Disney’s Lilo & Stitch tops N.America box office for third week
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Disney’s family-friendly Lilo & Stitch kept up its dominance of the early summer North American box office, winning for a third week in a row with US$32.5 million in ticket sales, industry estimates showed Sunday.
The live-action remake of a 2002 animated film of the same name has so far raked in US$335.8 million in the United States and Canada, and another US$436 million abroad, Exhibitor Relations said.
Maia Kealoha (as Lilo), Hannah Waddingham, Courtney B Vance, and Zach Galifianakis star, while Chris Sanders again provides the voice of the chaos-creating blue alien Stitch.
Debuting in second place at US$25 million was Lionsgate’s Ballerina, a John Wick spin-off starring Ana de Armas as a dancer turned contract killer, and co-starring Anjelica Huston. Keanu Reeves makes a brief appearance as the hitman Wick.
“This is a weak opening for an action thriller spin-off,” said David A Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.
Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning — the latest, and ostensibly last, in the hugely successful Tom Cruise spy thriller series based on a 1960s TV show — took third place with US$15 million.
The Paramount film has now grossed more than US$449 million worldwide.
In fourth place was Sony’s Karate Kid: Legends, a sequel featuring Ralph Macchio — the star of the original 1984 classic — and action flick icon Jackie Chan, along with Ben Wang in the title role.
It made US$8.7 million at the domestic box office in its second week in cinemas.
And finishing up the top five was Warner Bros and New Line’s horror film Final Destination: Bloodlines, at US$6.5 million. It has grossed US$123.6 million so far at the domestic box office.
Rounding out the top 10 were The Phoenician Scheme (US$6.25 million), Bring Her Back (US$3.5 million), Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye (US$3.1 million), Sinners (US$2.9 million), and Thunderbolts (US$2.5 million).