Avengers: Endgame Finally Dethroned, As John Wick 3 Takes No. 1 At US Box Office
After three straight weeks at No. 1, Avengers: Endgame has finally been dethroned at the box office.
The latest weekend numbers are in, and John Wick: Parabellum made $57 million in the US/Canada this weekend to sit in the No. 1 position, according to Entertainment Weekly. Endgame was No. 1 with $29.4 million, while Detective Pikachu was No. 3 with $24.8 million.
Parabellum’s $57 million opening is the best-ever for the franchise, exceeding the first movie’s opening-weekend haul of $14.4 million and the $30.4 million that John Wick 2 took in back in 2017. Parabellum made $92.2 million from overseas markets, which brings its total opening-weekend box office performance to performance to more than $150 million for a very strong start.
As for Endgame, the movie has now made $2.62 billion worldwide, which remains behind the biggest movie of all-time: Avatar ($2.78 billion).
Domestically, Endgame becomes the second-biggest film ever with $771 million in box office receipts; it surpassed Avatar ($761 million) but remains behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($937 million).
Below you can see the Top 10 movies at the US/Canada box office for the past weekend.
May 17-19 US/Canada Box Office:
- John Wick: Chapter Three — Parabellum — $57 million
- Avengers: Endgame — $29.4 million
- Pokemon Detective Pikachu — $24.8 million
- A Dog’s Journey — $8 million
- The Hustle — $6.1 million
- The Intruder — $4 million
- Long Shot — $3.4 million
- The Sun Is Also a Star — $2.6 million
- Poms — $2.1 million
- Uglydolls — $1.6 million