Box Office Report for the Week Of May 18

Warner Bros. is really having a great year in 2025, and, just as David Zaslav was on the cusp of finding a replacement for Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, they have delivered three massive commercial hits with A Minecraft Movie, Sinners, which was re-released in select IMAX 70mm venues this weekend, and now Final Destination Bloodlines.

The sixth installment in the popular horror franchise was even supposed to go on HBO Max (we can now call it that after it was rebranded this past week) when it was initially announced in 2022. However, when the plans were reassessed and the movie was turned into a theatrical exclusive, this allowed directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein to shoot several sequences of the film with IMAX cameras, giving audiences a reason to go see this film on the big screen.

Not only did it receive the best reviews out of any Final Destination installment to date, with a 93% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but the film opened with a massive $51 million tally this weekend, and $102 million globally. Now, the President of Movies’ latest cinema-saving effort in Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning could obliterate its momentum, but it’s another great win for horror, especially in our moviegoing landscape. Plus, anything that keeps the lights on at movie theatres right now is always great to hear.

On the flip side, Hurry Up Tomorrow completely crashed and burned at the cinemas, after lucrative early access screenings. Once the negative word got out and the film eventually reached a disastrous 13% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the nail in the coffin was made, raking only $3.3 million in its opening weekend, with most of it made through the early access fan event.

While Abel Tesfaye has had great success in the music industry, his two starring roles in The Idol and Hurry Up Tomorrow have not given him the same flowers he has elsewhere. Only a minor cameo in Uncut Gems made him look like he could have a career on screen, but his subsequent choices have sadly put a dent in those plans. Perhaps he’ll bounce back with other projects, yet Trey Edward Shults is one of the most exciting voices in the independent sphere right now. If there was someone who could make a companion film to The Weeknd’s last album work, it was definitely him…

Still, there is much to look forward to this year, starting with Ethan Hunt’s final outing next week, should you choose to accept. Stay tuned!

Here is the full list of the top ten films of the weekend:

1. Final Destination Bloodlines (Warner Bros): $51M – 3,523 theatres
2. Thunderbolts* (Disney): $16.5M (-48.9%) – 3,960 theatres
3. Sinners (Warner Bros): $15.4M (-30%) – 3,518 theatres
4. A Minecraft Movie (Warner Bros): $5.8M (-23%) – 3,357 theatres
5. The Accountant 2 (Amazon MGM Studios): $4.9M (-26.1%) – 3,229 theatres
6. Hurry Up Tomorrow (Lionsgate): $3.3M – 2,020 theatres
7. Friendship (A24): $1.4M (+215%) – 60 theatres
8. Clown in a Cornfield (IFC Films): $1.3M (-63%) – 2,277 theatres
9. Kiki’s Delivery Service (GKIDS): $1.0M – 1,062 theatres
10. Until Dawn (Sony): $800.000 (-59%) – 1,706 theatres

Source: Comscore