There was not much chance of any new film being released Tim Burton and Michael Keaton‘s reunion for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” a run for first place. Read more about the weekend box office report.
Undoubtedly, Beetlejuice was the number one film for its second weekend with $51.6 million, down 54% from its opening weekend, bringing its North American domestic total to $188 million. Overseas, it added another $28.7 million, bringing its international total to $76.3 million and a worldwide box office of $264.3 million. We’ll definitely have to wait to see how well this fares with upcoming movies like Transformers One.
James McAvoy starred in Blumhouse’s remake of the Danish horror film Say No Evil, which Universal opened in 3,375 theaters to strong reviews and currently has an 85% on Rotten Tomatoes. Despite a strong premise, Blumhouse’s latest grossed just $1.3 million in Thursday previews and $4.9 million on Friday the 13th, including those previews. Ultimately, it finished second with an estimated $11.5 million over the weekend. It managed to get a CinemaScore of “B+”, which is pretty good compared to other recent horror films, but it has to be considered as a disappointing opening as horror seems to be on the back foot after the recent hit Neon “Longlegs” is reduced.
In Ryan Reynolds–Hugh Jackman superhero blockbuster Deadpool and Wolverine continued its eighth week in the top five, finishing third with $5.2 million, down just 26% from last weekend. It grossed $621.5 million domestically, one of only two films to cross $600 million this year, and ranked among the top 15 domestic blockbusters of all time.
Controversial ‘Am I a Racist?’, Reunites Conservative Blogger Matt Walsh with the director Justin Faulkended up better than expected, released in 1,517 theaters by Daily Wire. It earned nearly $2 million on Friday and finished fourth with nearly $4.5 million over the weekend. It also received an “A” CInemaScore, clearly finding its target audience.
In Dennis Quaid The biopic “Reagan” dropped to fifth place with less than $3 million (down 39 percent), bringing its domestic total to $23.3 million, a decent showing for new distributor Showbiz Direct.
The same cannot be said Dave BautistaLionsgate’s action-comedy “The Killer Game” opened in 2,623 theaters on Friday, but ended the weekend with an estimated $2.6 million after taking in just $300,000 in Thursday previews and $1 million on Friday. came That’s an average of less than $1,000 per theater, which is never great for a wide release with a major star. Reviews for the film were not good either, as it only scored 36% on Rotten Tomatoes, although it also received a CinemaScore of “B+”.
“Alien: Romulus” was seventh with $2.4 million, followed by “Alien: Romulus.” Blake Lively‘s “It Ends with Us” and “The Forge,” both of which earned $2 million over the weekend. Lively’s film earned $144 million domestically, compared to “The Winner,” which crossed $100 million over the weekend.
What about some of the widely reported releases for the weekend, you might ask?
The faith-based doc, God’s Not Dead: In God We Believe , just managed to break into the top 10 with $1.5 million at 1,399 theaters, averaging just over $1,000 per venue.
GKIDS anime “DAN DA DAN: First Encounter” opened in just 610 theaters, and it missed out on the top ten with just $1 million.
Similarly, Ian McKellen The period drama The Critic opened in 556 theaters, but it only took in $200,000 over the weekend.
Megan Parkcomedy “My Old Donkey”, in which he participates Stella’s desk and Aubrey Plazaonly one free platform to seven theaters received by Amazon MGM. It still brought in $171,743, which is a good start to the studio’s plan to expand it nationwide by the end of September.
UPDATE: “Usher: Reunion in Paris” opened in only 700 theaters and grossed a total of $700,000 over the weekend. Kevin SmithThe 4:30 Movie grossed $115,000 in 245 theaters, which isn’t great either. For whatever reason, this weekend seems to be packed with a lot of movies.
There are a few potential spoilers in this weekend’s box office prediction game, but the four players who played “Am I Racist?” chose Taking the fourth place may be the big winners this weekend.
Only one player got a perfect score in the game on September 6, and it was long-time board leader Mellow Drama, who is so far ahead in points this season that they can probably stop predicting and win the season.
On Friday, Paramount will release the animated “Transformers One,” so you can check back on Wednesday for a weekend preview of how it might work.
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