Tim Burton and Warner Bros. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice “The Last Day” lost none of its magic in its second weekend, and will easily remain atop the box office chart with $52 million or more as it approaches the $200 million mark domestically.
The film, which is showing in 4,575 local theaters, is expected to see its box office revenue decline by about 51 percent.
New horror thriller from Blumhouse and Universal don’t speak evil It’s also good news for the box office. The second-place film is on track to earn a better-than-expected $12.3 million from 3,375 locations against a pre-market budget of just $15 million. The film follows an American family who spends a weekend at a luxury British estate only to discover that their host, played by James McAvoy, has a somewhat sinister side. McAvoy is getting high marks for his performance.
don’t speak evil The film has an 85 percent rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and a B+ CinemaScore from audiences.
Deadpool and Wolverine The film holds third place in its eighth weekend with an estimated $5.4 million, followed by the new documentary Am I racist?
Conservative agitator Matt Walsh, Am I racist? The film is set to open to between $4.5 million and $5 million from 1,517 locations, the biggest 2024 debut so far for a documentary — and one of the best nationwide launches of the past decade.
Directed by Justin Focke and billed as a “social experiment,” the film is being released by Daily Wire and Digital Astronaut and marks the company’s first theatrical release as an in-house production with distribution by SDG Releasing. In the film, Walsh plays a DEI intern who attends anti-racism workshops, crashes private intellectual dinner parties and interviews experts and everyday Americans alike on the subject of racism. (One of those experts is author Robin DiAngelo, who wrote White Fragility: Why Is It So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism?)
Am I racist? It does significant business in conservative markets in the South, Midwest and Mountain states.
Biography of Ronald Reagan ReaganDennis Quaid’s “The Last Day” is expected to finish fifth in its third weekend, with an estimated $3 million or more from 2,450 theaters, for a projected domestic total of $23 million through Sunday.
The weekend’s biggest casualty is Lionsgate’s new action film. Killer gameStarring Dave Bautista as a hitman who takes a contract to kill himself after being mistakenly diagnosed with a fatal disease, the R-rated film could open in the $2.6 million to $3 million range after receiving poor reviews and a B+ CinemaScore from audiences.
At the specialty box office, the critically acclaimed Sundance Film Festival favorite my old ass The film is set to open in seven theaters in New York, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas. The Amazon and MGM production follows an 18-year-old girl who meets her older self. Aubrey Plaza and newcomer Missy Stella star in the second film from writer-director Megan Park.
Weekend figures will be updated on Sunday.
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