Hey there movie buffs! Let’s chat about the latest showdown at the box office! So, it seems that Warner Bros.’ “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” has come out on top against Columbia Pictures’ animated flick “The Garfield Movie” over the Memorial Day weekend. But hold your horses, the numbers might surprise you!
Picture this: “Furiosa” raked in around $32 million in North America and a whopping $65 million globally during this lackluster holiday weekend where we saw the smallest box office since 1993 – excluding last year’s lockdown hiatus, of course. Despite starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, this prequel with a $168 million production budget opened 73% lower than last year’s Memorial Day champion, Disney’s “The Little Mermaid.”
On the other side of the ring, we have “Garfield,” featuring Chris Pratt as everyone’s favorite lasagna-loving cat. This feline film made a cool $31.1 million across 4,035 screens. With an audience-favorite rating on Rotten Tomatoes at 83%, a PostTrak rating fit for all ages, and summer vacation just kicking off, Sony is betting big on its potential for a long and successful theatrical run.
Now that the curtain has fallen on this box office face-off, it looks like both films put up quite a fight. It may not have been record-breaking numbers, but hey, it sure gave us something to talk about by the water cooler! So grab some popcorn and stay tuned for more blockbuster battles coming your way soon!
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