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Universal's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Disney's Incredibles 2 remain the weekend's top two films, generating over $100 million combined. At the same time, Sicario: Day of the Soldado and Uncle Drew served as respectable counter-programming options to the summer blockbuster maelstrom, finishing in third and fourth position respectively. On top of that, Fox International's release of Sanju delivered a top ten finish despite playing in just 356 locations.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Sony's release of Sicario: Day of the Soldado brought in an estimated $7.48 million on Friday from 3,055 locations. Current industry expectations are for a three-day opening around $18-20 million. The film received a "B" CinemaScore.

Surpassing expectations, Universal and Amblin Entertainment's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom got off to a strong start. With an estimated $150 million for Fallen Kingdom, this is only the second time ever two different films have brought in over $100 million over two consecutive weekends. The first time was in 2007 when Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End opened with $114.7 million following Shrek the Third's $121.6 million opening the weekend prior. Disney and Pixar's Incredibles 2 followed up its monster debut weekend last week with a second place finish this weekend as its domestic cume has already topped $350 million in just ten days.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: With an estimated $58.7 million on Friday, Universal and Amblin's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is looking at a three-day debut around $145 million.

Disney and Pixar's Incredibles 2 delivered a massive opening weekend debut, not only shattering the previous opening weekend record for an animated film, but finishing with one of the top ten openings of all-time for a film of any genre. Additionally, Warner Bros.'s R-rated comedy Tag debuted in third position while Sony's Superfly fell short of expectations.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: With an estimated $71.5 million on Friday (including $18.5 million in preview grosses), Disney and Pixar's Incredibles 2 is well on its way to a record-smashing debut. Right now the film is looking at a three-day opening anywhere from $170-180+ million, dramatically outperforming the $135 million opening for Finding Dory, which currently holds the largest opening weekend for an animated feature. The film received a "A+" CinemaScore.

Leading the weekend charge is Warner Bros and Village Roadshow's Ocean's 8, topping industry expectations and delivering the largest opening within the franchise (not adjusted for inflation). At the same time, A24's Hereditary smashed tracking expectations and even outperformed Mojo's lofty, pre-weekend forecast to finish within the top five, earning A24 its largest opening ever. Unfortunately, Global Road's Hotel Artemis, the weekend's third new wide release, struggled to find an opening weekend audience while Universal and Amblin Entertainment launched Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom internationally this weekend where it grossed over $150 million, two weeks ahead of its North American release.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Ocean's 8 will top the weekend box office after kicking off its debut weekend with an estimated $15.8 million, which included $4 million in previews, with expectations for a $40-42 million opening. The film scored a "B+" CinemaScore.

There were no big surprises this weekend as Disney and Lucasfilms's Solo: A Star Wars Story suffered a steep drop following a disappointing debut and the week's new releases made hardly a dent. STX's Adrift led the way, though fell short of expectations, while BH Tilt's micro-budgeted feature Upgrade delivered solid results based on its budget and expectations. If there was a "big" surprise it came by way of Paramount's Action Point, which wasn't expected to do much to begin with, but flopped to the tune of just $2.3 million from 2,032 theaters. Meanwhile, a couple milestones were reached for both Magnolia and Pantelion on the backs of strong runs for both RBG and Overboard respectively.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: The weekend's new releases are struggling with STX's Adrift leading the way with an estimated $4.23 million on Friday, looking at a $10.5-11.5 million three-day opening. The performance is below the studio's expectations which were in the low-to-mid teens. The film received a "B" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

Disney and Lucasfilms's Solo: A Star Wars Story topped the Memorial Day holiday weekend box office, but the film fell well short of expectations, raising a few valid questions. Was it too soon to release another Star Wars movie five months after the last installment and was the competition just too stiff from the likes of Deadpool 2 and Disney's own Avengers: Infinity War?

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: After an estimated $35.6 million, Disney and Lucasfilms's Solo: A Star Wars Story is looking at a three-day weekend around $93-95 million and a four-day holiday performance anywhere from $108-115 million. This is well below the anticipated weekend range, which is sure to inspire conversation surrounding the amount of competition in the marketplace not to mention the film's proximity to the previous Star Wars release as well as the summer release compared to the December dates for Disney's previous three Star Wars features.

Even though Deadpool 2 didn't deliver a record opening domestically for an R-rated movie it still captured a few record of its own as well as delivered a couple studio records en route to an impressive $301.3 million worldwide debut. Meanwhile Avengers: Infinity War continued its impressive run, becoming the fourth largest global release of all-time while Paramount's Book Club and Global Road's Show Dogs delivered on expectations in their attempts at counter-programming against the pair of superhero features.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Fox's release of Deadpool 2 brought in an estimated $53.3 million on Friday, topping It's $50.4 million opening day to become the largest opening day for an R-rated film ever. Early estimates are anticipating a $133+ million opening for the film, which would make for a record opening for an R-rated film. Deadpool 2 received an "A" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

Disney and Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend. The superhero feature topped the domestic box office for the third weekend in a row, delivered the second largest opening in China ever*, became the eighth largest domestic release of all-time, fifth largest global release and became the first superhero film to ever top $1 billion internationally. Beyond Infinity War's continued success, the weekend's two new wide releases saw Life of the Party and Breaking In finished in second and third place respectively as films such as A Quiet Place, Black Panther and the limited release documentary RBG were just some of the fellow standouts in the top ten.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Avengers: Infinity War is on its way to a third straight weekend at #1 with an estimated $15.9 million on Friday, heading toward a $60+ million weekend, putting the film just shy of $550 million by end of day Sunday. Will Packer

April joins February 2018 as another record month at the box office with calendar grosses topping $1 billion for the first time ever, improving on 2017's record grosses by nearly $210 million. The result was due, in large part, to the massive opening success of Avengers: Infinity War which made up 27.7% of the month's overall gross despite being in theaters for only four days in April. As a result, Disney dominated the month with $336.6 million from just five films as the studio continues its record pace, generating over $1.2 billion in box office revenue over the first four months of 2018.

Disney and Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War continues its record pace, topping $450 million domestically in just nine days and the $1 billion mark worldwide in a record 11 days. Among the weekend's new wide releases, MGM and Lionsgate's Overboard remake delivered a solid debut in the runner-up position while Focus's Tully and Electric Entertainment's Bad Samaritan delivered disappointing debuts in the low single digits.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: As expected, Avengers: Infinity War is demolishing the competition yet again, bringing in an estimated $31.4 million on Friday, looking at a $120+ million three-day, which will push the film's domestic cume over $450 million after just ten days in release.

Audiences assembled worldwide as Disney and Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War broke both the domestic opening weekend box office record and worldwide opening record with a massive $250 million domestically and $630 million worldwide. In its wake, the majority of films on the weekend box office chart fell dramatically, though fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe release Black Panther improved its position from eighth place last weekend to a spot in this weekend's top five, truly making this a Marvel-ous weekend.