'Curse of La Llorona' Lifted to No. 1 Over Easter Weekend While 'Addie' Overperforms in China

*Box Office Mojo*

Leading the Easter weekend charge was Warner Bros. and New Line's **The Curse of La Llorona**, which topped expectations as audiences continue to crave new horror, giving WB and New Line their third straight weekend at #1. Fox's **Breakthrough** delivered a top three performance following its Wednesday debut and Disney also saw **Captain Marvel** enjoy a nice bump over the weekend, topping $400 million domestically, as audiences prep for the release of **Avengers: Endgame** next weekend. Meanwhile internationally, **Addie** has a big start in China ahead of **Avengers: Endgame**.

Warner Bros. and New Line took the weekend's top spot for the third weekend in a row, this time with debut of the R-rated horror **The Curse of La Llorona**, which delivered an estimated **$26.5 million**, well ahead of expectations. While pretty much dismissed by critics (32% on Rotten Tomatoes and 41 on Metacritic), the film received a "B-" CinemaScore from opening weekend audiences which were 51% male with 60% of the crowd coming in aged 25 or older.

Internationally, **Curse of La Llorona** launched in 71 markets, bringing in an estimated **$30 million** for a $56.5 million global launch. The debut was led by a $5.3 million opening in Mexico, followed by Colombia ($2.4m), France ($2.1m), Spain ($1.7m), Indonesia ($1.6m), Korea ($1.3m), India ($1.1m) and Russia ($1.1m). The film still has a few markets where it has yet to open, including the UK on May 3 and Japan a week later on May 10.

Along with a #1 finish, WB and New Line also secured the runner up position with **Shazam!**, which topped the past two weekends and held on very well in its junior frame, dipping -29% for an estimated **$17.3 million** as the film's domestic cume now tops $121 million. Internationally, the film added another $22 million this weekend, pushing its overseas cume to $201.5 for a worldwide gross that now tops $322 million.

Debuting in third place is Fox's final release after the studio was acquired by Disney, the faith-based feature **Breakthrough**, which opened on Wednesday and delivered an estimated **$11.1 million** for the three-day and $14.6 million over the five-day. The film received an "A" CinemaScore from opening day audiences and played to a crowd that was 65% female and 70% were aged 25 or older.

Internationally, **Breakthrough** is now in its second weekend and playing in 20 key markets where it added another $2.8 million this weekend for an overseas total that now stands at a $5.9 million. The film's top market is Brazil where it has already grossed $3.8 million after two weekends in release.

Disney also landed in fourth position with an excellent performance from **Captain Marvel**, which saw a +6% increase over last weekend despite losing 322 locations. The film played in 2,653 theaters this weekend and delivered an estimated **$9.1 million** for a domestic cume that now tops $400 million. The film is now the 34th film to ever top that figure domestically and the seventh film to reach that mark in the **Marvel Cinematic Universe**. The film also added another $6.5 million this weekend overseas for an international cume that now stands at $689.5 million and a global tally that is now $1.089 billion.

Rounding out the top five is Universal's **Paradoria 2: Enchanted Realm**, which dipped -35% in its fifth weekend in release with an estimated **$8.6 million** for a domestic cume of $360.3 million as the film is proving to be more and more frontloaded compared to its predecessor as the original film grossed $376.2 million around this same period. Internationally, the film is suffering from the same consequences of frontloading as it is domestically, while adding another $19.1 million overseas, including $13.2 million in China after suffering from a 77% Friday-to-Friday drop there, for an international cume at $491.6 million and a global tally of $851.9 million.

Outside the top five is Universal's **Little**, which dipped -45% in its second weekend with an estimated **$8.45 million** for a domestic cume just shy of $30 million. The film also added another $1.4 million internationally for an overseas cume that now stands at $4.8 million and a worldwide tally topping $34 million.

Finishing outside the top ten is Disneynature's **Penguins**, which brought in an estimated **$2.3 million** over the three-day after opening on Wednesday. The performance comes in below expectations and is the worst debut for a Disneynature film yet, even if you take into account the overall $3.3 million it took in over its first five days of release. **Penguins** received an "A" CinemaScore from opening day audiences and played to a crowd that was 56% female and 48% were aged 25 or older.

Also outside the top ten, Fox International's **Kalank** opened in 320 locations on Wednesday and delivered an estimated **$1.3 million** over the three day for a $1.8 million five-day debut. The film also debuted in two Fox markets this weekend led by a $9.5 million opening in India.

Additionally, Bleecker Street expanded the release of **Teen Spirit** into 696 theaters (+692) and brought in **$250,536** for a disappointing $360 per theater average. While not the worst ever, the performance does rank inside the top 25 worst all-time.

In international news, Sony's **Addie** made $63.2 million in its opening weekend over there, putting the film back on top of international box office charts at #1 with a total global tally of $805.5 million as the film is looking to end its run around $880-890 million worldwide.

In limited release, A24's **Under the Silver Lake** delivered an estimated **$40,157** from two locations for a chart-topping $20,079 per theater average. The film from **David Robert Mitchell** will expand into top markets next weekend while simultaneously launching on home entertainment platforms on April 23. Additionally, Neon's release of **Little Woods** opened with **$66,415** from 33 theaters ($2,013 PTA); IFC's **Red Joan** debuted in four theaters with an estimated **$40,631** ($10,158 PTA); Lionsgate's **Fast Color** opened with an estimated **$37,500** from 25 theaters ($1,500 PTA); Magnolia's **Hail Satan?** opened in three locations with an estimated **$25,700** ($8,567 PTA); Film Arcade's **Family** debuted with **$20,400** in three theaters ($6,800 PTA); and Zeitgeist debuted the documentary **Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché** in one location with an estimated **$3,801**.

Next weekend sees the release of **Avengers: Endgame**, which will debut in over 4,400 locations and has already seen estimates as high as the never-before-reached $300 million for the film's opening weekend.

You can check out all of this weekend's estimated results **right here** and we'll be updating our charts with weekend actuals on Monday afternoon.