Monday Update: While not quite “towering” over the competition, Sony’s The Dark Tower eked out a narrow win at the box office with $19.1 million. Warner Bros.’ Dunkirk, after leading the past two weekends and a contender to three-peat, took second place with $17.1 million.

Aviron’s Kidnap started decently with $10.0 million in fifth place, Annapurna’s Detroit came in slightly below expectations with $7.1 million and eighth place, and the Despicable Me franchise became the highest-grossing animated series of all time globally — overtaking the Shrek franchise.

The full table of weekend actuals is at bottom, after our Sunday update article featuring fuller numbers and analysis.

Sunday Update: While not quite “towering” over the competition, Sony’s The Dark Tower eked out a narrow win at the box office. Warner Bros.’ Dunkirk, after leading the past two weekends and a contender to three-peat, took second place.

Aviron’s Kidnap started decently, Annapurna’s Detroit came in slightly below expectations, and the Despicable Me franchise became the highest-grossing animated series of all time globally.

Contrary to some pre-release predictions that it would open as runner-up, The Dark Tower was able to snag first place with an estimated $19.5 million — despite poor reviews including an 18 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

The hybrid sci-fi/Western Stephen King adaptation starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey continues Sony’s reversal of fortune, as the formerly-beleaguered studio posts three of the top six films this weekend, and four of the top 11. As recently as a month ago, Sony ranked last place for the year among the seven major studios, but they now rank in fifth place.

After leading for the past two weekends, Warner Bros.’ Dunkirk took second place with $17.6 million. Although some expected the film to three-peat, this should still be considered a win for the film.

It’s already earned $133.5 million and looks likely to potentially clear the $200 million mark by the end of its run — the absolute upper end of pre-release projections. If it can continue to post drops as low as its 34 percent decline this weekend, the title could potentially remain in the top 10 for two months, given the relative lack of competition expected this August and September.

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Kidnap, a thriller starring Halle Berry and the debut release from the new studio Aviron, opened in fifth place with $10.2 million.

Despite a 40 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Kidnap was able to exceed expectations by several million dollars — the average prediction on Box Office Theory was $7.4 million. Along with Girls Trip and Atomic Blonde, three of this weekend’s top seven films star a woman in the lead role.

(A meaningless but quirky fun fact: the top six films this weekend came in alphabetical order.)

Annapurna’s Detroit, a drama directed by Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow and considered an awards contender, came in seventh place with $7.2 million on its first weekend in wide release After opening well if not amazingly on select screens last weekend, the film came in a bit below most expectations — the average prediction on Box Office Theory was $9.4 million.

Phrased another way, of this weekend’s two wide releases besides Dark Tower, Detroit was expected to finish a few million dollars ahead of Kidnap, but instead it was the other way around. Still, the 88 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and awards buzz may help Detroit continue its run heading forward.

Although it finished in 10th place domestically this weekend, Universal’s Despicable Me 3 notched a major milestone. The Despicable Me franchise became the highest-grossing animated series of all time globally, overtaking the Shrek series.

One caveat: due to rising ticket prices through the years, the Shrek franchise has still sold more total tickets (at least for now). Nevertheless, this accomplishment reflects just what a cash cow Despicable has become, despite DM3 being on track to finish lower both domestically and globally than either DM2 or Minions.

And Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman, coming in 12th place, finally fell out of the top 10 this weekend. But its nine weekends spent in the top 10 rank in the top five for that metric this year, alongside La La Land, Hidden Figures, Beauty and the Beast, and The Boss Baby.

The top 10 films this weekend earned an estimated $106.6 million. That’s 20 percent behind last weekend, and 39 percent below this same weekend last year, when Jason Bourne led with $59.2 million. Year-to-date gross is 3.1 percent behind last year.

