Kung Fu Panda 4 flexed its muscles and kept Dune: Part Two in check this weekend, taking the box office win with an estimated $30 million. And while that’s down by nearly half from last weekend, those earnings still boosted Po and his gang past the $100 million mark domestically, making KFP4 the second film this year to surpass the milestone.
The $29.1 million that Dune: Part Two earned this weekend wasn’t quite enough to pin down first place, but it was enough to boost the film past $200 million in domestic earnings. That boosts the film’s total to $494.7 million. Dune: Part Two is not only the top grossing film this year, it’s also outearned its predecessor by more than $60 million (which includes the special rerelease of Dune: Part One in February earlier this year).
These two sequels will continue to duke it out in the weeks to come, but both have already earned more money than it cost to make them. (It cost $85 million to make Kung Fu Panda 4, and Dune: Part Two cost $190 million.) So their producers can make like a Padishah Emperor and let the spices roll in.
Coming in third is newcomer Arthur the King. Based on a true story, this PG-13 flick starring Mark Wahlberg and an adorable dog didn’t do half as well as Po or Paul Atreides, earning only $7.5 million. But even though it didn’t win the race, it still has time to catch up to the $20 million it cost to make.
Imaginary brought home $5.6 million to take fourth. And Angel Studios’ Cabrini just beat out the Kristen Stewart film, Love Lies Bleeding, with $2.8 million. Other wide releases One Life and Problemista came in eighth (with $1.7 million) and 20th (with $234,928), respectively.
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