Expectations were high for the Memorial Day weekend box office as “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” exceeded targets for ticket pre-sales. Ultimately, the film had a disappointing opening, with $32 million in total sales for the four-day weekend. “The Garfield Movie” made just over $31 million.
Total sales for the holiday weekend topped out at just $128.3 million, per CNN, representing a steep decline from the same time span in 2023, which brought in just under $205 million. It’s well under the top performing Memorial Day weekend in 2013 when moviegoers spent $314.3 million, driven mainly by the release of that year’s mega-hit “Fast & Furious 6.”
“There’s no way to sugarcoat it, the numbers that are coming out this weekend are nothing to write home about,” Paul Degarabedian, senior media analyst with Comscore, told CNN about the disappointing results. The next lowest…
