{"id":2258940,"date":"2024-06-03T19:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T23:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/garfield-wins-at-the-theater-with-summer-box-office-numbers-way-down\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T19:21:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T23:21:19","slug":"garfield-wins-at-the-theater-with-summer-box-office-numbers-way-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/garfield-wins-at-the-theater-with-summer-box-office-numbers-way-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Garfield&#8217; Dominates the Box Office Amid Summer Slump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgarfield-wins-at-the-theater-with-summer-box-office-numbers-way-down%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2258940&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>&#8220;The Garfield Movie&#8221; triumphed at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-box-office-duds-that-became-cult-classics\/\" title=\"9 Box Office Duds That Became Cult Classics\">box office<\/a> over the weekend, despite a 69% decline\u200c in domestic summer box office \u200bnumbers compared \u200bto last year. With\u200d Chris Pratt in the lead, the film earned $14 million domestically \u200din its second weekend, totaling $51.5 million. \u2064&#8221;IF&#8221; by John Krasinski followed with $10.8 million,\u200c and &#8220;Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga&#8221; struggled, making $10.7 million\u2062 domestically, falling 59% in its second\u2064 weekend.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/box-office-on-track-to-have-worst-memorial-day-weekend-since-1995-garfield-and-furiosa-flounder\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Garfield Movie<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d won at the theater over the weekend with the summer box office numbers down 69 percent domestically from where they were last year at this time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Chris Pratt-led film topped the box office after earning $14 million domestically over the weekend for its second weekend out, bringing its total gross domestically to $51.5 million, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/h\/charts\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hollywood Reporter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coming in second place was the live-action animated movie \u201cIF\u201d from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John Krasinski, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">which scored $10.8 million over the weekend, to make a total of $80.4 million domestically its third weekend out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taking over the third spot was the highly promoted <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">George Miller\u2019s \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/furiosa\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Furiosa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: A Mad Max Saga\u201d \u2014 which has struggled since it opened on May 24 \u2014 earning just $10.7 million over the weekend to bring its gross total in the states to $49.6 million. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-woke-no-time-to-die-could-lose-100-million\/\" title=\"Nolte: Woke 'No Time to Die' Could Lose 0 Million\">movie cost<\/a> a whopping $168 million to produce and in its second weekend out, it fell 59 percent in sales.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Box Office: \u2018Garfield\u2019 Wins Sluggish Weekend With $14M as \u2018Furiosa\u2019 Runs Out of Gas <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1u8gHmmVvJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/1u8gHmmVvJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THR\/status\/1797286474129256536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The film \u2014 with stars like Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor-Joy \u2014 has been a disappointment after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-horror-movie-cliches-that-need-to-die\/\" title=\"9 Horror Movie Cliches That Need to Die\">ticket sales<\/a> over the long memorial holiday weekend brought in just <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$32 million, barely beating out \u201cThe Garfield Movie,\u201d which had $31 million over the four<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-quietly-issued-another-executive-order-this-one-concerning-the-military\/\" title=\"President Trump Quietly Issued Another Executive Order \u2013 This One Concerning the Military\">-day weekend<\/a>, as previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/box-office-on-track-to-have-worst-memorial-day-weekend-since-1995-garfield-and-furiosa-flounder\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere\u2019s no way to sugarcoat it, the numbers that are coming out this weekend are nothing to write home about,\u201d Paul Degarabedian, senior media analyst with Comscore, previously told CNN about the disappointing results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSummer is the most important moviegoing season of the year, accounting on average for nearly 40% of the total domestic annual revenue, so as goes the summer so goes the year,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last summer was dominated by \u201cBarbenheimer\u201d mania, with the release of the comedy \u201cBarbie\u201d and Christopher Nolan\u2019s historical drama \u201cOppenheimer\u201d on the same weekend in late July. Combined, the films raked in close to $1 billion domestically. This summer so far doesn\u2019t have any standout contenders that could bring similar results. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The analysts are still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/box-office-on-track-to-have-worst-memorial-day-weekend-since-1995-garfield-and-furiosa-flounder\/\" title=\"Box Office Set for Worst Memorial Day Weekend Since 1995, 'Garfield' and 'Furiosa' Struggle\">blaming post-pandemic viewing habits<\/a> for the low ticket sales but insist that there\u2019s still potential for studios to make money this summer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMoviegoing habits have changed drastically since the pandemic, but we continue to see significant enthusiasm when it comes to the theatrical experience,\u201d Daniel Loria, editorial director at Box Office Pro, told CNN. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Amanda Harding contributed to this piece.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/box-office-on-track-to-have-worst-memorial-day-weekend-since-1995-garfield-and-furiosa-flounder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Box Office On Track To Have Worst Memorial Day Weekend Since 1995, \u2018Garfield\u2019 And \u2018Furiosa\u2019\u00a0Flounder<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Garfield Movie&#8221; emerged victorious at the weekend box office despite a 69% drop in summer box office numbers compared to last year. Led by Chris Pratt, the film secured the top spot with a $14 million weekend gross, contributing to its overall success in the second weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2258941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/The-Garfield-Movie.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2258940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/The-Garfield-Movie.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2258940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2258941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2258940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2258940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2258940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}