Indie slasher pic The terrifying 3 Handily wins a weekend of curiosity and carnage at the domestic box office, where Joker: Folie à Deux It has the worst flop in history for a comic book movie and one of the biggest of any movie.
Cineverse and Icon events horrifying Threequel is on track to come in at No. 1 with an opening of $16 million to $17 million from 1,988 theaters.
The next closest movie is Wild robotwhich continues to shine for DreamWorks Animation and Universal. Now, in its third weekend, the family film is on track to earn another $13.9 million from 3,854 theaters.
Warner Bros. Holdover Beetlejuice Beetlejuice It also continues to flex its theatrical muscles although it is now available at home on premium VOD. The Tim Burton-directed sequel sits in third place with an estimated total of $7.2 million to $7.4 million from 2,408 locations as it crosses the $275 million mark domestically in its sixth weekend.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice He even beats Todd Phillips joker Part II falls off a cliff in its second outing with an estimated $6.6 million to $6.8 million from 4,102 theaters, a historic 82 percent drop. yet, Wonders It holds the record among comic book films for worst second-weekend drop at 78 percent.
while The terrifying 3 It cuts and burns on its debut, as a slew of other new openings nationwide – including high-profile award contenders – struggle to find an audience.
Donald Trump’s Briarcliff movie trainee — which Trump tried to block from showing in theaters — is looking to debut in the $1.5 million range from 1,740 locations. This puts it in a close race for retention Speak no evil for 10th place (competing studios show that the latter prevails). Pre-release tracking showed the opening picture in the $3 million range.
traineewhich made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and later screened at the Telluride Film Festival, does most of its work in the liberal enclaves of New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. It has good reviews, although audiences gave it a B-CinemaScore.
Briarcliff, which acquired the US rights to the film at the 11th hour, only had five weeks to sell traineewhich launched a Kickstarter campaign to help raise money to cover marketing costs. Briarcliff president Tom Ortenberg, who was behind the Best Picture winner HighlightHe believes trainee It will grow steadily and the opening gross does not determine the fate of the film.
Before the pandemic, independent distributors generally opened for their award contenders in New York and Los Angeles in order to build word of mouth, versus launching nationally and risking losing theaters quickly if a film didn’t bring in traffic. Platform versions are becoming less common.
Focus Features also decided to release it nationally for its critically acclaimed Oscar-winning film Piece by piecea moving bibliographic document about Pharrell Williams. The film, which has an A CinemaScore, debuts this weekend in 1,865 theaters and is estimated to finish in sixth place with $3.5 million. Not bad for a documentary.
Piece by pieceproduced alongside LEGO, is competing closely with another awards contender, Jason Reitman’s narrative thriller. Saturday nightA love letter to Lorne Michaels Saturday Night Live. The film was also shown in Telluride, ground zero for the Oscars campaign.
From Sony, Saturday night It is expanding widely after playing its first two weekends in select cities such as Los Angeles and New York. The generally well-reviewed film estimates a weak weekend gross of $3.5 million from 2,309 theaters after earning a B+ CinemaScore.
Similar to Briarcliff, Sony thinks Saturday night She will find her stride.
After five straight weekends of growth, this weekend’s box office receipts are on track to be down 45 percent from the same frame last year. One of the main factors is failure Joker: Folie à Deuxbut the generally soft market does not help.
The numbers will be updated on Sunday morning
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