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Box Office Recap – 04/08/2019

‘SHAZAM!’ FLIES TO $50M+ DEBUT – (04/08/2019)

Warner Bros.’ Shazam! is soaring to the top of the box office, with an estimated $51 million in receipts in North America. Asher Angel stars as Billy Batson as a boy who transforms into superhero (Zachary Levi) when he says “Shazam. David F. Sandberg directed. 

Paramount’s Pet Sematary brought in about $23 million, while Dumbo snagged $18 million and Jordan Peele’s Us grabbed $14 million. Captain Marvel, which crossed the $1 billion mark last week, still managed $12 million.  

Hooray for Hollywood: Here are this past weekend’s box office results.

  1. Shazam!— $51 million
  2. Pet Sematary— $23 million
  3. Dumbo— $18 million
  4. Us— $14 million
  5. Captain Marvel— $12 million
  6. The Best of Enemies— $4 million
  7. Five Feet Apart— $3.2 million
  8. Unplanned— $3 million
  9. Wonder Park— $2.5 million
  10. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World— $2 million