Thunderbolts* cruised to the top of the box office once again as the second weekend of the summer movie season didn’t offer any meaningful competition for the MCU entry to face off against. Director Jake Schreier’s superhero flick made an estimated $33.1 million domestically to claim the No. 1 spot, and the recently rebranded *New Avengers also crossed the $100 million mark ($128.5 million) in the United States and Canada. The Florence Pugh-led ensemble piece has fared even better overseas with an additional $143.7 million en route to a worldwide total of $272.2 million after only two weekends of theatrical release. Regrettably, though, Disney couldn’t let sleeping dogs lie, as the studio also tried to cash in on the summer movie season by unsuccessfully rereleasing their live-action Snow White — more on that catastrophe in a moment.
Michael B. Jordan and director Ryan Coogler’s must-see vampire collaboration, Sinners, continues to scare up audiences during its fourth weekend of release. The horror movie held well between its third and fourth weekends on its way to checking in at No. 2 with another $21.1 million. While Sinners still isn’t performing as well internationally, the film is close to eclipsing the $300 million mark on the worldwide stage at $283.3 million.

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Jason Momoa and Jack Black’s A Minecraft Movie checked in at No. 3 with $7.9 million. The video game adaptation has now made $909.6 million globally. However, does director Jared Hess’ film have enough steam left to eclipse the billion-dollar mark? The only movie to achieve that feat so far in 2025 is Yu Yang’s fantasy adventure Ne Zha 2, which has made a staggering $1.97 billion.
Disney Embarrasses Itself by Rereleasing Its Controversial Live-Action ‘Snow White’

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There was never any question that last weekend’s box office champion, Thunderbolts*, would repeat as the No. 1 film. The second weekend of the summer movie season simply didn’t produce enough high-profile new titles to contend with the so-called New Avengers. However, while Disney was reveling in the success of Thunderbolts*, courtesy of Marvel Studios, the Mouse House went above and beyond in embarrassing itself by trying to rerelease Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot’s controversial Snow White in over 1,000 more theaters than it played in last week. The ploy didn’t work, though, as the critically maligned film only managed to average a minuscule, weekend-low of $252 per venue just days before its digital release on all the usual VOD platforms.
Meanwhile, Clown in a Cornfield began its theatrical run with a modest $3.7 million in the United States and Canada, which was enough to rank it at No. 5, just behind Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal’s The Accountant 2 ($6.1 million) at No. 4. However, it’s still too early to know if Clown in a Cornfield will have the same impact on movie lovers that the Terrifier flicks did. It’s worth noting that actor David Howard Thornton’s Art the Clown didn’t catch on right away, but the third film in Damien Leone’s frightening slasher/supernatural saga propelled the series to new heights eight years after the original dropped with a scarily good box office take of $76.3 million worldwide.
Two other newcomers cracked the Top 10 at the weekend box office, including No. 6 Shadow Force from Lionsgate ($2.02 million), and the Josh Hartnett-led Fight or Flight at No. 7 with $2 million. A24’s Friendship didn’t quite amass enough money to make the Top 10, but Paul Rudd’s latest comedy did bring home $451,904 in limited release (six cinemas) while also boasting the weekend’s highest per-theater average at $75,317.
Final Destination: Bloodlines joins the 2025 box office next when the horror flick drops in theaters on May 16. The legacy sequel is eyeing an opening-weekend total that is predicted to be in the neighborhood of $35 million to $50 million domestically. However, another newcomer will also be hitting cinemas next week for the summer movie season. Unfortunately, the Abel Tesfaye and Jenna Ortega-led Hurry Up Tomorrow won’t have long before it’s likely lost among the luster of the blockbuster hopefuls Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, both of which open the following weekend to usher in the Memorial Day holiday frame.
Source: The Numbers

Thunderbolts*

3
/5

Release Date

May 2, 2025

Runtime

126 Minutes

Writers

Eric Pearson, Joanna Calo

Franchise(s)

Marvel Cinematic Universe