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It was a big weekend for milestones as Crazy Rich Asians continued its stellar run, finishing atop the weekend box office for the third weekend in a row and topping $110 million domestically. Meanwhile, Sony's Searching delivered a strong performance in expanded release while Paramount's Mission: Impossible - Fallout made a big splash in China and Disney and Pixar's Incredibles 2 became only the ninth film ever to top $600 million at the domestic box office.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: With an estimated $5.86 million on Friday, WB's Crazy Rich Asians is on its way to a $23+ million three-day and a four-day right around $30 million as the film's cume pushes toward $120 million.

It was another crazy rich weekend for Warner Bros.'s Crazy Rich Asians, which dropped just 5.7% in its second weekend based on estimates, and if last weekend's performance is any indication, don't be surprised to see that weekend number climb once actuals are received on Monday afternoon. As for the weekend's new wide releases, both The Happytime Murders and A.X.L. struggled, though Sony's limited release of Searching delivered a chart-topping per theater average in limited release, in advance of going wide next weekend.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Nevermind the weekend's new releases, Warner Bros.'s Crazy Rich Asians is blowing away the competition and expectation, delivering a massive $7 million on Friday, heading toward a three-day second weekend around $25 million. This would signal just a 5.7% drop, though don't be surprised to see that number go up, pushing the overall weekend even closer to the film's $26.5 million debut last weekend.

August may be a notoriously slow month at the box office, but Warner Bros. has now delivered back-to-back strong performers. Last weekend The Meg topped all expectations and continued its strong global performance this weekend, while the new release of Crazy Rich Asians delivered an estimated $34 million in its first five days of release. Between the two films, WB secured the weekend's top two spots, and helped deliver the third straight August weekend this year to top the same weekend last year. Unfortunately, the weekend's two other new wide releases, STX's Mile 22 and Sony's Alpha, weren't able to have such splashy debuts.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: WB's Crazy Rich Asians brought in an estimated $7.26 million on Friday to bring the film's three-day cume since opening on Wednesday to $ million. Current expectations are for a three-day around $22 million and a five-day opening topping $31 million, a great start for the $30 million production. The film received an "A" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

It was a monstrous weekend thanks to Warner Bros.'s The Meg, which devoured everything in its path en route to a nearly $150 million global debut. As a result, the weekend box office was up 5.7% compared to last weekend and over 25% compared to last year, with the top twelve grossing over $132 million. It was also a strong weekend for Focus Features's release of Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman and Screen Gems's Slender Man even over-performed against expectations, though a disappointing CinemaScore for the latter is likely to lead to short-lived theatrical run. Jason StathamSpike Lee

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Warner Bros.'s The Meg is dramatically outperforming expectations, bringing in an estimated $16.5 million on Friday, heading toward what could possibly be a $40 million debut. The film received a "B+" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

July 2018 saw Universal take the box office crown, narrowly out-performing the Mouse House by less than $10 million. It was only the second time this year that a studio other than Disney topped the monthly box office. Disney, however, did claim the highest grossing release of the month with Ant-Man and the Wasp taking in over $186 million after hitting theaters on July 6.

August 2017 saw the worst grosses for the eighth month of the year in twenty years and the writing was on the wall very early with the disappointing debut of The Dark Tower to begin the month. While this weekend's crop of new releases didn't exactly light the box office on fire, with Disney's Christopher Robin debuting below expectations, the weekend's top twelve titles still finished 15% ahead of the the same weekend last year and featured a strong carryover weekend from Paramount's Mission: Impossible - Fallout.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Disney's Christopher Robin looks as if it will fall below our weekend forecast, which itself was on the lower end of studio expectations and below industry tracking. After bringing in an estimated $9.1 million on Friday the pic is now heading toward a three-day around $25+ million. As a result, it will indeed be Paramount's Mission: Impossible - Fallout repeating atop the weekend box office after it brought in an estimated $9.85 million on Friday and is looking at a three-day anywhere from $32-34 million. Christopher Robin received an "A" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

This weekend saw Paramount's Mission: Impossible - Fallout top the weekend box office with the franchise's largest three-day opening as well as star Tom Cruise's second largest opening of his career. Meanwhile, Warner Bros.'s animated feature Teen Titans Go! To the Movies struggled and fell short of expectations. Overall, the weekend was up ~6% compared to last weekend and up ~8% compared to the same weekend last year.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Mission: Impossible - Fallout brought in an estimated $23 million for Friday (including $6 million from Thursday night previews). This is $3 million an improvement on the opening day for Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, which brought in $4 million from preview screenings and went on to open with $55.5 million. Fallout received an "A" CinemaScore from opening day audiences, the best CinemaScore grade in the franchise. Current expectation is for a three-day weekend in the range of $58-60 million. Tom Cruise

A different kind of record was set this weekend in that it was the first weekend ever where eight of the top ten films at the weekend box office were sequels. Of those eight, two of the weekend's new follow-up films are locked in a tight race at the top with Sony's The Equalizer 2 pulling off a surprise upset, edging out Universal's Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which looked as if it might top $40 million at one point over the weekend, but settled down well below that mark. Overall, the weekend showed a slight improvement over last weekend while falling ~7% behind the same weekend last year.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: With an estimated $14.7 million, Universal's Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again led the way, heading toward what could be a $40 million opening weekend, well ahead of the $27.7 million opening for the original. The film received an "A-" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

Sony Animation's Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation continued the franchise tradition of debuting atop the weekend box office and doing so with over $40 million over the three-day. The weekend also featured a strong expansion from Annapurna's Sorry to Bother You, which landed in seventh position on the weekend chart, but unfortunately for Universal's Skyscraper, the weekend's other new wide release, it struggled over its opening weekend, failing to meet the studio's expectations, delivering a third place finish.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Sony Pictures Animation's Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation took in an estimated $16.65 million on Friday and is expected to finish the weekend with $43 million (including $1.3 million in Amazon Prime showings and $2.6 million in Thursday night previews.

It's another Disney-led weekend as Ant-Man and the Wasp claims the weekend's #1 spot. This marks the tenth time this year a film based on a Marvel comic character has topped the weekend box office. Also releasing this week, Universal and Blumhouse's The First Purge is the latest success in the now, four-film franchise, Roadside's documentary Whitney fell just shy of a spot in the weekend top ten and Annapurna's Sorry to Bother You was a smashing success in limited release. Disney's success this weekend also doesn't end with just the #1 film at the box office as Incredibles 2 became the first animated title to ever top $500 million at the domestic box office.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: With an estimated $33.8 million on Friday, Disney and Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp is off to a strong start, pushing toward a three-day opening north of $80 million.

After delivering a record first quarter, 2017 struggled in the second and third quarters before rebounding in the fourth. 2018 is having no such problem. With yearly grosses already topping $6 billion, outpacing 2017 by +10% and the record year of 2016 by nearly +11%, 2018 has already brought us the second largest first quarter ever and now a record second quarter, fueled by record months in April and June. Additionally, the year has seen record grosses in the winter season, the second largest spring season ever and summer 2018 that is currently pacing +19% ahead of last year with the third largest summer ever at the same point in the season.