OPENINGS: There were no new wide openings this weekend, and with the postponement of No Time To Die until 2021, and the announcement that Regal Theaters may be re-closing some or all of its houses, it’s not clear when the major studios will be returning. (Currently Pixar/Disney’s Soul and Universal’s The Croods 2 are scheduled for Thanksgiving, and those may happen largely because a theatrical opening in November will allow them to be released at home for the holidays in December.) There were a few limited releases. POSSESSOR (Neon) brought in $228K in 320 theatres for a $710 per-theatre weekend average. SAVE YOURSELVES (Bleecker Street) earned $142K at 388, a $320 average. THE CALL (Atlas) grossed $141K at 195, averaging $720.
HOLDOVERS: With no new product available, the remaining titles continued to slowly shrink. TENET (Warners) dropped 21% to $2.7M in its 5th weekend, and may stagger to $55M in the US, a number that could eventually increase depending on when NY/LA reopen for business. The film has $262M overseas after an $11.5M weekend in 57 markets.
A re-release of 1993’s HOCUS POCUS (Disney) earned $1.9M, despite having just aired on TV.
THE NEW MUTANTS (20th/TSG/Disney) slid 15% to $1M in its 6th weekend, and could crawl to $25M in the US. It’s taken in $21M overseas.
UNHINGED (Solstice) dipped 10% to $900K and could reach $23M or so in the US, as its scheduled homevideo debut seems to have been postponed. It has $14.6M overseas.
Even with little competition, INFIDEL (Cloudburst) fell 40% to $450K in its 2nd weekend, on its way to perhaps $5M in the US.
SHORTCUT (Gravitas) lost 25% to $210K in its 2nd weekend and may not see $2M in the US.
KAJILLIONAIRE (Focus/Universal) fell 53% to $100K in its 2nd weekend.
NEXT WEEKEND: Currently, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA (101) is scheduled to have a wide opening.
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