{"id":240788,"date":"2026-05-17T16:20:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/weekend-box-office-michael-retakes-top-spot-obsession-impresses-in-debut\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T16:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:20:41","slug":"weekend-box-office-michael-retakes-top-spot-obsession-impresses-in-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/weekend-box-office-michael-retakes-top-spot-obsession-impresses-in-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Box Office: &#8216;Michael&#8217; Retakes Top Spot, &#8216;Obsession&#8217; Impresses in Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Box Office: &#8216;Michael&#8217; Returns to No. 1 in Fourth Weekend, &#8216;Obsession&#8217; Starts Strong With $16 Million <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/falfiHqDx7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/falfiHqDx7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/2056022710199746620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">May 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the face of no new major studio releases, <b>Michael<\/b> reclaimed the top spot at the box office in its fourth weekend of release with a $26 million haul. It has made $283 million domestically and $703.8 million worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Second place belonged to <b>The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/b>, which picked up $18 million in its third weekend of release. It has made $175.9 million in North America and another $370 million overseas, bringing its total take to $546.2 million globally.<\/p>\n<p><b>Obsession<\/b>, the new horror film from first time feature director Curry Barker, made $16 million in its opening weekend, which was good enough for third place. With a strong A- Cinemascore, excellent word of mouth and great critical reviews, the extremely low-budget film acquired by Focus Features for $14 million looks to have great legs.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth place belonged to <b>Mortal Kombat II<\/b>, which fell a dramatic 65% from opening weekend to bring in $13.4 million. It&#8217;s made $62.2 million in North America and $101 million worldwide on an $80 million budget.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Sheep Detectives<\/b> took the fifth spot, making $9.3 million in its second weekend. It fell only 38% from its first weekend, and has made $29.6 million domestically and $58.7 million globally.<\/p>\n<p>The new Guy Ritchie film <b>In the Gray<\/b> came in 9th at the box office with a $3 million take and a B Cinemascore, and generally terrible critic reviews. This is well below average for his films.<\/p>\n<p>Another new release this week, <b>Is God Is<\/b>, came in 10th with a $2.2 million haul, a B+ Cinemascore and great critic reviews.<\/p>\n<p>In a bit of bad news, the concert film <b>Billie Eilish \u2013 Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)<\/b> fell a startling 88% from its $7.5 million opening last weekend to bring in only $800,000 this weekend, good for 13th place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/2056022710199746620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Source<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/132353691.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Box Office: &#8216;Michael&#8217; Returns to No. 1 in Fourth Weekend, &#8216;Obsession&#8217; Starts Strong With $16 Million https:\/\/t.co\/falfiHqDx7 \u2014 Variety (@Variety) May 17, 2026 In the face of no new major studio releases, Michael reclaimed the top spot at the box office in its fourth weekend of release with a $26 million haul. It has made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-240788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}