Animation continues to be the hero of the summer office, thanks to despicable me 4 and Brain Teasers 2but others should bow as well.
From Illumination and Globe, DM4 The film is expected to top the domestic charts in its second weekend with $44 million, and has grossed $441 million globally as of Sunday. The “Despicable Me”/”Minions” franchise topped $5 billion at the global box office on Friday, a feat that has never been achieved by any animated franchise before. (Earlier this week, the lighting company announced Minions 3 in the process of making.
The biggest surprise of the weekend was writer-director Osgood Perkins’ better-than-expected performance long legs, a chilling serial killer drama starring Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe. The tense FBI procedural is on track to finish in second place with a massive debut of $20 million to $23 million, a record opening for Tom Quinn’s Oscar-winning specialty production and distribution company Neon. The critically acclaimed film took in $10 million on Friday alone, including previews.
Holding third place for the fifth weekend is record-breaking Inverted 2, is now on track to become the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Before adjusting for inflation, it has become Pixar’s highest-grossing release of all time.
Paramount’s Retention A Quiet Place: Day One It continues to attract movie fans and ranks firmly in fourth place.
Apple Original Films continues its theatrical ambitions with director Greg Berlanti’s film take me to the moonis a romantic comedy starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum. The period space-age film, distributed by Sony on behalf of Apple, has struggled in its release, with an expected opening of around $10 million (which could happen if attendance on Saturday and Sunday turns out to be higher than expected) Change). The film received lackluster reviews, but audiences were kinder and gave the older film an A-CinemaScore. Reviews are more important to older moviegoers, on whom Berlanti’s films depend (in cinema, “older” means people over 35).
At the specialty box office, new releases include A24 SingAverage per-theater box office from four theaters in Los Angeles and New York is expected to be about $37,000. The film documents an art project at the notorious Sing Sing Prison.
Figures will be updated on Sunday.
