Weekend Box Office Report: Onward hangs on to first!

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Another weekend on top for Onward!

As the coronavirus pandemic has much of the planet going on lockdown, the Pixar fantasy ONWARD managed to stay in first place at the box office over this quiet weekend with an estimated $10.5 million.

Disney's PG-rated animated adventure suffered a loss of 73%, a record second-week drop for a Pixar release as North American audiences begin to practice social distancing.

Director Dan Scanlon's magical journey of elf brothers Chris Pratt and Tom Holland has a ten-day domestic total of $60.2 million and a worldwide total of $101.6 million, on a reported cost of $200 million.

The power of faith (and CW's "Riverdale" series star KJ Apa) was strong enough for the new romance I STILL BELIEVE to debut in second place with an opening of $9.5 million.

Also featuring Britt Robertson, Gary Sinise and Shania Twain, the PG-rated religious drama about real-life Christian singer Jeremy Camp cost a reported $10 million.

The fact-based Lionsgate release comes from directors Andrew and Jon Erwin, who previously scored a hit with another Christian biopic in 2018 when I CAN ONLY IMAGINE went on to a domestic total of $86 million on a budget of $7 million.

Critics generally didn't seem to have a ton of belief in the movie's quality, giving it an average of 40% on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 37 on Metacritic.

Efforts to "flatten the curve" of COVID-19's spread kept Vin Diesel's latest action movie BLOODSHOT flattened in third place with an opening weekend of $9.3 million.

The new PG-13 adaptation of Valiant's comic about a nanotech-enhanced soldier came out just under the openings for Diesel's genre leading roles in BABLYON A.D. ($9.4 million) and THE LAST WITCH HUNTER ($10.8 million).

Delayed from its original February 21 domestic release, the Sony feature with Guy Pearce, Sam Heughan, Eiza Gonzalez and Toby Kebbell currently has a worldwide total of $24.4 million, on a reported cost of $45 million.

Critics weren't feeling the Diesel power this time, giving the movie a 31% average on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 44 on Metacritic. Shoot on over to the JoBlo review HERE.

In fourth place was writer-director Leigh Whannell's thriller THE INVISIBLE MAN with $6 million over its third weekend in theaters. Produced by the low-budget horror experts at Blumhouse, Universal's R-rated modern monster movie has a domestic total of $64.4 million and $122.7 million worldwide on a modest $7 million cost.

Opening in fifth place was the new R-rated thriller THE HUNT with $5.3 million for the weekend.

The Universal release (also produced by Blumhouse) starring Betty Gilpin, Ike Barinholtz, Emma Roberts and Hilary Swank was originally planned for release in September 2019 and then delayed in the wake of mass shootings, first moving to February 2020 before settling on its unlucky Friday the 13th premiere.

Directed by Craig Zobel (Z FOR ZACHARIAH, HBO's "The Leftovers") and co-written by Damon Lindelof, the latest riff on the classic 1924 human-hunting story "The Most Dangerous Game" cost a reported $14 million.

Critics didn't think the satire really hit its target, giving the movie an average of 54% on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 50 on Metacritic. Take aim at the JoBlo review HERE.

The lower half of the list battled for remaining scraps as crowds instead self-quarantined or stocked up on supplies. The PG-rated video game adaptation SONIC THE HEDGEHOG was in sixth place with $2.5 million at it reached $300 million worldwide.

Ben Affleck's R-rated basketball drama THE WAY BACK dribbled down to seventh place with $2.4 million, fouled by 70% from last weekend's opening for a ten-day domestic total of $13.4 million on a $21 million reported cost.

Rounding things out was the PG-rated Harrison Ford period adventure THE CALL OF THE WILD with $2.2 million, the period comedy-drama EMMA. with $1.3 million, and the Will Smith/Martin Lawrence action sequel BAD BOYS FOR LIFE at the bottom with $1.1 million.

Outside the chart, Harley Quinn and the R-rated BIRDS OF PREY flew out of sight along with anime MY HERO ACADEMIA: HEROES RISING and prank comedy IMPRACTICAL JOKERS: THE MOVIE.

Next weekend originally had the horror-thriller sequel A QUIET PLACE: PART II, now delayed for the foreseeable future along with pretty much every major movie release in the next few weeks. Try to stay healthy and safe, everyone!

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