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# ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ adds $60.5M in second weekend
- URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-box-office-report-guardians-of-8a7/
- Published: 2023-05-15T11:01:16.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-19T16:33:39.000Z
- Description: The third ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ film has virtually tied the entire ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ domestic haul — after just two weekends.
- Author: Bill Kuchman
- Tags: Popculturology • The Box Office Report, Popculturology, Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy

Hello! Welcome to **The** **Box Office Report** for the weekend of May 12-14, 2023.

## 1\. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

**Weekend gross:* $60.5M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $213.2M* 
**Last weekend:* 1st* 
**Percent drop:* 49*

The first two *Guardians of the Galaxy* movies saw 55 percent drops their second weekend. Marvel Studios obviously wanted Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to match its predecessors, but even more critically, the movie needed to avoid the unprecedented 70 percent drop that *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* suffered its second weekend in February.

The third *Guardians* movie easily accomplished both those challenges, dropping just 49 percent this weekend, adding $60.5 million to its domestic total.

So much for the superhero fatigue everyone keeps talking about.

*Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3* is already a rounding error away from matching *Quantumania*’s entire domestic haul — $213.2 million versus $214.1 million — through just its second weekend in release.

What fueled *Vol. 3*’s impressive second weekend? I’d imagine it was a combination of the positive word of mouth around the movie along with the fact that this is **James Gunn**’s final ride in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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## 2\. The Super Mario Bros. Movie

**Weekend gross:* $13M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $536M* 
**Last weekend:* 2nd* 
**Percent drop:* 30*

*The Super Mario Bros. Movie* continues to add to its impressive box office haul. The film is No. 2 on the all-time domestic animated box office chart (trailing only *Incredibles 2*’s $608.6 million). It’s the 15th biggest movie in domestic box office history (passing *The Dark Knight*’s $535,959,000). And it’s creeping up the worldwide box office list, sitting at No. 24 (only a few million away from *Iron Man 3*’s $1.22 billion).

## 3\. Book Club: The Next Chapter

**Weekend gross:* $6.5M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $6.5M* 
**Last weekend:* New release* 
**Percent drop:* NA*

Seeing the weekly box office chart filled with sequels and adaptions isn’t out of the ordinary, but I never expected one of those sequels to be a follow-up to 2018’s *Book Club*. I hope they keep making sequels in this franchise, giving them generic titles like *Book Club: Another Chapter*, *Book Club: One More Chapter* and *Book Club: An Additional Chapter*.

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## 4\. Evil Dead Rise

**Weekend gross:* $3.7M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $60.2M* 
**Last weekend:* 3rd* 
**Percent drop:* 37*

*Evil Dead Rise* is now the most successful film in the *Evil Dead* franchise, capturing the top spot on both the domestic and worldwide box office charts. When does a sequel to *Evil Dead Rise* get announced?

## 5\. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

**Weekend gross:* $2.5M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $16.5M* 
**Last weekend:* 4th* 
**Percent drop:* 23*

I’m not sure if God ever answered Margaret, but it’s clear that moviegoers aren’t there for this movie.

*Box office numbers via* [*The Numbers*](http://www.the-numbers.com/?ref=theomnicosm.com) *based on Sunday estimates.*

## Next weekend

It’s *Fast X* weekend. While *The Super Mario Bros. Movie* had a month of time to dominate the box office, *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3* hit theaters just as the crowded release season was beginning. The latest and penultimate (or maybe third-to-last?) installment in the *Fast and Furious* franchise should easily win the box office next weekend.

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