Your American (Canada and U.S.) Box Office

Animation is in evidence on the Big Box Office List:

WEEKEND MOVIE GROSSES

1.). Alien: Covenant (FOX), 3,761 theaters / $15.28M Fri. (includes $4.2M previews) / 3-day cume: $40M/ Wk 1

2.). The Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 (DIS), 4,347 theaters (0) / $8.8M Fri. (-47%) / 3-day cume: $33.6M to $35M (-49%) / Total: $300M+ / Wk 3

3.). Everything, Everything (WB/MGM), 2,801 theaters / $4.7M Fri. (includes $525K previews) / 3-day cume: $11.4M to $12.6M / Wk 1

4.). Snatched (FOX), 3,511 theaters (+10) / $2.28M Fri. (-55%) / 3-day cume: $7.8M to $8.1M (-60%) / Total:$32.7M to $33.2M / Wk 2

5.). Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (FOX), 3,157 theaters / $1.97M Fri. (includes $150K previews) / 3-day cume: $7M/ Wk 1

6.). King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword (WB/VR), 3,702 theaters / $1.9M Fri. (-63%) / 3-day cume: $6.6M (-57%) / Total:$26.9M / Wk 2

7). The Fate Of The Furious (UNI), 2,287 theaters (-780) / $822K Fri. (-41%) / 3-day cume: $3.1M (-42%) / Total cume: $219.85M / Wk 6

8.) The Boss Baby (Fox) 2,071 (-840), $585K (-40%) / 3-day: $2.67M (-40%) / Total: $166M / Wk 8

9). Beauty And The Beast (DIS) 1,792 (-380), $625K (-40%) / 3-day: $2.6M (-45%) / Total: $498M / Wk 10

10). How To Be A Latin Lover (PANT/LG), 948 theaters (-175) / $499K Fri. (-39%) / 3-day cume: $2.1M (-45%) / Total: $29.35M / Wk 4

Beauty an the Beast, the shot-for-shot partially-animated remake of the '91 Best Picture nominee, closes in on half a billion in domestic grosses, and is now north of $1.2 billion in global ticket sales. (Mining the vault is a lucrative business).

The partially animated Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 followup to the partially animated Guardians of the Galaxy Book 1 has now collected $300 million in domestic money and $733 million in worldwide cash, which gives us every confidence that there will be, in due course, a Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3.

Lastly. The Boss Baby, voiced by the ubiquitous Alec Baldwin, has no grosses $166 million domestically and $467,924,849 (and still counting) worldwide, which makes it one of DreamWorks Animation's strongest entries in recent years. (By comparison, Home took in $100 million less).

The upcoming question: How will Captain Underpants produced mostly in Canada while The Boss Baby was done in Glendale, California. The question that hovers over the DreamWOrks lot: how much production work will be exiting for geographical locations that pay out subsidies?