Despite a handful of splashy, star-studded new releases, Ryan Reynolds’ two-week-old action comedy, Free Guy, held the top spot over the weekend.
The irreverent crowd-pleaser from 20th Century Studios and Disney pulled in $18.8 million in its sophomore frame, making it one of the summer’s most encouraging sleeper hits.
Nipping at the heels of Reynolds & Co.
with a $13 million second-place opening was Paramount’s Paw Patrol: The Movie —an adaptation of Nickelodeon’s kid-friendly animated TV show about a group of rescue pups whose bark at the box office turned out to be just as mighty as its bite.
The rest of the frame’s newcomers, however, wound up arriving D.O.A.Just one week after its stronger-than-predicted $28.4 million debut, Free Guy saw a surprisingly small drop-off from the previous session, dipping just -33.8% (it marked the best second-weekend hold of the summer so far).
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