US Box Office has its worst Memorial Day weekend since 1999

The U.S. box office had its worst Memorial Day weekend in nearly 20 years. According to Variety, the long holiday weekend only brought in a total of $172.3 million. The worst weekend is considered to be Memorial Day weekend 1999, which only stacked up $142.5 million and couldn’t be saved by the anticipated opening of ‘Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.’ The biggest film at the box office this weekend was ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,’ which earned $62.2 million at the box office.