In today’s Box Office Breakdown, we analyze five new releases:
Paramount’s Scary Movie 6
Amazon MGM’s Masters of the Universe
Fathom Entertainment’s The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act
Greenwich Entertainment’s Jinsei
Oscilloscope’s Underland
Plus, a full breakdown of the top ten at the box office this weekend. And Focus Features’ top-earning film of all time.
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Paramount’s Scary Movie 6 took #1 at the box office with $55M domestic. Internationally, it earned $50.5M. This brings its worldwide total to $105.5M.
This is the highest-opening Scary Movie film in the series, without inflation. Adjusted for inflation, though, it’s actually closer to the lowest:
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
$49.7M opening ($91.1M w/ inflation)
Scary Movie (2000)
$42.3M opening ($83.45M w/ inflation)
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
$40.2M opening ($67.5M w/ inflation)
Scary Movie 6 (2026)
$55M opening
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
$20.5M opening ($39M w/ inflation)
Scary Movie 5 (2013)
$14.2M opening ($20.5M w/ inflation)
However, this is a massive win for Scary Movie for two reasons. First, its budget is $30M, and it has already recouped. Second, it’s a massive jump from 13 years ago when Scary Movie 5 ended its theatrical run with $78M worldwide ($112M w/ inflation).
The per-screen average of Scary Movie 6 is $15.7K/screen across 3,490 theaters.
Here is the trailer.
Here’s the breakdown of the rest of the top 10:
$29.3M - Masters of the Universe (Amazon MGM Studios)
$54.3M worldwide
$170M production budget
RT: 66%
Week 1
This is a weak opening for a film based on a toy. Down 40% from the average.
And, of course, Mattel was hoping for a smashing success like:
Barbie (2023)
$162M opening
$636.2M domestic total
$1.4bn worldwide
For Amazon MGM, this will likely not even reach $170M theatrically, let alone break even.
$25.9M - Backrooms (A24)
$135.1M domestic total
$212M worldwide
$10M budget
RT: 89%
Week 2
This is A24’s top-earning film of all time, topping the previous 3:
Marty Supreme (2025)
$15.8M opening (first week in wide release)
$96M domestic total
$191.3M worldwide
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
$77.2M domestic total
$147.9M worldwide
The Drama (2026)
$14.4M opening
$48.1M domestic total
$130.8M worldwide
However, Backrooms took a massive week 2 drop of 68%.
Compare that to the three other highest-opening horror films of all time (remember, Backrooms was the fourth-highest opening):
It (2017)
$123.4M opening ($167.8M w/ inflation)
-51.3% week 2
Hannibal (2001)
$58M opening ($108.5M w/ inflation)
-48.8% week 2
Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)
$80M opening ($86.8M w/ inflation)
-76.2% week 2
Backrooms (2026)
$81.4M opening
-68% week 2
This is a remarkable result. The director Kane Parsons is 20 years old. And this film is based on his YouTube series, which has racked up over 220M views on YouTube, with the top video garnering 80M views.
$25.6M - Obsession (Focus Features)
$152.1M domestic total
$200M+ worldwide
$750K budget, picked up by Focus for $15M
RT: 96%
Week 4
In its fourth week, Obsession has once again done something remarkable. It only dropped 7%. That’s after a week 3 gain of 10%, and a week 2 gain of 39%.
Obsession is now Focus Features’ highest earning film of all time (not including inflation), topping:
Downton Abbey (2019)
$96.9M domestic total
$194.7M worldwide
Coraline (2009)
$116.9M domestic total
$188.1M worldwide
Nosferatu (2024)
$95.6M domestic total
$182M worldwide
This puts director Curry Barker in a rare category of horror directors, one that already has him taking on iconic IP like A24’s new Texas Chainsaw Massacre film.
$12.4M - The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (Fathom Entertainment)
$20.8M domestic total after 4-day weekend (opened Thursday)
RT: 94%
Week 1
Synopsis:
Feature length version of the final two episodes (episode 8 and 9) of The Amazing Digital Circus, showing the conclusion of the cast of characters trapped in a digital realm under the mercy of an unstable ringmaster.
You may not be familiar with this YouTube series, but the first 8 episodes have racked up 1.34bn views on YouTube in just two years. The pilot hit big with 439M views.
Another example of how the YouTube audience is driving massive theatrical results.
