Monday, June 1, 2026

Box Office: “Kraven” $11 Mil Weekend, Low Numbers Disappointing But Not as Bad as Last Year

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It’s a little startling to look at this weekend’s box office numbers.

But they’re a heck of a lot better than last year at this time.

Last year, the only hit was “Wonka,” with a $39 million weekend. No other movie made more than $5 million that weekend.

This year, “Moana 2,” “Wicked,” “Kraven the Body Hunter,” and “Gladiator II” are all above $5 million. “Moana 2” made $26.7 million, followed by “Wicked” at $22.5 million.

So things could be worse!

The smaller films like “Anora” and “A Real Pain” are still making money. Even “Conclave” — which could be the Best Picture of 2024 — is still attracting an audience despite being on VOD.

And still astounding the numbers crunchers: the revival of “Interstellar,” which raked in $8.4 million this weekend. Out of this world!

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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