Despite the colossal failure of The Mummy (2017), Universal’s Dark Universe seems to found newfound success with The Invisible Man. The low budget horror film debut over the weekend with $29.1 million earning. With a budget of $9 million, Invisible Man has become the most successful film in Universal’s modern reincarnation of the classic cinema monsters. Reviews have also been very kind to the movie, with a rotten tomato rating of 90% critic response and 88% Audience score. The Invisible Man didn’t just win the top spot this week, but it proves that despite the overall cheesy vibe that these classic monsters have, there is an audience for a well-done horror movie.
Coming in second place is The Sonic The Hedgehog Movie earning $16.1 million domestically, earning a total sum of $128 million. With a budget of $113 million, The Sonic The Hedgehog Movie is the biggest surprise of the year in the way it was able to find success after an initial bad reception. The initial backlash that the movie recive came after the first trailer debut the original look for the titular character. After the initial trailer, Sonic the hedgehog was given a facelift that seemed to earn back the trust from diehard Sonic fans. Despite the mixed review Sonic the Hedgehog Movie is still making money, proving that nostalgia is a powerful tool.
Coming in third is The Call of the Wild, the movie is about a dog who is taken away from his home in California, to Alaska where he is to serve for a dog lead mail delivery service. The movie was made with a budget of $109 million, which I can assume went to into getting Harrison Ford to start in the movie. The movie made $13.1 million domestically, earning a total of $45 million. There really isn’t much I can say about this film. The Call of the Wild is a feel-good movie about a dog and Harrison Ford if that is not your cup of tea then this is not a movie for you.
Wrapping the top 5 this week is the Funimation release anime movie My Hero Academia: Hero Rising coming in at number 4, earning $5.2 million. Despite a limited release, My Hero Academia has earned a strong enough fanbase that the movie was bound to make money. Although not as much as DragonBall Movie: Broly released last year. Taking fifth place is Bad Boys for Life with $4.3 million.
Top Ten Weekend Box Office Result courtesy of BoxOfficeMojo:
- The Invisible Man $29.1M
- Sonic the Hedgehog $16.1M
- The Call of the Wild $13.3M
- My Hero Academia: Hero Rising $5.2M
- Bad Boys for Life $4.3M
- Birds of Prey $4.2M
- Impractical Joker: The Movie $3.6M
- 1917 $2.8M
- Brahms: The Boys II $2.6M
- Fantasy Island $2.4M