Universal’s The Fall Guy, the Ryan Gosling starrer inspired by the 1980s TV show starring Lee Majors, kicked off the summer movie season at No. 1 with $28.5 million. Disney’s rerelease of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace took the second spot pulling in $8 million for the slow weekend.
Despite The Fall Guy’s No. 1 finish, it came in behind expectations of $30 million to $35 million. The box office is down dramatically from the same frame a year ago, when Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 bowed to $118.4 million domestically. The weekend is down 53 percent from last year, and off more than 66 percent from 2022, when Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness opened to $187.4 million domestically.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, May 5th are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fall Guy, The | Universal | $28,500,000 | 4,002 | $7,121 | $28,500,000 | |
| 2 | Star Wars: Episode I – Phantom Menace (1999) (re) | 20th Century Studios | $8,080,000 | 2,700 | $2,993 | $8,080,000 | |
| 3 | Challengers | Amazon MGM Studios | $7,642,617 | 3,477 | $2,198 | $29,462,046 | -49% |
| 4 | Tarot | Sony | $6,500,000 | 3,104 | $2,094 | $6,500,000 | |
| 5 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | Warner Bros. | $4,500,000 | 2,884 | $1,560 | $188,067,009 | -38% |
| 6 | Civil War | A24 | $3,550,395 | 2,689 | $1,320 | $62,006,312 | -48% |
| 7 | Unsung Hero | Lionsgate | $3,000,000 | 2,832 | $1,059 | $13,143,890 | -61% |
| 8 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Universal | $2,400,000 | 2,380 | $1,008 | $188,345,995 | -33% |
| 9 | Abigail | Universal | $2,300,000 | 2,638 | $872 | $22,790,900 | -56% |
| 10 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Sony | $1,800,000 | 2,025 | $889 | $109,902,874 | -45% |
| 11 | Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, The | Lionsgate | $1,600,000 | 2,068 | $774 | $18,410,943 | -58% |
| 12 | Dune: Part Two | Warner Bros. | $785,000 | 702 | $1,118 | $281,343,731 | -62% |
