Last week’s top two films duked it out again this weekend with a seemingly different result. Studio estimates have Sony Pictures’ “Goat” taking the no. 1 spot this frame with another $17 million and $58.3 million to date. Globally, the Steph Curry-produced animated tale has now pulled in $102 million, but has a ton of markets still to open.
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Not far off, and still killing it overseas, was Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights.” The loose adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel took in another $14.2 million for $60 million domestic and $151 million worldwide. At a reported $80 million production cost, it should break even theatrically. A nice comeback for star and producer Margot Robbie after last September’s disaster, “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey.”
There were three new wide releases this weekend. Lionsgate released “I Can Only Imagine 2,” which pulled in $8 million from 3,105 theaters. The faith-based sequel came in under tracking projections and earned less than half of what the original took in over its opening frame in 2018. At a reported $18 million production cost, the movie’s financiers will have to hope an A+ CinemaScore wasn’t just a reflection of the diehards and indicates strong overall word of mouth moving forward.
Dropping with shockingly little hype, “How To Make A Killing” pulled in $3.5 million in just 1,625 theaters. Primarily financed by StudioCanal, the Glenn Powell and Margaret Qualley dramedy reportedly cost A24 under $5 million for U.S. rights. With little marketing spend, “Killing” will likely be a wash for the mini-major.
Arriving with a historically low 0% on Rotten Tomatoes (wait, that jumped to 4%) and a 33 grade on Metacritic, “Psycho Killer” took in just $1.6 million in 1,100 theaters. New Regency paid for the horror pic, which 20th Century Studios distributed. Both companies are likely hoping everyone forgets it even hit theaters by Monday.
NEON was able to snag 325 IMAX screens for one week for Baz Luhrmann’s “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” with spectacular results. The found-footage concert flick earned $3.25 million, with a stellar $10,000 per-screen average. The TIFF world premiere has earned rave reviews (88 on Metacritic, 95% on Rotten Tomatoes) and will open nationwide in traditional theaters on Friday.
Focus Features released “Midwinter Soltice” starring Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds with little fanfare in 808 theaters for $530,000, or a not-so-great $655 per screen.
Updated box office totals: “Send Help” hit $55.5 million domestic and $83 million overseas, “Crime 101” has taken in $24 million in the U.S. and $46 million worldwide, “Solo Mio” has earned $21 million domestic, and “Hamnet” is now at $23 million in the U.S. and $86 million worldwide.
New releases on Friday include “Scream 7,” K-Pops!” and “The Napa Boys.” Amazon MGM Studios’ “The Bluff” arrives on Wednesday, but it’s unclear if the Prime Video movie will report box office receipts.
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