Last summer was pretty packed with grown movies , from the likes ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3to Across the Spider - Verse andBarbie . 2024 ’s summer movie season start this weekend with The Fall Guy and a re - release ofStar state of war : The Phantom Menace . With two reversion movies amount out in the same weekend — one based on an old ‘ 80s television receiver show and the other that first released in ‘ 99 — you’d think we were in for another big summertime , but so far , things are n’t hit quite as hard in terms of box office .
Individually , those two movies did fairly solid : Fall Guy ( headlined by Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt ) ended up with $ 65.4 million worldwide , with $ 28.5 million of it coming from North America . While it fell just shy of initial projections of $ 30 - 40 million domestically , it ’s still got pretty good reviews , and Logos of mouth may help get it across the polish line of reasoning . In second place came Phantom with $ 8.1 million for North America and $ 14.5 million overall . A growingprequel fondnessgoes a decorous style , as does attaching a preview of June’sThe Acolyteseries for Disney+ .
But in Fall Guy ’s case , its possible action number mark a sharp drop-off ( heh ) from that of 2023 and 2022 . In both instances , Marvel kicked matter off : Guardiansopened last year on May 5 to $ 118.4 million , andDoctor Strange 2saw $ 187.4 millon . Deadpool & Wolverinewas once meant to come out this weekend as well alongside Fall Guy , but output was debar that July due to the strikes , and it had just over a calendar month ’s worth of shot leave behind . So with no Marvel movie taking up a May expansion slot as per usual , this twelvemonth ’s numbers are down by 53 % ( for 2022 ) and 66 % ( 2022 ) , making for whatVarietycalled the softest start for summer movies in around 15 years .
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bet onward , the rest of May is well - stock with megahit . Kingdom of the Planet of the Apesreleases next week with secure bombination behind it , follow byThe Strangers : Chapter OneandIfon May 17.Furiosawill close up thing out on May 24 , ride the right way into Memorial Day weekend . occur June 7 , that first weekend ’s packed with three big pic : Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return withBad male child : Ride or Die , the Shyamalan family trot outThe Watchers , and Russell Crowe returns to repulsion withThe Exorcism .
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