Universal/Illumination’s The Secret Life of Pets 2 and Fox/Disney’s Dark Phoenix opened at the box office below expectations and well behind the openings of the series originals.
Secret Lives came out on top of the lackluster box office with $47.1 million, behind the $104.3 million of the original and below the expectation of $50 million.
Dark Phoenix, meanwhile, starring Sophie Turner and Jennifer Lawrence, flopped with $33 million, 38% below the $53 million opening of the series original The Wolverine. The film was panned prior to arrival.
Aladdin, in its third week out, brought in $24 million, pushing its domestic total of $232 million.
The Wrap
Top 10 Movies according to Box Office Mojo
- The Secret Life of Pets 2 – $47,110,000
- Dark Phoenix – $33,000,000
- Aladdin – $24,500,000
- Godzilla: King of Monsters – $15,540,000
- Rocketman – $14,000,000
- Ma – $7,820,000
- John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum – $7,400,000
- Avengers: Endgame – $4,800,000
- Detective Pikachu – $2,980,000
- Booksmart – $1,577,259
