The critically acclaimed “Dunkirk” took first place at the US box office victory. Based on its margin of victory, it should have no trouble retaining its crown through the weekend.<\/p>\n
The new release earned $19.8 million at the domestic Friday box office.<\/p>\n
Its closest competition came from “Girls Trip,” which earned $11.7 million Friday.<\/p>\n
Based on those hauls, “Dunkirk” should reach upwards of $50 million by the close of tracking on Sunday. “Girls Trip” should land in the $25-32 million range.<\/p>\n
“Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” this weekend’s other notable new release, took third at the Friday box office. The film earned a mere $6.5 million Friday and is on track for a weekend in the $14-18 million range.<\/p>\n
While few expected “Valerian” to be a major hit in the US, this performance is still very disappointing given the film’s high profile and, more importantly, massive production cost.<\/p>\n
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” was Friday’s #4 film with $6.3 million, while a gross of $5.9 million earned “War Of The Planet Of The Apes” fifth place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Dunkirk” positions itself for a convincing weekend box office victory.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,1050],"tags":[9318,9397,8885,8615,9398],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n