‘Send Help’ can’t rescue the box office from a Super Bowl slump
Sam Raimi’s latest film held the top spot while a handful of random newcomers filled out the top five.
Popculturology • The Box Office Report
‘Send Help’ can’t rescue the box office from a Super Bowl slump
Sam Raimi’s latest film held the top spot while a handful of random newcomers filled out the top five.
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Hello! Welcome to The Box Office Report for the weekend of Feb. 6-8, 2026.
1. Send Help
Weekend gross: $10M
Total domestic gross: $35.8M
Last weekend: 1st
Percent drop: 48
Well, this was a weird weekend at the box office. The lack of anything major opening paired with the Super Bowl consuming a ton of attention, the top five films this weekend saw only Send Help hit the $10 million mark (which could still get scaled back once final numbers hit on Monday).
Director Sam Raimi’s latest film held off several random new releases. (Seriously, I had to look up pretty much every movie in this edition of The Box Office Report.) I imagine the box office will see a significant bounce back next weekend with Wuthering Heights, Crime 101 and GOAT all making their debuts.
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2. Solo Mio
Weekend gross: $7.2M
Total domestic gross: $7.2M
Last weekend: New release
Percent drop: NA
Oh, Kevin James made a new romcom? I was wondering what James was on The Tonight Show promoting this week. (This feels like the perfect time to bring up that Jimmy Fallon is somehow looking like he’s been deepfaked ... but in real life.) For comparison, Hitch opened with $43.1 million back in 2005.
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