Oscar weekend is a slow weekend for the box office, as Marvel Studios’ “Captain America: Brave New World” easily held on to the No. 1 spot with a third weekend total of $15 million.
That’s slightly better than the $12.8 million third weekend of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” back in 2023, a weekend in which “Creed III” was the No. 1 film and pulled premium format screens away from Marvel. With a running domestic total of $164 million, “Brave New World” is back on pace to pass $200 million domestic, though finishing in break-even territory is still the best case scenario with a running global total of just $341.8 million
In second is the sole newcomer of the top 5: Focus Features’ “Last Breath,” a true story undersea thriller starring Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu that grossed $7.8 million from 3,010 locations. It is a remake of director Alex Parkinson’s 2019 documentary of the same name about the rescue of a saturation diver whose oxygen line was severed hundreds of feet under the sea with no light.
Acquired last year by Focus for $5 million, “Last Breath” has been well received with Rotten Tomatoes scores of 77% critics and 91% audience along with a B+ on CinemaScore.
Neon’s “The Monkey” is in third, holding decently in its second weekend with $6.4 million for a $24.6 million domestic total. The family films “Paddington in Peru” and “Dog Man” complete the top 5 in a narrow race for the No. 4 slot, with “Paddington” currently getting the edge with $4.4 million while “Dog Man” has $4.2 million. The Sony/StudioCanal-labeled “Paddington” now has a U.S. total of $31.3 million after three weekends while the DreamWorks-produced “Dog Man” stands at $84 million after five weekends.
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