Box Office Report: Trapped

By Kayleigh Donaldson | Film | August 5, 2024 |

By Kayleigh Donaldson | Film | August 5, 2024 |

Last week, when Deadpool & Wolverine hit the top spot at the box office and broke a ton of records, I wondered if it had a chance at taking away the crown of the highest-grossing film of 2024 from Inside Out 2. I was trying to play it safe. Well, that was stupid of me, because now, that movie is the second highest-grossing movie of the year so far after a mere fortnight in theatres. While it experienced a 54% drop from its opening week, it still earned $97 million and retained the number one place, bringing its domestic total to over $395.5 million. Its $824,075,919 worldwide total puts it comfortably over Despicable Me 4, Dune: Part Two, and Kung Fu Panda 4.

Out of the new releases this past weekend, the victor was Trap, the new M. Night Shyamalan thriller starring Josh Hartnett. Reviews were mixed because Shyamalan gonna Shyamalan, but it still debuted at number three with $15.6 million from 3,181 theatres. Its reported budget was about $30 million, so this one should do fine in the coming weeks. Latter-era M. Night joints tend to have solid slow-burn box office runs.

Things were less successful for Harold and the Purple Crayon, starring Zachary Levi. That one debuted at number six with a paltry $8 million. Ooft.

At number nine is The Firing Squad, a Christian movie starring Kevin Sorbo and Cuba Gooding Jr., because of course they’re in this. It’s inspired by a true story, and it’s also a production by Epoch Studios, the people behind The Epoch Times newspaper-slash-propaganda rag that’s associated with the Falun Gong movement. That’s all way more exciting than the movie itself, by the looks of it. It grossed $1.6 million from 702 locations.

At number 11 is Kneecap, a comedy about the Belfast hip-hop group of the same name, which made $492,409 from 703 cinemas.

In limited release news: one of our culture’s finest traditions, CatVideoFest 2024, earned $281,220 from 106 places; drama Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha made $21,580 from eight theatres; the documentary War Game grossed $15,289 from one place; and erotic drama Sebastian took in $12,035 from three locations.

This coming week sees the release of video game adaptation Borderlands, horror Cuckoo, and drama It Ends with Us.

You can check out the rest of the weekend box office here.