OPENINGS: Pedro Almodovar’s PARALLEL MOTHERS (Sony Classics) expanded to wide release at 684 theaters in anticipation of the Oscar nominations that are little more than a week away, but its $300K weekend translated into a per-theater average under $500.
HOLDOVERS: The lack of any new Hollywood competition was as usual good for the films already in the market. That meant a mere 22% Weekend 7 drop to $11M for SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (Marvel/Columbia/Sony), pushing it to within $25M of Avatar‘s position (at $760.5M) as #3 in the all-time US box office. Overseas, it’s reached $1B after a $21.1M weekend in 63 territories, still not including China. However, No Way Home won’t get anywhere close to Avatar‘s $2.1B overseas total and thus its worldwide number.
SCREAM (Paramount) dropped 40% to $7.4M in its 3rd weekend, a good hold for the horror genre, and might hit $85M in the US. It also has $44.1M overseas after a $6.5M weekend in 55 markets.
VOD availability doesn’t seem to be hurting SING 2 (Illumination/Universal), down 17% to $4.8M in its 6th weekend, and on its way to $150M in the US, with no major family product on the calendar until Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in April. Sing 2 has $133.4M overseas after a $17.4M weekend (most of that from its UK opening) in 62 markets.
REDEEMING LOVE (Universal) fell 48% from last week’s premiere to $1.9M, unlikely to get much past $10M in the US, and with negligible international release to date.
THE KING’S MAN (20th/Disney) continued to hold remarkably well, down 2% to $1.8M in Weekend 6. However, it will still have to stretch to see $40M in the US. The overseas total is $80.4M.
THE 355 (Universal, also on VOD) dipped 13% to $1.4M in its 4th weekend and will seek to reach $20M in the US. It has $8.2M overseas.
AMERICAN UNDERDOG (Lionsgate) actually increased 4% to $1.2M in its 6th weekend, but still may not hit $30M in the US. It hasn’t yet been released overseas.
LIMITED RELEASE: CLEAN (IFC, also on VOD) opened at 258 theaters with a $600 per-theater weekend average. GAMESTOP: RISE OF THE PLAYERS (Super LTD) averaged $300 at 267. Woody Allen’s RIFKIN’S FESTIVAL (MPI, also on VOD) opened at 26 with a $700 average SUNDOWN (Bleecker Street) opened at 6 arthouses and averaged a low $4K. COMPARTMENT NUMBER 6 (Sony Classics) launched at 3 with a $3K average. FLEE (Neon) widened to 220 with a $300 average. JOCKEY (Sony Classics) expanded to 21 and averaged $600.
NEXT WEEKEND: The box office should rise a bit from its doldrums with the arrivals of JACKASS FOREVER (Paramount) and MOONFALL (Lionsgate).
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