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SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Universal's Hobbs & Shaw led the way on Friday with an estimated $23.7 million. The film is expected to deliver a three-day around $60+ million, which is right on expectations. Opening day audiences scored the film with an "A-" CinemaScore, which is just shy of the "A" score the last four Fast & Furious films.

While the weekend wasn't quite as large as anticipated, it was still the second straight weekend to top the same weekend last year. Leading the way for a second weekend in a row was Disney's The Lion King as it will soon top $1 billion worldwide, followed by a $40 million debut for Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, serving as the director's largest three-day debut to date. Additionally, A24's The Farewell found a spot in the top ten playing in just 135 locations while both Spider-Man: Far from Home and Aladdin topped $1 billion globally this weekend. Quentin Tarantino

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Sony's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood delivered an estimated $16.85 million on Friday, including $5.8 million from Thursday night previews. At this time, the film is looking at a $40-42 million debut. Opening day audiences gave the film a "B" CinemaScore.

Yet again, it took another Disney film to energize the weekend box office as this was the first weekend in the last six to top the same weekend last year and it's all thanks to Disney's The Lion King, which topped the weekend box office with a record $185 million, surpassing the total gross for the same weekend last year all on its own. Disney's success this weekend didn't end there, either, as Avengers: Endgame surpassed Avatar to become the highest grossing worldwide release of all-time.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: With an estimated $78.5 million on Friday, Disney's The Lion King is on its way to a three-day performance around $190 million if not higher. On top of that, audiences appear to be enjoying what they're seeing, giving the film an "A" CinemaScore in contrast to the mixed-to-negative reviews from film critics.

It was a repeat weekend for last week's top two films as Sony's Spider-Man: Far from Home topped the weekend while nearing $850 million globally and Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 4 found itself in the runner-up position while becoming the fifth largest Pixar release domestically ever. As for the weekend's new wide releases, both played mostly to expectations with Paramount's Crawl finishing in third and Disney's release of Fox's Stuber landing in fourth.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Paramount's Crawl delivered an estimated $4.3 million on Friday and is currently looking at a $10-11 million debut. The film received a "B" CinemaScore from opening day crowds.

It has been a while since we saw a sequel deliver on expectations, but, this weekend, Sony's Spider-Man: Far from Home delivered the largest six-day opening ever for a Tuesday release, leading the weekend box office and helping the top 12 outperform the same weekend last year for the first time in four weeks. Meanwhile, A24's Midsommar delivered the largest indie opening of the year while landing just outside the weekend top five.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Sony's Spider-Man: Far from Home brought in an estimated $32.5 million on Friday, pushing the film's domestic gross just shy of $125 million after four days in release. At this point the film is looking to deliver anywhere from $180-190 million in its first six days of release. The film received an "A" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

New releases have seen some struggles as of late, with several summer sequels debuting well below expectations and this weekend sees yet another sequel in Annabelle Comes Home attempting to avoid a similar fate. On top of that, Universal unveils an original project in Danny Boyle's Yesterday looking to ride a wave of positivity into the weekend.

Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 4 topped the weekend box office and did so with the franchise's largest opening weekend yet, but even it seems to have been bitten by the summer's sequel slump as it too delivered well below studio and industry expectations. On top of that, UA Releasing's Child's Play finished in second place while also missing forecasted pre-weekend expectations while Lionsgate and Summit's Anna fell just shy of a spot in the top ten.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 4 brought in an estimated $47.4 million on Friday and is currently expected to deliver around $122-125 million for the three-day weekend, well below Mojo's pre-weekend forecast below and even struggling to meet Disney's $140 million expectations. The performance, however, will be the largest of the franchise and with an "A" CinemaScore it's also important to remember, as noted in our preview below, previous record-breaking Pixar openings debuted over Father's Day weekend. It will be interesting to watch just how this one progresses over the course of the summer months and if it can make up the opening weekend deficit.

It was another disappointing weekend for a pair of new sequels as both Sony's Men in Black International and WB's Shaft were both unable to reach even the slimmest of studio expectations heading into the weekend. The weekend is down significantly compared to last year when Incredibles 2 bowed with a record-shattering $182.6 million opening and next weekend will turn to Pixar once again, looking to Toy Story 4 to turn the tide.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Sony's Men in Black: International brought in an estimated $10.4 million on Friday and the studio is now projecting a soft, $26+ million opening for the $110 million production. The film received a "B" CinemaScore.

The weekend's top twelve combined to outperform the same weekend last year by more than 43%, which means the year-to-year gap continues to close, but the weekend's new releases both struggled mightily. Universal and Illumination's The Secret Life of Pets 2 was unable to even deliver half of the opening the first film delivered just a few years ago, while Fox's Dark Phoenix entered the weekend as the worst reviewed film in the X-Men franchise ever and, predictably, delivered the lowest opening weekend of the franchise.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Universal and Illumination's The Secret Life of Pets 2 led the way on Friday with an estimated $16.5 million for a current domestic total of $17.4 million, which includes Thursday night's preview grosses as well as $925k from the May 25 Fandango event. At this time the film is looking at a weekend gross around $46.2 million, missing expectations. The film received an "A-" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.

WB's Godzilla: King of the Monsters is the king of the weekend box office, though doing so at the lower end of studio expectations. Meanwhile, both Paramount's Rocketman and Universal and Blumhouse's Ma topped studio expectations, the latter of which doing so on a small, $5 million budget. Overall, the weekend saw the top twelve deliver nearly $170 million, helping push the summer box office over $1.137 billion (+9% compared to 2018) and the yearly box office is now just -8.5% behind last year as that gap continues to close. Tupac Shakur

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: WB's Godzilla: King of the Monsters brought in an estimated $19.6 million on Friday, which includes the $6.3 million from Thursday night previews. The question now is just how well it can hold on through the weekend. Kong: Skull Island brought in $20.1 million on Friday before a $61 million opening. However, it had a much smaller Thursday night preview performance, though it did match Godzilla's "B+" CinemaScore, which keeps the door open for a $50+ million performance.

Disney's Aladdin topped the weekend with an impressive debut, delivering over $85 million for the three-day and is expected to top $100 million for the four-day, Memorial Day holiday weekend. Meanwhile, fellow newcomers Brightburn and Booksmart finished more in line with studio expectations than Mojo's aggressive pre-weekend forecast and Avengers: Endgame will become only the second film ever to top $800 million at the domestic box office by the end of the long holiday weekend.

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Disney's Aladdin is off to a stellar start and looking at a $100+ million four-day debut after an estimated $31 million on Friday, including $7 million from Thursday night previews. The opening day performance is ~$4 million behind the opening day for Solo: A Star Wars Story last year, but the film is expected to play much better than Solo did over the four-day holiday and could deliver much more. After all, The Jungle Book brought in $32 million on its opening day back in April 2016 before going on to deliver over $130 million in its first three days. For now Aladdin is tracking for a three-day performance around $87+ million and a four-day nearing $110 million, which would put it in a race to make it one of the top five Memorial Day openings ever. The film received an "A" CinemaScore from opening day crowds.