Weekend Box Office Report: Hobbs & Shaw punch their way to the top!

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Statham and Johnson rock the box office!

The team-up of two modern action gods pounded into theaters this weekend to put FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW in first place with an estimated opening $60.8 million!

The smooth-headed spinoff only scored the sixth-highest opening in the nine-movie FAST AND FURIOUS franchise, ahead of 2003's 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS ($50.4 million) but dragging behind the last five releases in the vehicular pandemonium series.

The most recent entry, THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS, opened to $98.7 million in April 2017, while 2015's FURIOUS 7 remains the franchise champ with a mammoth $147 million start (also still the biggest opening for anything in either Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Jason Statham's career).

Leaving Vin Diesel and his car clan behind on the curb, the new PG-13 smackdown with Johnson and Statham facing a superhuman Idris Elba also scraped up $120 million from international audiences for a $180.8 million worldwide weekend (the movie has yet to open in China, where the FAST & FURIOUS series is a colossal draw).

Directed by David Lietch (JOHN WICK, DEADPOOL 2), the explosive globetrotting mayhem (with Shaw's sis Vanessa Kirby and mum Helen Mirren assisting the brawny duo) cost a reported $200 million.

Critics were minimally thrilled with the clamorous pseudo-sequel, giving the movie a 67% average on Rotten Tomatoes. Stomp the accelerator over to the JoBlo review HERE.

Disney's PG-rated remake of THE LION KING moved to second place with $38.2 million, roaring past the $400 million domestic mark over its third weekend in theaters.

With $430.8 million domestic and $1.19 billion worldwide, the lifelike animal animation from director Jon Favreau has exceeded the final totals of CAPTAIN MARVEL ($426 million domestic and $1.12 billion worldwide) to already become the second-biggest release of 2019 behind the gargantuan AVENGERS: ENDGAME (all three movies are from Disney, who now effectively owns the planet).

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino's period comedy-drama ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD was in third place with $20 million, down by 51% from its opening last week (similar to the 49% second-weekend drop for INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS but heavier than the 33% dip for DJANGO UNCHAINED).

Tarantino's R-rated love letter to 1969 Los Angeles with Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie has a ten-day domestic total of $78.8 million, on a reported $90 million cost. (It hasn't opened overseas yet.)

In fourth place was web-spinning sequel SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME with $7.7 million. On its fifth weekend, the Marvel superhero's $160 million European vacation (distributed by Sony) has a domestic total of $360.3 million and a worldwide total of $1.07 billion.

Pixar's G-rated sequel TOY STORY 4 was in fifth place with $7.1 million for a domestic total of $410 million and $959 million worldwide, inching closer to the finish of TOY STORY 3 ($415 million domestic and $1.06 billion worldwide in 2010).

Director Danny Boyle's musical fantasy YESTERDAY held position in sixth place with $2.4 million as it reached $67.9 million domestic and $118.9 million worldwide after six weekends (it cost a reported $26 million).

Expanding to 409 screens, the PG-rated comedy-drama THE FAREWELL pushed up to seventh place with $2.4 million. The $3 million ensemble movie with Awkwafina has a domestic total of $6.8 million.

The R-rated thriller CRAWL was in eighth place with $2.1 million. The $13.5 million aligator horror from director Alexandre Aja and producer Sam Raimi has a domestic total of $36 million and a worldwide total of $53.6 million after four weekends.

Disney's live-action remake of ALADDIN was in ninth place with $2 million. Will Smith's genie has enchanted $350.3 million domestic and $1.02 billion worldwide, narrowly passing the global total of Disney's 2010 live-action ALICE IN WONDERLAND update.

At the bottom was R-rated THE CONJURING spinoff sequel ANNABELLE COMES HOME with just under $1 million, making it to $71.5 million domestic and $211.7 million worldwide on a $30 million reported cost.

Outside the chart, the Dave Bautista/Kumail Nanjiani "buddy cop" action-comedy STUBER ran out of gas.

In limited release, the R-rated Australian period movie THE NIGHTINGALE opened with an okay $20k per-screen average. The dark drama from THE BABADOOK director Jennifer Kent got fairly decent marks from critics with an average of 79% on Rotten Tomatoes (the JoBlo review is HERE).

Also in limited release was the new Naomi Watts/Octavia Spencer drama LUCE, landing a per-screen average of $23k and a strong critical response with 94% on Rotten Tomatoes (read the JoBlo review HERE).

Next weekend offers an interesting mix of options that includes the live-action adventure DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, the R-rated crime thriller THE KITCHEN, the dog drama THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, and the Guillermo del Toro-produced horror movie SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK.

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