While Disney•Pixar‘s Cars 3 opened in first place at the domestic box office (see full box office report), Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Films‘ Wonder Woman dropped just 30% in ticket sales its third weekend an added $40.8 million in second place. The film has now grossed $274.6 million in North America. Internationally, Wonder Woman grossed $39.5 million from 16,390 screens in 62 markets to push its overseas total to $297.2 million ($82.7 million from China) and worldwide total to $571.8 million.
Made for $149 million and directed by Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, Ewen Bremner, Saïd Taghmaoui, Elena Anaya, Connie Nielsen and Lucy Davis.
Meanwhile, Universal Pictures’ The Mummy dropped to the fourth spot with $13.9 million its second weekend and has earned $56.5 million so far. Internationally, the film is up to $239.1 million for a global sum of $295.6 million. Directed by Alex Kurtzman, The Mummy was made for $125 million and stars Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Courtney B. Vance, and Russell Crowe.
Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales reached $500 million in international box office this weekend, making it the 21st Walt Disney Studios film to surpass this milestone. Domestically, the fifth installment grossed $8.5 million this weekend in sixth place. It has grossed $150.1 million in North America and $650.1 million worldwide. The previous installment, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, earned $241 million domestically and $804.6 million internationally, for a global total of $1.045 billion. Directed by Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales stars Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kevin R. McNally, Kaya Scodelario, Golshifteh Farahani, Stephen Graham, David Wenham and Geoffrey Rush. It cost $230 million to make.
