Liam Neeson’s Honest Thief wins the weekend box office

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Liam Neeson steals first place!

Actor Liam Neeson took over the top spot at the (now typically minimal) box office this weekend as HONEST THIEF went wide for an estimated $3.7 million.

Neeson's latest PG-13 crime-drama, about a bank robber trying to leave his felonious past behind, added around 2300 screens to the 170 Canadian locations it premiered on last weekend, giving it a current domestic total of $4.2 million.

Distributed by Open Road (CHEF, NIGHTCRAWLER), the action-thriller with Kate Walsh, Jai Courtney and Jeffrey Donovan has also gathered nearly $1 million overseas for a worldwide total of $5.1 million.

Critics didn't seem particularly invested in the most recent entry in the "old guy action flick" category, giving the movie an average of 35% on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 45. Shoot on over to the JoBlo review HERE.

The PG-rated Robert De Niro comedy THE WAR WITH GRANDPA moved to second place with $2.5 million for the weekend, losing 31% of business from its opening for a ten-day domestic total of $7.2 million.

In third place was Christopher Nolan's PG-13 sci-fi thriller TENET with $1.6 million over its eighth weekend on North American screens. The $200 million time-twisty action movie has a domestic total of $51.3 million and $325 million worldwide.

What's this? What's this? Disney pulled another one out of the archives this weekend and put the PG-rated dual-holiday movie THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS back on 2200 screens for fourth place with a $1.3 million weekend.

The beloved 1993 stop-motion animated feature from writer Tim Burton and director Henry Selick now has a cumulative domestic total of $76.3 million from its initial debut and various re-releases over the years.

Another Disney reissue was in fifth place as the PG-rated 1993 horror-comedy HOCUS POCUS scared up another $756,000 for a running domestic total of $43.1 million.

The new PG-13 romantic drama 2 HEARTS premiered on 1680 screens over the weekend for sixth place with $565,000, followed by the horror-themed X-MEN spinoff THE NEW MUTANTS with $465,000 and the R-rated Russell Crowe road-rage thriller UNHINGED with $425,000 as it drove over $20 million domestic.

In ninth place was the new action-comedy LOVE AND MONSTERS with $255,000 as it opened on 387 screens at the same time it became available on premium VOD.

Originally titled MONSTER PROBLEMS, Paramount's PG-13 romance-adventure stars Dylan O'Brien, Jessica Henwick and Michael Rooker as survivors in a creature-filled post-apocalypse. The movie currently has a 90% critical average on Rotten Tomatoes. You can take a bite of the JoBlo review HERE.

Closing out the list was yet another Halloween-approriate re-release with the 1988 Tim Burton comedy BEETLEJUICE earning another $172,000 on 260 screens.

Next weekend's main new release is the supernatural horror movie THE EMPTY MAN with James Badge Dale.

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