$10M - Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (Disney)
$155.8M domestic total
$293.6M worldwide
$114M budget
RT: 62%
Week 3
This film took a 59% week 3 drop. Slightly underperforming the previous Star Wars spinoff:
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
$84.4M opening (vs. Grogu’s $81.7M)
$29.4M week 2 (65% drop - vs. Grogu’s 69%)
$15.7M week 3 (46% drop - vs. Grogu’s 59%)
$213M domestic total
$392.9M worldwide
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu has already recouped theatrically.
$7.7M - Michael (Lionsgate)
$354.3M domestic total
$898M worldwide
$200M budget
RT: 38% (critics), 97% (fans)
Week 7
Michael is the top-earning biopic of all time.
In its seventh week, Michael is already the highest-earning music film of all time domestically and is closing in on being the highest-earning music film of all time:
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
$51.1M opening
$216.7M domestic total
$910.8M worldwide
Michael (2026)
$898M worldwide (week 7 WW total)
Elvis (2022)
$32.2M opening
$151M domestic total
$288.7M worldwide
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
$60.2M opening ($83.4M inflation adjusted)
$161.2M domestic total
$201.6M worldwide
Walk the Line (2005)
$22.3M opening
$119.5M domestic total
$186.8M worldwide ($312.2M inflation adjusted)
Lionsgate has already recouped.
$3.4M - The Breadwinner (Sony)
$13.8M domestic total
$25M production budget
RT: 28% (critics), 88% (fans)
Week 2
Last week, this film opened slightly lower than the average PG-13 comedy by 5%. And now it took a 54% drop. Not terrible but not enough to recoup its $25M production budget.
It is the feature debut of comedian Nate Bargatze, who also serves as the co-writer and producer. Bargatze’s latest stand-up special Your Friend, Nate Bargatze (2024) has racked up about 17.5M views on Netflix.
It’s also the first film to be released theatrically by director Eric Appel (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Die Hart).
$3M - Pressure (Focus Features)
$11.2M domestic total
RT: 86%
Week 2
This took a 48% drop week 2. Not terrible, but not great if it’s going to come anywhere close to competing against Focus Features' top-earning World War II films:
Darkest Hour (2017)
$56.6M domestic total
$150.8M worldwide
Lust, Caution (2007)
$4.6M domestic total
$67.1M worldwide
The Pianist (2002)
$32.6M domestic total
$120.1M worldwide
However, if this film ends up garnering Academy recognition, it may pull in stronger numbers if they hold it in theaters or do a re-release.
$2.8M - The Devil Wears Prada 2 (20th Century Studios)
$215M domestic total
$647.8M worldwide
$100M budget
RT: 78%
Week 6
This has already surpassed the entire take of the first film, including inflation:
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
$27.5M opening ($44.8M w/ inflation) vs. 2’s $76.7M
$124.7M domestic total ($203M w/ inflation)
$326.6M worldwide ($531.5M w/ inflation)
That would mean Prada 2 will become Anne Hathaway’s top-earning film of all time, in which she is the central star. Although it will not be her highest-earning film of all time, for a movie in which she is part of the ensemble or a co-star:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
$160.8M opening
$448.1M domestic total
$1.085bn worldwide
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
$116.1M opening
$334.2M domestic total
$1.025bn worldwide
Interstellar (2014)
$47.5M opening
$203.2M domestic total
$774.6M worldwide
The Devil Wears Prada 2 carries a production budget of $100M and has already recouped.
Here are the lowest-grossing films of the week:
$10.8K - Time and Water (National Geographic)
$20.4K domestic total
Premiere: Sundance
$1.5K /screen average
Week 2
$9.5K - Jinsei (Greenwich Entertainment)
Premiere: Annecy Animation Festival
$9.5K /screen average
Week 1
$7.3K - Underland (Oscilloscope)
$144.8K worldwide
Narrator: Sandra Hüller
Producer: Darren Aronofsky
Premiere: Tribeca 2025
$7.3K /screen average
Week 1
Lionsgate’s Power Ballad jumped 639% at the box office after expanding to 1265 screens (up from 10 screens last week). It earned $1.3M in its second week. The film stars Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas and premiered at SXSW.
Universal/Illumination’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has just made slightly over $1bn at the box office, the first film of 2026 to do so.