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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Summer box office struggles with low memorial day earnings | History Defined

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Tom Burke, left, and Anya Taylor-Joy in a scene from "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

This summer, movie theaters are facing a challenging time as Memorial Day weekend failed to bring in the usual blockbuster numbers. Two highly anticipated films, 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' and 'The Garfield Movie,' were unable to lift the box office to its usual heights, resulting in one of the lowest-earning holiday weekends in the past two decades.

'Furiosa,' the prequel to the popular Mad Max series, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, managed to secure the top spot for the Friday-Saturday-Sunday weekend with $25.6 million in ticket sales. On the other hand, 'The Garfield Movie,' an animated family-friendly film, claimed the No. 1 spot for the four-day holiday weekend with an estimated $31.9 million in earnings through Memorial Day.

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