Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has been dethroned from the number one spot at the box office by Fox’s Alien: Covenant.
Mixed reviews aside, Alien: Covenant is estimated to earn $40 million by the end of the weekend, which would make it the 2nd best debut for the series behind Prometheus.
The latest in the sci-fi series took in $15.5 million on Friday, nearly doubling and beating out the Guardians $8.8 million.
There’s another reason besides the mixed reviews why Alien Covenant is not doing as well as Prometheus and that’s because the latter was seen as quite the disappointment for long time fans of the Alien Franchise.