Behind the Screens

How well did Mean Girls and The Beekeeper sing at the box office?

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The musical Mean Girls debuted at the top of the US box office this past long weekend, while Jason Statham’s The Beekeeper followed close behind. Join us as we dive into the audiences and box office results for each on this week’s episode of Behind the Screens!


Topics and times:

  • Freezing impact on the box office - 0:16
  • Domestic box office overview - 1:54
  • Mean Girls box office in-depth - 3:11
  • Mean Girls audience analysis - 3:44
  • Mean Girls hold and reception - 7:27
  • The Beekeeper box office overview - 9:09
  • The Beekeeper audience analysis - 9:43
  • Other debut films & Soul’s theatrical release - 13:40
  • Next week - 15:30
  • Vista Group Customer Conference - 16:00


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    Box Office Overview:

    • Mean Girls debuted to the top domestic spot with $33.2M across the 4-day weekend in the US ($28M across 3 days) and $6.5M internationally for an opening weekend total of $35M.
    • The Beekeeper grossed $19M domestically in its opening weekend, and a further $17M internationally for a worldwide gross of $34M.
    • Wonka took 3rd position with $11M domestically this weekend, and crossed the half-billion dollar mark globally.
    • Book of Clarence opened to the 9th position in the domestic box office with a $3M gross.
    • Soul, Disney’s direct-to-streaming Pixar title of 2020 released in theatres and was 20th at the box office for the weekend, only grossing $557,000.
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