From the World of John Wick: Ballerina danced onto the field workplace scene and utterly mesmerized followers who got here out to witness Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas) and the Baba Yaga’s (Keanu Reeves) big-screen confrontation. Sadly, regardless of the chic reception from audiences, there merely wasn’t sufficient curiosity within the motion flick to generate the cash Ballerina wanted to land the highest spot over the weekend. As an alternative, it was Lilo & Sew that ascended to No. 1 and for the third weekend in a row with an estimated $32.5 million.
Lilo & Sew continued its dominance because the preeminent blockbuster of the 2025 summer time film season, and the movie’s worldwide complete has now reached a jaw-dropping $772.6 million in simply three weekends of launch. In the meantime, Ballerina won’t have made sufficient cash to land the No. 1 spot on the field workplace, however the de Armas-led journey did safe the No. 2 place. Sadly, aside from the unique John Wick, Ballerina’s home debut of $25 million is the bottom opening-weekend complete of all the franchise. Right here’s how all of the Boogeyman’s (Reeves) big-screen appearances have fared financially in theaters:
‘John Wick’ Franchise’s Finest Opening Weekends (Home)
- ($73.8 million) John Wick: Chapter 4
- ($56.8 million) John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum
- ($30.4 million) John Wick: Chapter 2
- ($25 million) From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
- ($14.4 million) John Wick
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Critics’ combined opinions additionally resulted in No. 2 Ballerina touchdown the bottom Tomatometer score of all the John Wick franchise, regardless of de Armas’ movie being “Licensed Contemporary” at 76% on Rotten Tomatoes. Nevertheless, as talked about earlier than, Ballerina clearly danced into the hearts of followers, as mirrored by the film’s “A-” CinemaScore and its “Verified Sizzling” 94% on RT’s Popcornmeter. Plus, it’s price noting that Ballerina’s 94% is larger than another entry within the famed motion franchise. Sure, it’s even higher than fan-favorite John Wick: Chapter 4’s “Verified Sizzling” 93% Popcornmeter grade. Regardless of not securing the No. 1 spot over the weekend, although, Ballerina did carry dwelling $51 million worldwide in opposition to an estimated manufacturing price range of $90 million.
‘Mission: Unimaginable 8’ Sweeps the Legs Proper Out From Underneath ‘Karate Child: Legends’
Final weekend’s field workplace champion, Lilo & Sew, managed to safe its well-deserved three-peat at No. 1 in opposition to high-profile titles which actually ought to have put up extra of a struggle for the highest spot. Sadly, although, neither Karate Child: Legends nor Ballerina generated sufficient curiosity to problem Experiment 626’s success on the massive display. What’s even worse is the way in which the brand new Karate Child movie carried out so poorly in its sophomore stanza, which allowed Mission: Unimaginable — The Last Reckoning (a film that’s been in theaters since Might 23) to handily beat out Legends for the bronze medal over the weekend.
If one have been to realistically envision Tom Cruise’s character, Ethan Hunt, combating toe-to-toe with Ralph Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso, it is under no circumstances shocking whose movie comes out victorious. Nevertheless, Cruise and Jackie Chan going mano a mano can be well worth the ticket worth. Movie fantasies apart, Mission: Unimaginable — The Last Reckoning did safe the No. 3 spot on the weekend field workplace with $15 million. In the meantime, Sony Photos’ Karate Child: Legends dropped 57% since its debut final week en route to creating solely $8.7 million, which was solely adequate to land the No. 4 slot within the rankings, and Last Vacation spot: Bloodlines rounded out the High 5 with $6.5 million.
No. 6 The Phoenician Scheme elevated its theatrical launch to 1,678 cinemas over its second weekend of launch, which helped Wes Anderson’s newest big-screen enterprise land simply outdoors the High 5 with $6.3 million. IFC Movies’ newcomer, No. 11 Harmful Animals ($1.5 million), simply missed out on cracking the High 10, whereas the Stephen King adaptation, The Lifetime of Chuck, made its debut in restricted launch (16 cinemas throughout eight markets). Nevertheless, the Tom Hiddleston-led science fiction drama did boast the weekend’s greatest per-theater common at $13,502.
Subsequent up, Common Photos and DreamWorks’ Methods to Prepare Your Dragon joins the 2025 field workplace on Friday, June 13. The extremely anticipated remake of the 2010 animated movie is forecast to make someplace between $80 million and $100 million over its opening weekend in the US and Canada. As well as, the premiere of Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal’s romantic comedy, The Materialists, hits cinemas alongside Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, and Brandon Lessard’s The Unholy Trinity.
Sources: The Numbers, Boxoffice Professional, Rotten Tomatoes