Weekend Actuals for Friday, August 4 – Sunday, August 6, 2017:

WIDE (1000+) # TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST. 1 The Dark Tower $19,153,698 — 3,451 — $5,550 $19,153,698 1 Sony / Columbia 2 Dunkirk $17,135,246 -36% 4,014 266 $4,269 $133,090,984 3 Warner Bros. 3 The Emoji Movie $12,005,409 -51% 4,075 0 $2,946 $49,107,113 2 Sony / Columbia 4 Girls Trip $11,401,495 -42% 2,582 -66 $4,416 $85,426,515 3 Universal 5 Kidnap $10,016,323 — 2,378 — $4,212 $10,016,323 1 Aviron Pictures 6 Spider-Man: Homecoming $8,845,978 -33% 3,116 -509 $2,839 $294,953,754 5 Sony / Columbia 7 Atomic Blonde $8,157,555 -55% 3,326 22 $2,453 $34,037,930 2 Focus Features 8 Detroit $7,125,601 1935% 3,007 2987 $2,370 $7,641,083 2 Annapurna Pictures 9 War for the Planet of the Apes $6,169,134 -41% 2,704 -670 $2,281 $130,449,389 4 Fox 10 Despicable Me 3 $5,429,735 -28% 2,445 -585 $2,221 $240,920,645 6 Universal 11 Baby Driver $2,573,956 -35% 1,424 -537 $1,808 $97,074,886 6 Sony / TriStar 12 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets $2,395,377 -62% 1,795 -1758 $1,334 $36,137,260 3 EuropaCorp/STXfilms 13 Wonder Woman $2,286,334 -32% 1,307 -344 $1,749 $399,432,413 10 Warner Bros. 14 The Big Sick $2,163,021 -32% 1,005 -584 $2,152 $33,927,449 7 Lionsgate

LIMITED (100 — 999) # TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST. 1 Jab Harry Met Sejal $1,284,740 — 280 — $4,588 $1,284,740 1 Yash Raj Films USA 2 An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power $961,193 670% 180 176 $5,340 $1,113,564 2 Paramount 3 Cars 3 $539,750 -44% 477 -384 $1,132 $147,620,695 8 Disney 4 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 $453,768 64% 252 21 $1,801 $388,399,203 14 Disney 5 Wish Upon $314,485 -67% 345 -562 $912 $13,774,273 4 Broad Green Pictures 6 Transformers: The Last Knight $302,214 -46% 322 -216 $939 $129,393,527 7 Paramount 7 47 Meters Down $289,252 48% 411 171 $704 $43,109,618 8 Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures 8 Maudie $253,833 -24% 187 -41 $1,357 $5,109,733 8 Sony Pictures Classics 9 Landline $226,812 78% 143 105 $1,586 $489,940 3 Magnolia Pictures 10 Captain Underpants $207,493 -30% 229 -38 $906 $72,866,165 10 Fox / DreamWorks Animation 11 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales $180,983 -14% 167 -43 $1,084 $171,338,511 11 Disney 12 Lady Macbeth $166,966 -5% 131 27 $1,275 $739,598 4 Roadside Attractions 13 A Ghost Story $144,442 -61% 208 -121 $694 $1,315,589 5 A24 14 Mubarakan $140,478 -55% 128 0 $1,097 $632,101 2 Sony Pictures Releasing International 15 The Mummy $139,695 -26% 146 -38 $957 $79,948,195 9 Universal 16 The House (2017) $97,859 -49% 124 -101 $789 $25,129,761 6 Warner Bros. / New Line 17 The Boss Baby $59,964 -38% 120 -29 $500 $174,804,209 19 Fox / DreamWorks Animation

