Indie slasher film Terrifier 3 A weekend at the domestic box office easily beat interest and carnage Joker: Folly a Deux It’s the worst grossing in history for a comic book movie and the biggest grossing of any film.
Cinema and Icon Events’ Terrible The trilogy topped the opening with $16 million to $17 million from 1,988 theaters.
Next close up Wild RobotIt continues to shine for DreamWorks Animation and Universal. Now in its third weekend, the family film is on track to earn another $13.9 million from 3,854 theaters.
Warner Bros.’ holding Beetlejuice Beetlejuice It’s still flexing its theatrical muscles, though it’s now available on premium VOD at home. The Tim Burton-directed sequel topped $275 million domestically in its sixth weekend, taking $7.2 million to $7.4 million from 2,408 locations in third place.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beats even Todd Phillips’ Joker The sequel is falling off a cliff in its second outing from 4,102 theaters with estimates ranging from $6.6 million to $6.8 million, an 82 percent all-time decline. Until now, The Marvels It had the worst second weekend of any comic book movie, dropping 78 percent.
when Terrifier 3 Cut and burned in its debut, other new nationwide openers — including high-profile awards contenders — have struggled to find an audience.
Briarcliff’s Donald Trump Movie Coach — which Trump tried to block from appearing in theaters — debuts in the $1.5 million range from 1,740 locations. That puts it in a close race with Holdover Do not speak evil to rank 10 (competing studios show the latter). Pre-release tracking showed the film opening in the $3 million range.
CoachIt made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and then played at the Telluride Film Festival, doing most of its business in the liberal enclaves of New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC, and Chicago. Although audiences gave it a B-Cinemascore, it received decent reviews.
Briarcliffe, which acquired the US rights to the film at the 11th hour, had only five weeks to sell CoachIt launched a Kickstarter campaign to help raise money for marketing costs. Briarcliff president Tom Ortenberg was behind the Best Picture winner Spotlightbelieves Coach Steadily growing and initial gross collection does not seal the fate of the film.
Before the pandemic, indie distributors typically opened in New York and Los Angeles to build word of mouth for their awards shows, versus launching nationwide and risking losing theaters quickly if a film didn’t bring in traffic. Platform releases are limited.
Focus Features also decided on a nationwide release for its critically acclaimed Oscars Piece by pieceAnimated bibliography about Pharrell Williams. The film, which earned a glowing A CinemaScore, opens this weekend in 1,865 theaters and is in sixth place with $3.5 million. That’s not bad for a documentary.
Piece by pieceProduced in association with LEGO, it is in close competition with another awards contender, Jason Reitman’s Narrative Feature Saturday nightA love letter to Lorne Michaels Saturday Night Live. The film also played in Telluride, considered ground zero for the start of the Oscar campaign.
From Sony, Saturday night Expanding widely after playing its first two weekends in select cities like LA and New York. The generally well-reviewed film earned an estimated $3.5 million over the weekend from 2,309 theaters after receiving a B+ CinemaScore.
Like Briarcliff, Sony believes Saturday night Find out its progress.
After five consecutive weekends of growth, this weekend’s box office revenue is down 45 percent from the same frame last year. A key factor is failure Joker: Folly a DeuxBut an overall soft market doesn’t help.
Numbers will be updated on Sunday morning.
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