Eric Milner/Warner Bros Final Destination Bloodlinesemerged supreme at the weekend box office, grossing $51 million domestically and $102 million globally to become the franchise's most profitable opening weekend. Marvel'sThunderbolts*was unseated from its spot at the top after two weeks, and Ryan Coogler'sSinnerswasn't far behind. Bloodlinesfaces serious competition at next weekend's box office, which will see the premieres of bothMission: Impossible — The Final Reckoningand Disney's live-actionLilo & Stitch. This weekend'sbox officeis a blood bath. Final Destination Bloodlinescleaned up with a whopping $51 million domestic opening and $102 million global opening. The film's performance gives the gory horror franchise its most profitable opening weekend by a wide margin, with 2007'sThe Final Destinationin second at a mere $27.4 million. Bloodlinesis the sixth entry in the franchise, which began in 2000 withFinal Destination. Directed by Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky, the film features no major stars, comes 14 years after the most recent installment (2011'sFinal Destination 5), features only one franchise crossover character (William Bludworth, played byTony Toddin his final screen role), and was up against powerful returning players at the box office. Still, as theFinal Destinationfilms have taught us time and again, death always prevails. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures The ascendancy ofBloodlinesmeans the fall of the previous box office champ,Marvel'sThunderbolts*, also known asThe New Avengers, which took the top spot atlast weekend's box officeand upon its premierethe weekend before. That doesn't mean the ragtag team of antiheroes now at the center of the expansive MCU made a poor showing in their third week of release. TheFlorence Pugh,Sebastian Stan, andJulia Louis-Dreyfus-starring film dropped 50 percent from last weekend (good numbers for week three) for a $16.5 million take at the domestic box office, and held the second spot on the global charts, too, with a $32.2 million take.Thunderbolts*has now earned $155.4 million cumulatively at home and $325.7 million abroad. In third place domestically and abroad isSinners,Ryan Coogler's period vampire thriller, which has demonstrated remarkable staying power in its fifth week of release. TheMichael B. Jordan,Jack O'Connell,Delroy Lindo, andHailee Steinfeld-starrer earned $15.4 million at home for a $204.7 million cumulative gross, and $19.2 million globally for a total of $316.7 million. It's no surprise thatA Minecraft MovieandThe Accountant 2remain profitable, staking their place in the fourth and fifth spots on the leaderboard with $5.8 million and $4.9 million takes, respectively. Both films also shed over 100 exhibition locations since last week, but still charged ahead to global grosses of $928 million (Minecraft) and $93.8 million (Accountant), despiteMinecraftdebuting on video on demand last week. Want more movie news? Sign up forEntertainment Weekly's free newsletterto get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more. The remainder of this weekend's domestic box office numbers contain several unexpected developments. The first big, bad surprise is the poor performance ofHurry Up Tomorrow, which earned just $3.3 million in its premiere. Described as "astonishingly boring" inEntertainment Weekly's review, the film marked the big screen debut of music superstarthe Weeknd(the stage name of Abel Tesfaye), but also seemed to suggest Tesfaye may bewrapping up that moniker— and his music career — for good. Another indie drama proved it has some sticking power after a modest open: Andrew DeYoung's heartfeltFriendship, starringTim RobinsonandPaul Rudd, which earned $1.4 million in its second week of release. courtesy of Marvel Studios Elsewhere, IFC horror-thrillerClown in a Cornfieldearned $1.3 million in its second week of release, leading to a $6.3 million domestic haul so far against areported budgetof less than $1 million. Over on the global chart, the Chinese biopic of restaurateur Zang Jianhe,The Dumpling Queen, maintained a solid hold with a $4.4 million take.Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback, the 28th film in Japan'sDetective Conan (Case Closed)franchise, earned $4.1 million in its fourth week of release and is poised to cross the $100 million mark. Final Destination Bloodlineshas its work cut out for it next weekend, which sees the premieres of bothMission: Impossible — The Final Reckoningand Disney's live-actionLilo & Stitch. Read the original article onEntertainment Weekly
