Snow White was not the fairest of them all this weekend, as the latest Disney remake took such a steep second weekend tumble that a wide release newcomer claimed the top spot at the box office. A shocking upset win, this development allowed none other than A Working Man to reign supreme as it grossed a robust $15.7 million. That's only 5% below The Beekeeper's domestic debut and A Working Man even outgrossed that 2024 action film's opening day when you remove each film's Thursday night grosses. While so many long-running movie stars are struggling to reach anywhere near their old box office heights, Statham keeps on chugging as a reliable box office force of nature. A Working Man's bow was well ahead of the openings of older Statham vehicles like Crank, The Mechanic, and Death Race.
Even with so many R-rated action films in the marketplace, A Working Man was able to excel thanks to a marketing campaign emphasizing the brutal but light-hearted mayhem that Statham’s famous for delivering. Residual Beekeeper goodwill (which shares a director and leading man with A Working Man) couldn’t have hurt this new Statham film either. Call this one a winner and another promising sign for Amazon MGM Studios as it ramps up its theatrical movie output.
In second place was Snow Whtie with just $14.6 million, a 65% drop from last weekend. That’s a significantly higher decline than any other Disney remake. Even 2019’s Dumbo had a better 60% hold. Toxic word of mouth is sinking this one’s domestic box office chances and its ten-day total now stands at just $67.2 million, or roughly on par with Cinderella's three-day bow from ten years ago. Barring a miracle, this isn't getting to $100 million domestically.
Three of this weekend’s new wide releases (including A Working Man) actually over performed compared to pre release expectations. The next of these titles was The Chosen: The Last Supper – Part One, which opened to a fantastic $11.4 million. Already a massive winner for distributor Fathom Entertainment, this should surpass The Chosen Season 3: Episodes 1 & 2 ($14.6 million) very shortly to become the biggest Chosen movie ever in North America:
Pre-release opening weekend expectations for The Woman in the Yard were around $5 million, so mild kudos to the film for managing to score a $9.5 million opening weekend. Not an extraordinary opening, but it's only 13% behind Wolf Man's domestic bow despite not having a Universal Monsters brand name and half of that werewolf movie's budget. The Woman in the Yard also had domestic bows roughly on par with past Blumhouse titles like Imaginary ($9.91 million), The Gallows ($9.8 million), Happy Death Day 2U ($9.49 million), and The Lazarus Effect ($10.2 million).
In other words, this wasn't another AfrAId bomb for the label. On a $12 million budget, The Woman in the Yard will eventually eke out a profit for Universal and Blumhouse. The biggest problem here is simply that Blumhouse hasn’t had a breakout hit in a good long while. Ever since Five Nights at Freddy’s in October 2013, Blumhouse hasn't gotten a single movie to an opening above $11.79 million domestically. We'll see if Drop in two weeks can finally give the label another The Purge/Happy Death Day/The Black Phone-style breakout hit. For now, The Woman in the Yard not crumbling is enough. Plus, it gives Danielle Deadwyler a not too shabby box office performance for one of her first star vehicles.
Despite lots of marketing (including a buzzy SXSW premiere) and being unleashed in 3,050 theaters, the latest A24 genre movie Death of a Unicorn had a far from fantastical opening weekend. It only grossed $5.78 million in its debut frame, making it the 34th worst opening weekend ever for a feature bowing in 3,000+ locations. Compared to past A24 titles that debuted immediately in wide release, Death of a Unicorn opened slightly below It Comes at Night's $5.9 million debut from eight years and 12% beneath The Green Knight's North American bow.
Even with Jenna Ortega in the lead role, Death of a Unicorn struggled to appeal to audiences who’ve been inundated with grisly R-rated horror and/or action comedies in 2025’s first three months. Heart Eyes, Companion, The Monkey, Novocaine, lots of options for folks looking for gore and grim yuks. Death of a Unicorn couldn’t quite stand out in such a crowded field, especially with its mixed reviews. Features carrying the A24 logo are supposed to be “prestigious”, so “meh” marks from critics didn’t help make it a must-see for the Letterboxd crowd. On a $15 million budget, the losses for A24 will be minimal. However, after recent wide release misses like Opus, Y2K, Unicorn, and The Front Room, the distributor’s executives have to be crossing their fingers that upcoming A24 titles like Bring Her Back and Materialists are actual moneymakers.
