Box Office Game — August 27, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Thursday, August 27, 2026 (day #1638 of the game): the weekend of July 20, 2018 — a 2018 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1638
The weekend to guessJuly 20, 2018Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
The Equalizer 2
Sony PicturesNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$36,011,640Total$36,011,640
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
UniversalNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$34,952,180Total$34,952,180
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Sony PicturesLast week #1Week 2 in release-46.1% vs last week
Weekend$23,765,709Total$91,704,977
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Walt DisneyLast week #2Week 3 in release-43.3% vs last week
Weekend$16,507,156Total$165,005,448
5
Poster of the #5 movie
Incredibles 2
Walt DisneyLast week #4Week 6 in release-26.9% vs last week
Weekend$11,895,063Total$557,710,503

No spoilers — titles and posters stay blurred until you tap.

About the five films

The Equalizer 2 poster

#1 The Equalizer 2 IMDb →

“There is no equal.”

Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.

Director: Antoine Fuqua · Starring: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders · Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime · Budget: $62,000,000 · Worldwide: $190,400,157 · Domestic total: $102,084,362
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again poster

#2 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again IMDb →

“Discover how it all began.”

Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.

Director: Ol Parker · Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Lily James, Pierce Brosnan · Genre: Comedy, Romance, Musical · Budget: $75,000,000 · Worldwide: $395,607,854 · Domestic total: $120,634,935
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation poster

#3 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation IMDb →

“He's going to need a vacation after this vacation.”

Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship’s captain, Ericka, who’s secretly a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the notorious monster slayer.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky · Starring: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez · Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy · Budget: $80,000,000 · Worldwide: $528,600,000 · Domestic total: $167,510,016
Ant-Man and the Wasp poster

#4 Ant-Man and the Wasp IMDb →

“Real heroes. Not actual size.”

Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into the quantum realm and try to accomplish, against time and any chance of success, a very dangerous rescue mission.

Director: Peyton Reed · Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas · Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction · Budget: $140,000,000 · Worldwide: $622,674,139 · Domestic total: $216,648,740
Incredibles 2 poster

#5 Incredibles 2 IMDb →

“It's been too long, dahlings.”

Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three children.

Director: Brad Bird · Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell · Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Family · Budget: $200,000,000 · Worldwide: $1,243,225,667 · Domestic total: $608,581,744

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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