Box Office: ‘A Quiet Place’ Opens With Impressive $50 Million

This was a big week for the box office.  Paramount’s horror/thriller A Quiet Place opened number one with an estimated $50 million. The film – written and directed by John Krasinski – was made on a reported budget of just $17 million.  A Quiet Place has been getting almost universal praise from both critics and fans.

Last weeks champ Ready Player One dropped 40% from last week with an estimated $25 million.  The Steven Spielberg directed picture is just shy of the $100 million domestic mark, currently sitting at $97 million.  Ready Player One has done exceptionally well overseas earning an estimated $294.4 million, for a worldwide total of $391.3 million.

Fellow newcomer Blockers performed well, finishing third with an estimated $21.4 million in its opening weekend.  The R-Rated comedy staring Leslie Mann and John Cena was made on a reported budget of $21 million, so the film has a chance to earn some money.  Blockers has been getting solid reviews and is currently sitting at 83% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Black Panther continues to climb towards the top earning an estimated $8.4 million.  Panther has now earned $665.3 million, passing Titanic becoming the third highest grossing domestic movie of all-time.  The film has now earned almost 1.3 billion worldwide.

Rounding out the top five is Can Only Imagine with an estimated $8.3 million.  Can Only Imagine has now earned over $69 million domestically.

Here’s the weekend box office top five:

1. A Quiet Place – $50,000,000 ($50,000,000 total)
2. Ready Player One – $25,060,000 ($96,920,525 total)
3. Blockers – $21,439,000 ($21,439,000 total)
4. Black Panther – $8,430,000 ($665,355,740 total)
5. I Can Only Imagine – $8,356,800 ($69,084,002 total)

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