Skyscraper Goes Low At US Box Office, Hotel Transylvania 3 Scores Top Slot

Dwayne Johnson is one of the busiest stars in Hollywood, and back in December, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle became the most successful movie of his career. But this doesn't mean that everything he puts his name to is a guaranteed hit, as the disappointing weekend results for his latest film, the action thriller Skyscraper, have shown.

Skyscraper made an estimated $25.4 million in its first three days, and entered the chart in third place. While this is better than the $22 million debut of Johnson's 2017 flop Baywatch, it is below the studio's $30 million prediction, and well under Jumanji's $36.1 opening. The biggest movie this weekend was the animated movie Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, which made an impressive $44.1 million, while Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp slipped into second place, with an estimated $28.8 million take.

The week's other new entry into the Box Office Top 10 was the sci-fi comedy Sorry to Bother You, which rose from No.16 after expanding the number of theaters it is playing in. Pixar's Incredibles 2 continued to do strong business in its fifth week, and is now the most successful animated movie of all time in US. It has made $535.8 million to date, soaring past Finding Dory's $486.3 million.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom dropped to No.5 from No.2, while horror sequel The First Purge and the thriller Sicario: The Day of Soldado continued to do well amongst more adult audiences. Finally the comedy heist reboot Ocean's 8 clings on at No.10, and has to date made an impressive $132 million from a more modest budget than many of its big summer franchise rivals.

You can see the full Top 10 list for the July 13-15 US box office below, as compiled by Box Office Mojo.

US/Canada Box Office For July 13-15:

1. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation – $44.1 million
2. Ant-Man and the Wasp – $28.8 million
3. Skyscraper – $25.4 million
4. Incredibles 2 – $16.2 million
5. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – $15.5 million
6. The First Purge – $9.1 million
7. Sorry to Bother you – $4.2 million
8. Sicario: Day of the Soldado – $3.8 million
9. Uncle Drew – $3.2 million
10. Ocean's 8 – $2.9 million