PLATFORM (1 — 99) # TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST. 1 Wolf Warrior 2 $506,961 131% 32 -21 $15,843 $1,110,380 2 The H Collective 2 Wind River $161,558 — 4 — $40,390 $161,558 1 The Weinstein Company 3 Step $146,053 — 29 — $5,036 $146,053 1 Fox Searchlight 4 The Midwife $83,436 5% 43 15 $1,940 $237,403 3 Music Box Films 5 Menashe $77,262 24% 10 7 $7,726 $175,779 2 A24 6 Megan Leavey $73,162 196% 96 50 $762 $12,964,933 9 Bleeker Street 7 The Little Hours $68,260 -43% 60 -36 $1,138 $1,341,050 6 Gunpowder & Sky 8 The Beguiled $55,550 -41% 89 -55 $624 $10,542,504 7 Focus Features 9 Lost in Paris $50,486 -9% 35 -6 $1,442 $410,522 8 Oscilloscope Laboratories 10 Rough Night $47,365 131% 27 -19 $1,754 $21,967,871 8 Sony 11 Beatriz at Dinner $43,097 -35% 44 -33 $979 $6,923,142 9 Roadside Attractions 12 Brigsby Bear $38,941 -2% 15 12 $2,596 $93,528 2 Sony Pictures Classics 13 Alien: Covenant $32,154 -25% 74 -24 $435 $74,204,630 12 Fox 14 The Hero $30,987 -51% 52 -54 $596 $3,921,145 9 The Orchard 15 We Love You, Sally Carmichael! $30,951 — 7 — $4,422 $30,951 1 Purdie Distribution 16 Columbus $26,820 — 2 — $13,410 $26,820 1 Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Fellowship 17 Paris Can Wait $15,818 -48% 28 -16 $565 $5,564,452 13 Sony Pictures Classics 18 The Women’s Balcony $14,922 -51% 14 -8 $1,066 $0 23 Menemsha Films 19 Brave New Jersey $14,105 — 14 — $1,008 $14,105 1 Gravitas Ventures 20 Gifted $10,690 -11% 17 -4 $629 $24,779,154 18 Fox Searchlight 21 13 Minutes $10,686 -41% 13 -5 $822 $118,732 6 Sony Pictures Classics 22 Person to Person $9,202 -22% 13 10 $708 $26,650 2 Magnolia Pictures 23 From The Land Of The Moon $8,832 97% 9 7 $981 $16,207 2 IFC Films 24 Love, Kennedy $7,665 -17% 14 -3 $548 $348,941 10 Purdie Distribution 25 It Comes At Night $7,165 -36% 15 -8 $478 $13,856,732 9 A24 26 Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World $7,112 -20% 2 0 $3,556 $50,790 2 Kino Lorber 27 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul $5,730 -63% 18 -18 $318 $20,728,336 12 20th Century Fox 28 The Untamed $5,611 38% 8 3 $701 $16,920 3 Strand Releasing 29 Slack Bay $4,821 21% 4 -2 $1,205 $95,375 16 Kino Lorber Films 30 Churchill $4,739 6% 4 -5 $1,185 $1,273,135 10 Cohen Media Group 31 The Exception $4,365 -70% 5 -6 $873 $694,821 10 A24 32 City of Ghosts $4,048 -68% 13 -5 $311 $113,494 5 IFC Films / Amazon 33 Dawson City: Frozen Time $3,790 20% 5 2 $758 $98,966 9 Kino Lorber Films 34 The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography $3,763 -43% 15 -6 $251 $121,498 6 Neon 35 4 Days in France $3,728 — 1 — $3,728 $3,728 1 Cinema Guild 36 Pop Aye $3,458 -52% 5 1 $692 $56,897 6 Kino Lorber 37 Moka $2,880 29% 2 -5 $1,440 $115,513 8 Film Movement 38 Letters from Baghdad $2,837 -66% 7 -2 $405 $302,317 10 Vitagraph Films 39 KEDi $2,310 286% 4 1 $578 $2,799,611 26 Oscilloscope Laboratories 40 Stalker $1,721 3% 1 0 $1,721 $249,863 14 Janus 41 Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge $1,516 -72% 4 -3 $379 $115,907 6 Society Films 42 The Girl Without Hands $1,246 30% 4 3 $312 $7,461 3 GKIDS 43 Abacus: Small Enough to Jail $1,245 -13% 1 -2 $1,245 $113,278 12 PBS Distribution 44 The Wedding Plan $1,191 -18% 3 -5 $397 $1,409,102 13 Roadside Attractions 45 The Ornithologist $1,123 397% 5 3 $225 $44,678 7 Strand Releasing 46 It’s Not Yet Dark $811 — 2 — $406 $811 1 FilmRise 47 My Journey Through French Cinema $766 5% 2 0 $383 $50,748 7 Cohen Media Group 48 Il Boom $705 48% 2 1 $353 $42,413 8 Rialto Pictures 49 Obit. $559 832% 2 1 $280 $310,349 15 Kino Lorber 50 I Dream in Another Language $524 -35% 1 0 $524 $2,306 2 FilmRise 51 L’Important C’est D’Aimer (2017 re-release) $519 -52% 1 0 $519 $15,828 4 Rialto Pictures 52 Hidden Figures $454 -10% 3 0 $151 $169,375,149 33 Fox 53 I Am The Blues $75 -98% 1 -3 $75 $17,916 4 Film Movement 54 The Skyjacker’s Tale $59 7% 1 0 $59 $2,788 6 Strand Releasing

