With no major wide releases entering the top 5 this weekend, Sony/Alcon/DNEG’s “The Garfield Movie” needed just $14 million to take the No. 1 spot at the box office, taking it from Warner Bros.’ flailing “Furiosa.”
Dropping just 42% from its $24 million 3-day opening on Memorial Day weekend, “Garfield” now has a total of $51.5 million domestic and $152 million worldwide. Sporting an Alcon-financed marketing budget of $60 million before Sony’s marketing costs, “Garfield” should easily clear the break-even point before its biggest upcoming competition, Disney/Pixar’s “Inside Out 2,” hits theaters on June 14.
But while “Garfield” is a respectable success for Sony Pictures, it has not been enough to pull the box office out of the malaise that it has been in for the past two months, as overall weekend grosses are only reaching an industry-estimated $70 million.
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