The weekend delivered mostly on expectations with the week’s three new wide releases taking the top three spots at the box office.
Leading the way was Universal’s Fifty Shades Freed, pushing the Fifty Shades franchise over $1 billion globally.
Sony’s release of Peter Rabbit actually topped expectations while Clint Eastwood’s The 15:17 to Paris was a little late arriving in the station, coming up a bit short of Mojo’s pre-weekend forecast.
With an estimated $38.8 million, Universal’s Fifty Shades Freed topped the weekend box office.
While the number is almost spot on with Mojo’s pre-weekend expectations it once again shows a decline within the franchise from one film to the next, coming up short of the $46.6 million opening for Fifty Shades Darker one year ago.
By the end of its run, Darker pulled in $114.5 million domestically and should Freed deliver a similar multiplier it would be looking at a
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