“Thunderbolts*” will enjoy another weekend atop domestic box office charts, with no new major wide release until next week’s horror sequel “Final Destination: Bloodlines.”
Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*” added another $9 million on Friday. Disney’s superhero ensemble feature, still playing Imax and premium large-format auditoriums, has now crossed $100 million in North America and will look to push north of $130 million by the end of the weekend.
That would mark about a 53% fall from the “Thunderbolts*” opening weekend. Indeed, much stronger reviews and positive fan reception did indicate this Marvel Cinematic Universe entry would possess more staying power than its predecessor, “Captain America: Brave New World,” which crumbled more than 68% in its sophomore frame back in February. To compare it to other recent MCU entries centered on lesser-known heroes, “Thunderbolts*” is pacing between “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” ($119 million through eight days) and “Eternals” ($99 million through eight days).
If projections hold, “Thunderbolts*” will have the eighth-best second-weekend percentage-drop of the 36 MCU entries. That’s a strong result, though at a $180 million production budget, plus roughly $100 million in marketing costs, it’s still going to have to remain relevant to moviegoers as summer competition heats up.
Meanwhile, “Sinners” added another $6.5 million on Friday. It will cross a $200 million domestic total Saturday — a truly impressive milestone for an original feature. The Warner Bros. release has also passed “Captain America: Brave New World” and now ranks as the second-highest-grossing North American release of 2025, behind only “A Minecraft Movie.”
“Sinners” is looking at another slim drop in its fourth weekend. It’s about to pass “Wedding Crashers” ($209 million) to crack the top 20 highest-grossing R-rated North American releases of all time, with more ranks to climb ahead.
“A Minecraft Movie” is in third, adding another $1.9 million on Friday, down just 37% from its daily total last week. In its sixth weekend, the adaptation of Mojang’s video game juggernaut now has a $402 million domestic total and is climbing up the top 50 North American grossers ever. It will surpass $900 million worldwide on Saturday.
Projected for fifth, IFC is opening the slasher “Clown in a Cornfield” in 2,277 theaters under its horror-focused Shudder banner. The film grossed about $1.69 million across Friday and previews. Reviews were positive out of the SXSW Festival premiere in March, though moviegoer pollster CinemaScore turned in a middling “C+” grade. Shudder had a modest, low-budget breakout with last year’s “Late Night With the Devil” ($2.8 million opening), and “Cornfield” is currently pacing a touch ahead of that.
Outside the top five, Lionsgate also has an opening this weekend with the Kerry Washington and Omar Sy action film “Shadow Force” in 2,170 venues. The film earned about $720,000 across Friday and previews. Reviews lean negative and it landed a middling “B” grade from CinemaScore. Meanwhile, Vertical is bowing the Josh Hartnett airplane thriller “Fight or Flight” in 2,153 theaters. The film earned about $990,000 on opening day. Critics liked it; audiences don’t at a “C+” CinemaScore grade. And much further down, Briarcliff is putting out the negatively reviewed, star-crossed musical “Juliet & Romeo” in 1,350 locations. That earned about a meagre estimate of $96,000 on Friday.
