Weekend Box Office Review 8-4-17-17 to 8-6-17/ Weekend Preview

        Here are the weekend domestic box office results for the weekend of 8-4-17 to 8-6-17 as well as my 5 key takeaways, as well as my predictions for the top 5 films at the box office this weekend. So without further ado...

Box Office Totals courtesy of boxofficemojo.com

TW	LW	Film	Studio	Weekend	# of Theaters	Total Domestic Gross	Weeks
1	-	The Dark Tower	Sony Pictures	$19,153,698	3,451	$19,153,698	1
2	1	Dunkirk	Warner Bros.	$17,135,2468	4,014	$133,090,984	3
3	2	The Emoji Movie	Sony Pictures	$12,005,409	4,075	$49,107,113	2
4	3	Girls Trip	Universal Pictures	$11,401,495	2,582	$85,426,515	3
5	-	Kidnap (2017)	Aviron	$10,016,323	2,378	$10,016,323	1
6	5	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Sony Pictures	$8,845,978	3,116	$294,953,754	5
7	4	Atomic Blonde	Focus Features	$8,157,555	3,326	$34,037,930	2
8	16	Detroit	Annapurna	$7,125,601	3,007	$7,641,083	2
9	6	War for the Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox	$6,169,134	2,704	$130,449,389	4
10	7	Despicable Me 3	Universal Pictures	$5,429,735	2,445	$240,920,645	6

1. Despite taking over the number one spot at the box office, The Dark Tower had a horrible opening weekend and its going to be hard for the filmmakers to pitch a sequel with poor box office returns and poor reviews. 

2. For the first time in 9 weeks, Wonder Woman is not in the top 10, but it still had an amazing run and over the next couple of weeks it will cross into the top 5 highest grossing comic book films of all-time domestically. 

3. This was a pretty poor weekend at the box office and it's typically expected that unless you're a big budget film like Suicide Squad or Guardians of the Galaxy, then the first weekend of August isn't too kind to films as most kids are gearing up to head back to school or are already in school and their attention focuses more towards that then movies. 

4. The biggest loser of the weekend was Atomic Blonde as it made 55.4% less than it did last weekend and the biggest winner of the weekend was Detroit as it made 1,934.8% more than it did last weekend. 

5. I went 1 for 5 on my predictions. 

Predictions

1. Annabelle: Creation $45 Million
2. The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature $16 Million

3. The Dark Tower $11 Million

4. Dunkirk $10 Million

5. The Glass Castle $7 Million

        So ladies and gentlemen what do you think of this weekend's box office totals and what are some of your takeaways? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                                                       Jonah Sparks