Lots of good news from the US box office this weekend, starting with the stellar score for Creed III, which took in 22 million on Friday and will close the weekend with around 51 million. And I was definitely wrong to worry about Stallone’s absence from this movie, it certainly didn’t cause any problems. It is useful to remember that the previous two quarters opened with notable but lower numbers, i.e. 29.6 million and 35.5 million. The film is supposed to take in more than $35 million in other countries of the world in which it was released, and Italy in this sense represents the fourth best result after the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
A separate note should be devoted to the discussion that this great cinematic success is a product Amazon, given the acquisition of MGM (which closed in 2022). On the one hand, it’s good news for theaters that the new economy is behind a movie that’s doing great in theaters; On the other hand, the news is less “news” than it sounds, since it’s clear that a historical reality like MGM continues to focus on theatrical exploitation, even with a new owner like Amazon. More interesting, in this sense, than a movie like airDirected by Ben Affleck and starring Matt Damon, it will hit theaters after it was originally supposed to be a video exclusive. Anyway, a fact that we hope will convince Amazon of the quality of the traditional multi-window exploit that stems from the theatrical launch.
important debut, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To Swordsmith Village, instead finishing in fourth place with an estimate of 10 million over the weekend, opened by 4.1 million viewers on Friday. It should be remembered that the previous movie in this saga, Demon Slayer – The Mugen, debuted with 21.2 million in the US.
Rather modest debut for a Guy Ritchie film Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, which opened with 1 million on Friday and is supposed to close the weekend with numbers around 2.9-3 million. But it must be said that the film was hastily released in America (and therefore practically without promotion), due to a complicated rights issue with the production company STX.
And let’s move on to movies on the presidency. After the record (negative) decline, the sharp decline of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantamania, which this weekend will be down 62% and take in another 12m, for a total of 186.3m so far. At this point, it seems far from certain that the film will match its predecessor’s track record, Ant-Man and the Waspwhich closed its run in North America with 216 million.
On the other hand, the surprises of the past week held up (relatively) well, losing just over 50%, which is a more than satisfactory figure, considering that it would have been logical to expect a larger drop, given the type of products. cockinbear In fact it is in third place with 10.6 million (-54%) with a total of 40.8 million so far Jesus revolution It ranks fifth with another 7.65 million (-52%), for a total total of 29.4 million.
He who loses little is always Avatar: Waterwaywhich takes another 3.3 million (-31%) and brings it to 670.3 million, while Puss in Boots 2 – Last Wish Significantly decreased (-43%), but after nearly three months of exploitation it remains an impressive run, and leads to another 2.35m, for a total of 176.7m.
They closed out the top ten Magic Mike’s Last Dance (1.17 million, -59%, totaling 25.2 million) e 80 for Bradywhich raises another $850,000 (-55%) and brings it to $38.3 million.
Finally, the overall result for the weekend is 108.4 million, so -35% compared to the same period last year, which nevertheless saw an Batman. At present, the box office from January 1 to March 5, 2023 brought in $1.33 billion, an increase of 29% compared to 2022.
source: The deadlines
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