Princess Mononoke grossed $4 million over the weekend from just 330 IMAX locations. That's almost double the $2.1 million Howl's Moving Castle scored over the September 27-29, 2024 frame six months ago. In its lifetime domestic run, Princess Mononoke has now grossed $6.5 million, two-thirds of which have just come from this IMAX re-release. Between this and Interstellar this past December, bringing beloved visually stunning features back into IMAX screen is a very lucrative business proposition.
Captain America: Brave New World secured a $200+ million domestic finish by easing 30% to gross another $2.8 million for a $196.55 million domestic haul. Next up was Black Bag, which fell from second place last weekend to eighth place this frame. Tumbling 50%, it grossed another $2.15 million for an $18.7 million domestic total. Focus Features, prepare yourselves for your fourth consecutive $20+ million domestic grosser.
Mickey 17 continues to fade away, dropping 48% for another $1.92 million and a $43.58 million domestic total. rounding out the top ten was Novocaine, which declined a steep 61%. This one's legs just aren't good and it only grossed another $1.45 million for an $18.78 million domestic total. L2: Empauraan opened to $1.27 million from 600 theaters for a $2,117 per theater average.
Folks, I’ve gotta be honest with y’all, I’m getting a little nervous. So far in 2025, my infamous mortal enemy Sony Pictures Classics has actually been hitting some good box office figures. That’s such an upset to the status quo, what other upheavals of normalcy will happen in the weeks ahead? In all seriousness, The Penguin Lessons from Sony Pictures Classics grossed $1.1 million from 1,017 theaters. It's noticeably up 10% from My Penguin Friend's debut seven months ago. That's also way better than a typical Sony Pictures Classics wide release bow, with 2024 titles like Kneecap and Daddio failing to clear $500,000+ on opening weekend despite playing in 600+ theaters. It's very likely Penguin Lessons joins Becoming Led Zeppelin and I'm Still Here as the third Sony Classics title to reach $2.5+ million in 2025, a threshold it only hit once across 2022 and 2023. Keep up that hot streak Sony Classics!
There was no rebound for The Alto Knights this frame as it collapsed 65% this weekend after bombing last frame. Grossing another $1.1 million, it's domestic total now stands at $5.5 million. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie dropped 63% this weekend to gross another $70,,038 for an $8.06 million domestic total. The Monkey fell 60% this weekend after losing nearly half of its theaters. Grossing another $610,000, its current domestic total stands at $39.02 million. This should just get past $40 million domestically, a mark only two A24 horror films have ever exceeded.
Bob Trevino Likes It is already running out of gas as it expanded to 99 locations this weekend yet had a per theater average of only $1,435. Grossing $142,100, its ten-day domestic haul is $217,125. No Other Land continues to stick around in the marketplace with a $135,936 gross (down just 25% from last weekend) and a domestic haul of $2.05 million. The Ballad of Wallis Island opened to $92,000 from four locations this weekend for a decent $23,000 per theater average. This was an incredibly frontloaded title ($59,000 of its debut came from Friday alone) so it’s a coin-toss how this one fares as it expands in the weeks ahead.
The Encampments absolutely took off in just single theater this weekend, grossing a whopping $76,419. That’s an outstanding result for this feature, which features footage of recently arrested activist Mahmoud Khalil. Next up was fellow arthouse newcomer The Friend, which grossed $66,853 from two locations for a $33,426 per theater average. Secret Mall Apartment expanded to 11 locations and grossed $61,650 for a $5,604 per theater average and $123,503 domestic total.
Four weekends into its limited release run, Eephus is slowing down with a $60,000 haul, down 50% from last week. With $391,410 after 24 days of domestic play, it’s already the 23rd biggest movie ever from distributor Music Box Films. Thank You Very Much only grossed $17,104 from 29 locations for an underwhelming $589 per theater average.
The top ten movies grossed only $68.47 million, an anemic end to an anemic March. No top ten gross in the last six weeks has reached $70+ million, an abysmal statistic given how often March has produced $200+ million weekends in year's past. It’s been an absolutely brutal first three months of 2025 at the domestic box office and movie theater owners have to be feeling the crush.
The only good news is that April 2025 has a more robust slate on the horizon, with A Minecraft Movie, Sinners, and The Accountant 2 all tracking well. Maybe there’s even a sleeper hit in there in the form of Warfare, Drop, or that Revenge of the Sith re-release. With marketing campaigns heating up for this summer’s biggest titles, it’s a bit easier to look on the bright side of the future even with such a dismal final March 2025 frame.