Independent horror film pictures terrorist 3 Easily won the weekend domestic box office over Curiosity and Carnage, which Clown: Pas de deux It’s the worst decline in comic book movie history and one of the biggest declines of any movie.
Cineverse and Icon Events’ Terrorist “Trilogy” is set to be No. 1, opening in 1,988 theaters with an opening of $16 million to $17 million.
The next closest movie is Keep wild robotDreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures continue to shine. Now in its third weekend, the family film is expected to earn an additional $13.9 million from 3,854 theaters.
Warner Bros.’ Reserve Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Although it can now be watched at home via premium video on demand, it continues to showcase its dramatic prowess. Opening in 2,408 locations, the Tim Burton-directed sequel is in third place with an estimated $7.2 million to $7.4 million, and will surpass the $275 million domestic mark in its sixth week.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Even beat Todd Phillips clown The film’s sequel fell off a cliff in its second release, grossing an estimated $6.6 million to $6.8 million from 4,102 theaters, a historic 82% drop. so far, Miracle It holds the record for the worst second-weekend box office drop for a comic book movie, with a whopping 78%.
although terrorist 3 In the midst of its premiere, many other new national openers — including high-profile awards contenders — are struggling to find audiences.
Briarcliff’s Donald Trump Movie apprentice Trump is trying to block the movie from being released in theaters, and the film is being considered for a $1.5 million opening in 1,740 theaters. This puts it in close competition with R.T. Don’t say bad words Finishing in 10th place (rival studios showed the latter having the upper hand).
apprenticeThe film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and subsequently screened at the Telluride Film Festival, where it does much of its business in the liberal enclaves of New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. It has decent reviews, although audiences gave it a B- CinemaScore.
Briarcliff acquired U.S. rights to the film at the 11th hour but had just five weeks to sell apprenticethe company launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund marketing costs. Briarcliff Chief Tom Ortenberg, Best Picture Winner spotlight,believe apprentice will grow steadily, and the opening box office does not determine the fate of the film.
Before the pandemic, independent distributors typically released their award-winning films in New York and Los Angeles to build word of mouth, rather than releasing them nationally and risking quickly losing theaters if a movie couldn’t bring in traffic. Platform launches have become less common.
Focus Features has also decided to release this critically acclaimed Oscar hopeful nationwide. little by littlean animated bibliographic doc about Pharrell Williams. The film, which scored brilliant CinemaScore results, will premiere in 1,865 theaters this weekend and is expected to rank sixth at the box office with $3.5 million. Not bad for a documentary.
little by littleProduced in partnership with LEGO, it faces stiff competition from another awards contender, Jason Reitman’s narrative feature saturday nighta love letter to Lorne Michaels saturday night live. The film is also playing in Telluride, considered ground zero for launching its Oscar campaign.
from Sony, saturday night After its first two weekends in select cities such as Los Angeles and New York, the event is expanding widely. The critically acclaimed film, which earned a B+ CinemaScore, is expected to gross $3.5 million over the weekend from 2,309 theaters.
Sony thinks it’s similar to Briarcliff saturday night will find its pace.
After five consecutive weekends of growth, box office revenue this weekend is expected to be down 45% from the same period last year. An important factor is failure Clown: Pas de deuxbut overall soft markets haven’t helped.
Figures will be updated on Sunday morning.
