YOUR WEEKEND
BOX OFFICE

Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron tops the domestic box office chart this weekend thanks to a strong showing at IMAX and other large-format auditoriums.

Based on estimates, it’s expected to top the fourth weekend of Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

The only other Top 10 new arrival this weekend was Bleecker Street’s Waitress: The Musical, which pulled in $2.6m on 1,214 screens, good for eighth place.

1. The Boy and the Heron (GKids): $10.4m total; 2,205 screens/$4,737 average per screen (Debut)
2. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Lionsgate): $9.4m total; 3,665 screens/$2,564 average per screen (Week 4)
3. Godzilla Minus One (Toho): $8.3m total; 2,540 screens/$3,284 average per screen (Week 2)
4. Trolls Band Together (Universal): $6.2m total; 3,451 screens/$1,796 average per screen (Week 4)
5. Wish (Disney): $5.3m total; 3,410 screens/$1,554 average per screen (Week 3)