Universal’s Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw opened to #1 at the domestic box office and worldwide, bringing in $60.8 million in the US and another $120 million internationally for a worldwide opening of $180.8 million.
Not all news is good, though. Compared to the other filmsfromt he core Fast & Furious franchise flims, Hobbs & Shaw debuted to the lowest opening of the series in a decade, coming in lower than Fast and Furious (the fourth entry) which opened to $70.9 million in 2009 and which has the fifth highest opening in the series. Furious 7 remains the highest opening entry in the series with $147 million in 2015.
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw was by David Leitch, and stars Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, alongside Idris Elba and Vanessa Kirby.
Walt Disney Pictures’ The Lion King is now the #2 in the US and brought in $38.2 million for a US total of $430.9 million and a global total of $1.195 billion. It is now the #2 release of the year behind just Avengers: Endgame both domestically and worldwide.
Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has dropped to third place, with another $20 million domestically for a US total of $78.8 million.
Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Far From Home fell is now in fourth place, with a strong $7.755 million weekend for a domestic total of $360.3 million. Internationally the sequel brought in $9.5 million for an international total of $715 million and a global total of $1.075 billion.
Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 4 is not in fifth place with $7.2 million in the US and $10.2 million internationally. The sequel now sits at $410.1 million in the US and $549.2 million internationally for a global total of $959.3 million.
The Farewell was sixth this weekend in the US. The movie brought in $2.4 million after expanding to 409 screens from 135.
