Easter box office hits 14-year low as ‘Curse of LaLlorona’ opens to $26.5 million
Overall, the domestic box office grossed an estimated $103 million this weekend, down 22% from last year’s Easter weekend. With “Avengers” expected to dominate the global box office next weekend, most studios have steered clear of releasing a movie this weekend to avoid getting ignored by audiences who can’t wait to see how the Marvel superheroes take down Thanos.
The other new release from Disney is “Penguins,” the latest Earth Day documentary from their Disneynature label. Released on Wednesday on 1,815 screens, the film has made $2.4 million this weekend and a 5-day opening of $3.3 million, one of the lowest openings for a Disneynature film and down from the $4.7 million 3-day opening for the studio’s last Earth Day release, 2017’s “Born In China.”
Among holdovers, “Captain Marvel,” which was pushed out of the top five last weekend, has returned to the No. 4 spot with $9.1 million in its seventh weekend. That’s a 6% increase over its $8.6 million total last weekend and pushes its domestic total past the $400 million mark. Completing the top five is Universal/Will Packer’s “Little,” which made $8.3 million in its second weekend for a 10-day total of $29 million.
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