Despite the internet trolls crying the entire time leading up to Ready Player One, the Steven Spielberg-directed film debuted in #1 this past weekend. The movie adapted from the Ernest Cline novel, took in $41.2 million and was able to knock down Pacific Rim Uprising. In fact, PACRIM2 dropped all the way down to #5 with only $9.2 million.
The debate of Tyler Perry’s Acrimony took #2 with $17.1 million, which is pretty great given those movies usually cost less than $20 million to make. Perry just continues his domination tour at the Box Office when a new movie premieres. Paul, Apostle of Christ also made it’s debut this weekend in 10th place with $3.5 million. You can see the rest of the Top Ten below.
1. Ready Player One $41.2 million
2. Tyler Perry’s Acrimony $17.1 million
3. Black Panther $11.3 million
4. I Can Only Imagine $10.8 million
5. Pacific Rim Uprising $9.2 million
6. Sherlock Gnomes $7 million
7. Love, Simon $4.8 million
8. Tomb Raider $4.7 million
9. A Wrinkle in Time $4.7 million
10. Paul, Apostle of Christ $3.5 million
Next weekend, we have the releases of Blockers and A Quiet Place with the latter receiving some rave reviews. Given the movie climate is going to be pretty tepid until the end of the month when Avengers: Infinity War is released; there’s a possibility that either one of those films could take #1. Find out what happens in the next edition of Weekend Roundup!
