OPENINGS: While DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES (eOne/Paramount) launched at the upper end of expectations, $38.5M (which included an unusually intense program of preview screenings) was a shaky start for a project with $250M in production/marketing costs and the hope to become a franchise. It will need to hold up extremely well over the next several weeks to get out of red ink. The overseas result was similar with $33M from 58 markets.
Arriving in time for the Easter season, the religious-aimed HIS ONLY SON (Angel) earned $5.3M. That’s considerably lower than the $15.9M opening for the recent Jesus Revolution, but His Only Son had negligible costs by Hollywood standards.
Sundance prize winner A THOUSAND AND ONE (Focus/Universal) started in the lower tier of wide release with 926 theaters and took in an OK $1.8M.
HOLDOVERS: JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 (Lionsgate) dropped 62% to $28.2M from last week’s opening, within the norms for its genre, and could still become the first in the franchise to crack $200M in the US. Overseas, it has $122M to date after a $35M weekend in 75 territories.
SCREAM VI (Paramount) dipped 36% to $5.3M in its 4th weekend, and is on track to become the highest-grossing installment in the series. International remained subdued with $49.4M.
CREED III (MGM/Amazon) lost 39% to $5M in its 5th weekend, and may hit $165M in the US. The overseas total is $110M.
SHAZAM: FURY OF THE GODS (DC/Warners) continued to fare badly, down 49% to $4.7M in its 3rd weekend and possibly not even reaching $70M in the US. Overseas wasn’t much better with $66M to date.
65 (Columbia/Sony) fell 51% to $1.6M in its 4th weekend, unlikely to get much past $35M in the US. The overseas total is $24.2M.
ANT-MAN & THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA (Marvel/Disney) neared the end of its disappointing (for the MCU) run, down 49% to $1.2M in its 7th weekend, and fated to be neck-and-neck with Ant-Man & the Wasp‘s $216.6M US total despite an opening that was $30.3M higher. Overseas, Quantumania has $259.8M, far below its predecessor’s $406M.
LIMITED RELEASE: MALUM (Welcome Villain) opened at 249 with a $900 weekend per-theater average. ENYS MEN (Neon) averaged $1100 at 62. TORI & LOKITA (Janus) expanded to 8 with a $1200 average.
NEXT WEEKEND: Tracking suggests a huge start for THE SUPER MARIO BROS MOVIE (Illumination/Universal). Indie counterprogramming will include SHOWING UP (A24), PAINT (IFC) and HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE (Neon).
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