If you like birds (and to a lesser extent, reptiles), this was your freakin’ weekend at the movies. The Boy and the Heron debuted at $10 million domestically, supported by children and anime adults alike. At No. 2 was The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in its fourth week at the box office at $9.4 million. And under that? The mighty Godzilla! Godzilla Minus One actually didn’t move plus or minus any direction at the box office, staying at No. 3 at $8.3 mil. Trolls Band Together and Wish rounded out the top five. So to recap: Japanese bird, postapocalyptic Appalachian birds and snakes, potentially apocalyptic Japanese lizard monster, weird little guys boy band, then a movie about a human. If Wish counts.
Just missing the top five was Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé with $5 million and Napoleon with $4.2 million. Waitress: The Musical debuted at No. 8 with $2.5 million during its limited engagement in theaters.