Box office: IF is the latest summer film to fall behind expectations

Also: The Strangers: Chapter 1 had the best opening so far in a weak year for the horror genre, the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black bombed, and a Prime Video IMAX movie cracked the Top 10.

Blue (Steve Carell), who is purple, talks to Cal (Ryan Reynolds) in IF.

No time for a big intro this week. Just a few highlights from this week’s chart before we get to the details:

• The PG-rated fantasy IF—about a girl who tries to reunite grown-ups with their former imaginary friends—is the latest film to fall behind expectations; tracking had it at $40 million or higher, and it opened to $35 million instead.

• In a weak year for horror films, The Strangers: Chapter 1 scored the genre’s biggest opening so far with a mere $12 million.

• The Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black bombed with $2.85 million.

• And the IMAX documentary The Blue Angels cracked the Top 10 despite playing in just a couple hundred theatres, mere days before it comes to Prime Video.

And now, a few more stats and facts re: this week’s top ten, title by title: