Box Office Battle: “Garfield” wins slow weekend with $14M

“Box Office Battle” is The Fly’s weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend’s box office.

Sony’s (SONY) “The Garfield Movie” won this weekend at the summer box office with just $14M as overall domestic revenue dropped 69% year-over-year. Year-to-date revenue is also down 24% when compared to last year. Garfield has crossed the $100M mark overseas for a global cume of $152.2M.

BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: John Krasinski and Paramount’s (PARA) “IF” placed number 2 with $10.8M in its third outing. Behind it was Warner Bros’ (WBD) “Furiosa” at number 3 after falling 59% to $10.75M. 20th Century and Disney (DIS) “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” placed number 4 with another $8.8M to rank as the top grossing summer movie to date with $337.1M worldwide. Rounding out the top five, Comcast (CMCSA) subsidiary Universal’s “The Fall Guy” grossed an estimated $4.2M for a global total of $157.9M.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:

1. “The Garfield Movie” – $14M
2. “IF” – $10.8M
3. “Furiosa” – $10.75M
4. “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” – $8.8M
5. “The Fall Guy” – $4.2M

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