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The importance of originality to moviegoers came across loud and clear at the weekend box office. Paramount’s A Quiet Place — a high-concept horror-thriller directed by John Krasinski that has less than three minutes of dialogue — opened to a booming $50 million from 3,508 theaters in North America, well ahead of expectations and one of the top debuts of all time for a horror title behind last year’s It ($123.4 million). It’s also the second-best three-day bow of the year so far behind Black Panther ($202 million).
The top 12 movies of the weekend, as of Sunday, April 8, are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quiet Place, A | Paramount | $50,000,000 | 3,508 | $14,253 | $50,000,000 |
| 2 | Ready Player One | Warner Bros. | $25,060,000 | 4,234 | $5,919 | $96,920,525 |
| 3 | Blockers | Universal | $21,440,000 | 3,379 | $6,345 | $21,440,000 |
| 4 | Black Panther | Disney | $8,430,000 | 2,747 | $3,069 | $665,355,740 |
| 5 | I Can Only Imagine | Roadside Attractions | $8,356,800 | 2,894 | $2,888 | $69,084,002 |
| 6 | Tyler Perry’s Acrimony | Lionsgate | $8,065,000 | 2,006 | $4,020 | $31,349,580 |
| 7 | Chappaquiddick | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures | $6,200,000 | 1,560 | $3,974 | $6,200,000 |
| 8 | Sherlock Gnomes | Paramount | $5,600,000 | 2,733 | $2,049 | $33,898,061 |
| 9 | Pacific Rim Uprising | Universal | $4,910,000 | 2,627 | $1,869 | $54,920,060 |
| 10 | Isle Of Dogs | Fox Searchlight | $4,600,000 | 554 | $8,303 | $12,048,934 |
| 11 | Miracle Season, The | MIRR/LD | $4,137,000 | 1,707 | $2,424 | $4,137,000 |
| 12 | Wrinkle In Time, A | Disney | $3,150,000 | 1,701 | $1,852 | $90,122,756 |
