Sci Fi Box Office: Weekly post tracking the performance of sci fi and fantasy movies in the theaters and on streaming.
Box Office Results
This Summer has not been particularly good for Blockbusters so far (you can see the results from the latest Scorecard), but indie sci fi and fantasy films have been performing quite well in theaters. The sci fi/horror entry Backrooms has held in the Top 4 for a fourth week in a row, and that one has pulled in $277 million globally vs. a $5 million budget. Horror film Obsession has spent six weeks in the Top 4, and it has a global tally of $334 million vs. a budget of less than $1 million. New entry Leviticus made it to the Number 9 slot last weekend in limited release, and it currently has $3.3 million in global ticket sales vs. a budget of of $3 million. Premiering in very limited release, Rose of Nevada saw impressive sales of $7,575 per theater and that one will likely head to VOD soon.
Meanwhile, the big-dollar films from this Summer continue to underperform with Steven Speilberg’s Disclosure Day as the latest entry to deliver disappointing Box Office Results. That one slipped to Number 2 in its second week with a notable drop off in attendance (60%), and it is currently on target to lose money with $163 million globally vs. a budget of $115 million (a film usually needs to make double its budget based on domestic ticket sales or three times that amount globally to break even). Masters of the Universe is headed towards flop status, dropping to Number 6 in its third week with a global tally of $103 million vs. a hefty $200 million budget. And The Mandalorian and Grogu looks like it will come up short in its theatrical run, slipping to Number 7 in its fifth week with a global tally of $322 million vs. a budget of $165 million. Below are all of the genre films from the Top 20 (and a one just outside) based on the weekend results.
Domestic Box Office Results for the Weekend of June 19th to June 21st:
| Rank | Prior | Title | Weekend Gross | Theaters | Average | Total Gross | Weeks |
| 2 | 1 | Disclosure Day | $17,704,140 | 3824 | $4,629 | $78,987,640 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | Obsession | $13,397,205 | 3053 | $4,388 | $215,031,825 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | Backrooms | $7,172,989 | 2851 | $2,515 | $175,053,085 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | Masters of the Universe | $6,175,230 | 2517 | $2,453 | $57,489,787 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu | $4,174,039 | 2000 | $2,087 | $172,039,029 | 5 |
| 9 | – | Leviticus | $2,610,695 | 1076 | $2,426 | $2,610,695 | 1 |
| 16 | 10 | Stop! That! Train! | $479,815 | 664 | $722 | $3,403,771 | 2 |
| 25 | – | Rose of Nevada | $22,726 | 3 | $7,575 | $22,726 | 1 |
Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com
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Streaming Results
Jordan Peele’s sci fi/horror film Nope made it into the Nielsen Streaming Rankings for the week of its premiere on Netflix, landing at the Number 8 slot and pulling in an estimated 223 million minutes of viewing. KPop Demon Hunters returned to that chart at the Number 10 slot after dropping out the prior week. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief made it to the Number 8 slot in the Netfix Top 10 for its premiere week on that service, pulling in 6.3 million hours across 3.2 million households. Following are all the genre films from the Nielsen Streaming Rankings and the Netflix Top 10:
Nielsen Streaming Rankings for the Week of April 20th:
| Rank | SVOD Provider | Program Name | Minutes Viewed (Millions) |
| 8 | Netflix | Nope | 223 |
| 10 | Netflix | KPop Demon Hunters | 167 |
Source: Nielsen
Netflix Top 10 for the Week of May 18th (Ranked Based on Views):
| Rank | Title | Wks in Chart | Hours Watched | Views |
| 6 | KPop Demon Hunters | 53 | 6,000,000 | 3,600,000 |
| 8 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | 1 | 6,300,000 | 3,200,000 |
Source: Netflix
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