New York- “Captain America: Brave New World” shot the opening weekend, but landed in its second place with the public.
“Brave New World”, the last sign that the Marvel machine is not exactly what it used to be, number 1 remained at the box office in its second box with $ 28.2 million for ticket sale, according to Studio Estimates Sunday. But after a debut of $ 100 million for four days and $ 88 million for three days, that meant a strong 68%drop.
While box office successes often see significant slides in their second weekends, only two previous MCU titles have fallen so fast: “The Marvels” of 2023, which fell 78%and “Ant-Man and the Wasp : Quantumania “of 2023, which fell 70%.
The delivery of “Captain America”, led by Anthony Mackie, has been criticized by critics, and the public has also described it badly, with a “B” cinemacore. The “Brave New World”, which fans expected them to be well on the Marvel ship, has been known to a large extent as another example of a brand that was once impenetrable that struggles to recover their anura of invincibility pre-“Avengers: Endgame “
Even so, “Brave New World” has quickly raised $ 289.4 million worldwide, and international sales almost reach $ 150 million. And with few large -budget offerings reaching cinemas in the coming weeks, it will have little competition for much of March.
The biggest launch of the weekend was “The Monkey” by Oz Perkins, the monitoring of the director of his terror 2024, “Longlegs”. Adapted from a short story by Stephen King, “The Monkey” opened with $ 14.2 million for Neon, the second best debut for the independent distributor. The best? “Longlegs”, which was launched with $ 22.4 million.
Neon had a lot to celebrate during the weekend. Its main awards contender, “Anora”, by Sean Baker, continues to charge impulse to the Academy Awards next Sunday. The favorite of the best image added victories in the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday.
Perkins, Neon and Blumhouse, who associated in the launch of “The Monkey”, have found a low -budget productive collaboration, with more on the way. Even if “the monkey” does not reach the heights of “Longlegs” ($ 126.9 million worldwide), Perkins and Neon return with “Keeper” this October.
“The Monkey,” starring Tatiana Maslany and Theo James, revolves around an old monkey toy that is in an attic. The reviews have been good (77% fresh in Rotten Tomatoes), although the public was less impressed, which gave it a C+ Cinemascore. However, horror movies, usually low grade.
As he did with “Longlegs”, Neon leaned towards the cryptic promotion for “The Monkey”, along with a macabre marketing. A funeral premiere was held in the Immanuel de Los Angeles Presbyterian Church, and fans took place in the Hollywood cemetery. The film, produced by James Wan, cost $ 10 million.
The “The Unbreakable boy” of Lionsgate opened with the miserable $ 2.5 million in 1,687 theaters. The film directed by Jon Gunn with Christian theme, starring Zachary Levi and Meghann Fahy, these are parents who learn that their son is autistic and has a brittle bone disease.
“Paddington in Peru”, the third installment of Marmalade’s bear, fell to third place in his second weekend. He raised $ 6.5 million in 3,890 locations, which raised its total of two weeks to $ 25.2 million. “Paddington in Peru” has been the most popular abroad, where he has raised $ 125 million so far.
“NE ZHA 2”, the animated Chinese juggernaut, received $ 3.1 million of 800 theaters in its second weekend. In China, the sequel has raised $ 1.7 billion this month, establishing numerous box office records. Those totals put “ne zha 2” beyond “Inside out 2” ($ 1.66 billion) as the highest grossing animated film in history.
Top 10 domestic box office films
With the final national figures that were published on Monday, this Factor list in the sale of estimated tickets from Friday to Sunday in the US theaters. And Canada, according to Comscore.
1. “Captain America: Brave New World”, $ 28.2 million.
2. “The Monkey”, $ 14.2 million.
3. “Paddington in Peru”, $ 6.5 million.
4. “Dog Man”, $ 5.9 million.
5. “NE ZHA 2”, $ 3.1 million.
6. “Heart Eyes”, $ 2.9 million.
7. “MUFASA: The Lion King”, $ 2.5 million.
8. “The unbreakable boy”, $ 2.5 million.
9. “Chhaava”, $ 1.5 million.
10. “One of them days”, $ 1.4 million.
