola Tung, Gabrielle Union, and Emma Chamberlain.
It had the lowest per-screen average of any film in the top ten this week, with $767/screen across 1525 screens.
However, if we were to rank this among IFC’s top ten 2025 releases, it would already be in #3, beating out
The Baltimorons (2025)
$833.6K domestic total
And nearing the second spot domestically if it can hold:
Dangerous Animals (2025)
$1.6M opening
$2.7M domestic total
$9.2M worldwide
So all in all, a strong result for IFC after Forbidden Fruits launched at SXSW.
Here are the lowest-grossing films of the week:
$4.3K - Natchez (Oscilloscope)
$184.3K domestic total
Premiere: Tribeca (winner: Best Doc)
$476 /screen average
Week 21
$3.7K - John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office (Oscilloscope)
Co-Dir: Michael Almereyda (Tesla)
Narrator: Chloë Sevigny
$3720 /screen average
Week 1
$365 - OBEX (Oscilloscope)
$48.3K domestic total
Premiere: Sundance
$365 /screen average
Week 12
There was a flurry of limited-release indie films that opened this weekend.
Focus Features’ The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist earned $650K in its opening weekend. This had an ok per-screen average of $827/screen across 786 theaters. The film is directed by Daniel Roher, who won the Oscar for his doc Navalny. It is produced by the EEAAO Best Picture winner, Daniel Kwan. It premiered at Sundance and played at SXSW.
Neon’s Alpha earned $121K in its opening weekend. This had a low per-screen average of $555/screen across 218 theaters. The film is directed by previous Palme d’Or winner Julia Ducournau (Titane) and premiered at Cannes.
Variance Film’s Jimmy O. Yang: Finally Home earned $80.7K in its opening weekend. This had a decent per-screen average of $1.17K/screen across 69 theaters. This is Jimmy O. Yang’s comedy special.
Sony Pictures Classics’ A Magnificent Life earned $62K in its opening weekend. This had a very low per-screen average of $186/screen across 333 theaters. The film premiered at Cannes at the Special Screenings section and is directed by Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville).
Greenwich Entertainment’s Fantasy Life earned $39K in its opening weekend. This had a weekend-best per-screen average of $39K/screen across 1 theater. The film premiered at SXSW last year, where it won the Narrative Feature Audience Award.
WG Pictures' Our Hero, Balthazar, earned $33.3K in its opening weekend. This had a massive per-screen average of $33.3K/screen across 1 theater. It premiered at Tribeca and stars Asa Butterfield.
1-2 Special’s Kontinental ‘25 earned $6.7K in its opening weekend. This had a strong per-screen average of $6.7K/screen across 1 theater. It premiered at Berlin and won Best Screenplay.