Supergirl Opens to $18M as Toy Story 5 Holds Box Office Lead
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- Toy Story 5 led Friday's box office with $21 million from 4,425 screens in its second weekend and is projected to reach $70-80 million by Sunday, pushing its domestic total near $300 million after last weekend's $160 million debut.
- Supergirl opened in second place with $18 million from 3,602 theaters and is tracking toward roughly $50 million for the weekend; the film cost $170 million to produce, compared with Superman's $225 million budget and $125 million opening last summer.
- Jackass: Best and Last landed with $3.8 million from 2,855 theaters — the lowest opening in the franchise — but its $10 million production cost means it will easily turn a profit, unlike 2022's Jackass Forever which debuted to $23 million.
- Obsession, the horror thriller made for under $1 million, is on pace to hit roughly $233 million domestically after seven weekends, while Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day reached about $94 million after three weekends with $2.3 million on Friday.
- Supergirl stars Milly Alcock as a 20-something Kryptonian who teams up with an alien girl on an interplanetary quest; the cast includes Eve Ridley, Jason Momoa, Matthias Schoenaerts, Diarmaid Murtagh, Ferdinand Kingsley, and David Corenswet, with Craig Gillespie directing from Ana Nogueira's script.
Why it matters: Supergirl's projected $50 million opening against its $170 million budget means it must hold exceptionally well in subsequent weekends to justify its price tag — Superman's $125 million debut last summer set a far higher bar for DC's new chapter. Meanwhile, Toy Story 5's second-weekend resilience (just a 45% Friday drop from its $21 million, against new competition) signals unusually strong audience retention for a franchise installment.
