Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga may have defeated The Garfield Movie to win the domestic weekend box office, but it also had the worst Memorial Day opening in 30 years with $32.0 million. As reported by Comscore, Furiosa also earned that $32.
0 million over the 4-day holiday weekend and only brought in $26.3 million in its first three days. As of Sunday, May 26, Furiosa had added another $33.
3 million, which makes its global total roughly $65.3 million. It still has a ways to go to recoup its $161 million production budget before marketing.
Not counting 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic began and theaters were mostly closed, we have to go all the way back to 1994 to find a film that opened to less money than Furiosa during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, and that movie would be Casper with $22.0 million. While Mad Max: Fury Road didn't open during the Memorial Day weekend in 2015, it did bring in a bit more at $45.
4 million. It ended its theatrical run with $153.6 million in North America and $379.
4 million worldwide. The box office performance of Furiosa was not due to a majority of negative reviews, however, as it is currently sitting at a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Here at IGN, we gave Furiosa a rare 10/10.
In our Furiosa review, we said, "George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga weaves a hero’s journey of epic proportions, ushering in a powerful reflection on what it means to live and love in a dying world." As a whole, the estimated 4-day Domestic box office for Memorial Day is $.
