Warner Bros.’ Furiosa narrowly beat Alcon and Sony’s The Garfield Movie with an estimated $32 million for the four-day weekend, with George Miller‘s latest entry in the Mad Max franchise taking in an estimated $26.3 million for Friday-Sunday versus an estimated $24 million for the animated orange feline.
Despite Furiosa‘s victory, it still came in behind expectations and is the worst Memorial Day No. 1 opener since Casper debuted to $22.5 million nearly 30 years ago in 1995 (not adjusted for inflation), according to Comscore. This excludes 2020, when theaters were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The top 12 films of the weekend are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | Warner Bros. | $32,000,000 | 3,804 | $8,412 | $32,000,000 | |
| 2 | Garfield Movie, The | Sony | $31,100,000 | 4,035 | $7,708 | $31,100,000 | |
| 3 | IF | Paramount | $21,000,000 | 4,068 | $5,162 | $63,566,792 | -38% |
| 4 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Studios | $17,200,000 | 3,550 | $4,845 | $126,649,252 | -32% |
| 5 | Fall Guy, The | Universal | $7,650,000 | 2,955 | $2,589 | $73,941,385 | -8% |
| 6 | Strangers: Chapter 1, The | Lionsgate | $6,900,000 | 2,856 | $2,416 | $22,633,988 | -42% |
| 7 | Sight | Angel Studios | $3,596,755 | 2,100 | $1,713 | $3,596,755 | |
| 8 | Challengers | Amazon MGM Studios | $1,761,000 | 1,089 | $1,617 | $46,855,760 | -39% |
| 9 | Back to Black | Focus Features | $1,350,000 | 2,013 | $671 | $5,249,020 | -52% |
| 10 | Babes | Neon Rated | $1,228,000 | 590 | $2,081 | $1,455,799 | 653% |
| 11 | Tarot | Sony | $940,000 | 864 | $1,088 | $17,218,689 | -53% |
| 12 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | Warner Bros. | $765,000 | 664 | $1,152 | $195,671,633 | -54% |
