Weekend Box Office: ‘Aladdin’ Flies to $86 Million, ‘Brightburn’ & ‘Booksmart’ Struggle

Yesterday, Booksmart director Olivia Wilde urged audiences to go see her film, noting that the film is "getting creamed by the big dogs out there." Now that the weekend tallies are in, it looks like Wilde—unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you feel about massive global entertainment monoliths—was right. Disney's live-action Aladdin, the newest of the aforementioned big dogs, took in $86 million over the weekend and is looking at $100 million+ for the four-day holiday frame. Aladdin was followed by three franchise films. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum nabbed another $24 million, crossing the $…

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