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Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One easily won the box-office, grossing $41.2 million to score the holiday weekend’s biggest opening ever for a non-sequel. That brings the movie’s four-day bow to a better-than-expected $53.2 million after launching a day early on Thursday. Still, the verdict is out on whether Ready One Player is a victory, considering its hefty production budget of at least $175 million, before marketing.
The top 12 movies of the weekend, as of Sunday, April 1, are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ready Player One | Warner Bros. | $41,210,000 | 4,234 | $9,733 | $53,215,000 |
| 2 | Tyler Perry’s Acrimony | Lionsgate | $17,100,000 | 2,006 | $8,524 | $17,100,000 |
| 3 | Black Panther | Disney | $11,263,000 | 2,988 | $3,769 | $650,699,634 |
| 4 | I Can Only Imagine | Roadside Attractions | $10,750,685 | 2,648 | $4,060 | $55,576,022 |
| 5 | Pacific Rim Uprising | Universal | $9,205,000 | 3,708 | $2,482 | $45,670,820 |
| 6 | Sherlock Gnomes | Paramount | $7,000,000 | 3,662 | $1,912 | $22,820,646 |
| 7 | Love, Simon | 20th Century Fox | $4,800,000 | 2,024 | $2,372 | $32,140,794 |
| 8 | Tomb Raider | Warner Bros. | $4,700,000 | 2,788 | $1,686 | $50,502,178 |
| 9 | Wrinkle In Time, A | Disney | $4,694,000 | 2,367 | $1,983 | $83,250,414 |
| 10 | Paul, Apostle Of Christ | Sony | $3,500,000 | 1,473 | $2,376 | $11,530,838 |
| 11 | Isle Of Dogs | Fox Searchlight | $2,810,000 | 165 | $17,030 | $5,917,274 |
| 12 | God’s Not Dead: A Light In Darkness | Pure Flix | $2,630,000 | 1,693 | $1,553 | $2,630,000 |