Studio Weekend Estimates for Friday, August 4 – Sunday, August 6, 2017:

WIDE (1000+) # TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST. 1 The Dark Tower $19,500,000 — 3,451 — $5,651 $19,500,000 1 Sony / Columbia 2 Dunkirk $17,600,000 -34% 4,014 266 $4,385 $133,555,738 3 Warner Bros. 3 The Emoji Movie $12,350,000 -50% 4,075 0 $3,031 $49,451,704 2 Sony / Columbia 4 Girls Trip $11,418,700 -42% 2,582 -66 $4,422 $85,443,720 3 Universal 5 Kidnap $10,210,000 — 2,378 — $4,294 $10,210,000 1 Aviron Pictures 6 Spider-Man: Homecoming $8,800,000 -34% 3,116 -509 $2,824 $294,907,776 5 Sony / Columbia 7 Atomic Blonde $8,244,930 -55% 3,326 22 $2,479 $34,125,305 2 Focus Features 8 Detroit $7,251,000 1971% 3,007 2987 $2,411 $7,766,482 2 Annapurna Pictures 9 War for the Planet of the Apes $6,000,000 -43% 2,704 -670 $2,219 $130,280,255 4 Fox 10 Despicable Me 3 $5,288,640 -30% 2,445 -585 $2,163 $240,779,550 6 Universal 11 Baby Driver $2,550,000 -36% 1,424 -537 $1,791 $97,050,930 6 Sony / TriStar 12 Wonder Woman $2,360,000 -29% 1,307 -344 $1,806 $399,506,079 10 Warner Bros. 13 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets $2,360,000 -63% 1,795 -1758 $1,315 $36,101,883 3 EuropaCorp/STXfilms 14 The Big Sick $2,200,000 -31% 1,005 -584 $2,189 $33,964,428 7 Lionsgate

LIMITED (100 — 999) # TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST. 1 An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power $900,000 621% 180 176 $5,000 $1,052,371 2 Paramount 2 Cars 3 $605,000 -37% 477 -384 $1,268 $147,685,945 8 Disney 3 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 $445,000 61% 252 21 $1,766 $388,390,435 14 Disney 4 47 Meters Down $289,000 48% 411 171 $703 $43,109,366 8 Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures 5 Transformers: The Last Knight $270,000 -52% 322 -216 $839 $129,361,313 7 Paramount 6 Maudie $262,496 -21% 187 -41 $1,404 $5,118,396 8 Sony Pictures Classics 7 Landline $240,000 88% 141 103 $1,702 $503,128 3 Magnolia Pictures 8 Captain Underpants $195,000 -34% 229 -38 $852 $72,853,672 10 Fox / DreamWorks Animation 9 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales $177,000 -15% 167 -43 $1,060 $171,334,528 11 Disney 10 A Ghost Story $146,232 -60% 208 -121 $703 $1,317,379 5 A24 11 Mubarakan $140,000 -55% 128 0 $1,094 $631,623 2 Sony Pictures Releasing International 12 The Mummy $129,095 -32% 146 -38 $884 $79,937,595 9 Universal