Disney (NYSE:DIS) film “Eternals” took a steep drop in its second weekend in theatres, but still managed to hang onto first place at the box office.
Eternals added $27.5 million U.S. over the weekend, bringing its domestic total to $118.8 million U.S., according to studio estimates. The film, directed by Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao and starring Angelina Jolie, Kumail Nanjiani and Gemma Chan, fell 61% from its debut weekend.
Though not uncommon for a big superhero tentpole movie, it was significantly steeper than the 52% drop seen by the last Disney movie based on a Marvel comic book, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.”
Both films played exclusively in movie theatres, but the main difference is that Shang-Chi simply got better ratings from audiences and critics. Shang-Chi also became available to stream on Disney+ this weekend. Eternals has made $281.4 million globally to date.
Second place at the weekend box office went to “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” which opened in theatres during the week and was also available to stream at home for Paramount+ subscribers. It made an estimated $16.4 million U.S. in theatres and $22 million U.S. across its five days of release.
Blockbusters rounded out the top five with “Dune” in third place with $5.5 million U.S., “No Time to Die” in fourth with $4.6 million U.S. and “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” in fifth with $4 million U.S. Notably, “Venom” this weekend became only the second pandemic-era film to cross the $200 million U.S. mark at the domestic box office. The other was Shang-Chi.