Box Office Battle: 'Aquaman' wins weekend again with $31M - InvestingChannel

Box Office Battle: ‘Aquaman’ wins weekend again with $31M

AT&T (T) subsidiary Warner Bros’ “Aquaman” stayed atop the chart in its third weekend with $30.7M for a North American total of $259.7M and a global tally of $940.7M. Directed by James Wan, “Aquaman” stars Jason Momoa in the titular role alongside Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson and Dolph Lundgren. The film earned an A- CinemaScore and sports a 64% Rotten Tomatoes score. BOX OFFICE RUNNERS-UP: Sony’s (SNE) “Escape Room” placed number two in its debut weekend with $18M. Behind it was Disney’s (DIS) musical “Mary Poppins Returns,” earning $15.8M in its third outing for a domestic cume of $138.7M. Sony’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” placed number four with an estimated $13M. Rounding out the top five, Viacom (VIAB) subsidiary Paramount’s “Bumblebee” grossed an estimated $12.8M from 3,597 locations. Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include Comcast (CMCSA), 21st Century Fox’s (FOX, FOXA) and Lionsgate’s (LGF.A, LGF.B).