A week later, the boom has not abated.
Seven days after Greta GerwigB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址� and Christopher NolanB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淥ppenheimerB次元官网网址� , the two films held unusually strongly in theaters. B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址� took in a massive $93 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. B次元官网网址淥ppenheimerB次元官网网址� stayed in second with a robust $46.2 million. Sales for the two movies dipped 43% and 44%, respectably B次元官网网址� well shy of the usual week-two drops.
B次元官网网址淏补谤产别苍丑别颈尘别谤B次元官网网址� has proven to be not a one-weekend phenomenon but an ongoing box-office bonanza. The two movies combined have already surpassed $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales. Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for data firm Comscore, call it B次元官网网址渁 touchstone moment for movies, moviegoers and movie theaters.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淗aving two movies from rival studios linked in this way and both boosting each otherB次元官网网址檚 fortunes B次元官网网址� both box-office wise and it terms of their profile B次元官网网址� I donB次元官网网址檛 know if thereB次元官网网址檚 a comp for this in the annals of box-office history,B次元官网网址� said Dergarabedian. B次元官网网址淭hereB次元官网网址檚 really no comparison for this.B次元官网网址�
Following its year-best $162 million opening, the pink-infused pop sensation of B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址� saw remarkably sustained business through the week and into the weekend. The film outpaced NolanB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭he Dark KnightB次元官网网址� to have the best first 11 days in theaters of any Warner Bros. release ever.
B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址� has rapidly accumulated $351.4 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, a rate that will soon make it the biggest box-office hit of the summer. Every day itB次元官网网址檚 played, B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址� has made at least $20 million.
And the B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址� effect isnB次元官网网址檛 just in North America. The film made $122.2 million internationally over the weekend. Its global tally has reached $775 million. ItB次元官网网址檚 the kind of business that astounds even veteran studio executives.
B次元官网网址淭hatB次元官网网址檚 a crazy number,B次元官网网址� said Jeff Goldstein, distribution chief for Warner Bros. B次元官网网址淭hereB次元官网网址檚 just a built-in audience that wants to be part of the zeitgeist of the moment. Wherever you go, people are wearing pink. Pink is taking over the world.B次元官网网址�
Amid the frenzy, B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址� is already attracting a lot of repeat moviegoers. Goldstein estimates that 12% of sales are people going back with friends or family to see it again.
For a movie industry that has been trying to regain its pre-pandemic footing B次元官网网址� and that now finds itself largely shuttered due to actors and screenwriters strikes B次元官网网址� the sensations of B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淥ppenheimerB次元官网网址� when everything lines up just right.
B次元官网网址淧ost-pandemic, thereB次元官网网址檚 no ceiling and thereB次元官网网址檚 no floor,B次元官网网址� Goldstein said. B次元官网网址淭he movies that miss really miss big time, and the movies that work really work big time.B次元官网网址�
Universal PicturesB次元官网网址� meanwhile, is performing more like a superhero movie than a three-hour film about scientists talking.
NolanB次元官网网址檚 drama starring Cillian Murphy as atomic bomb physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer has accrued $174.1 million domestically thus far. With an additional $72.4 million in international cinemas, B次元官网网址淥ppenheimerB次元官网网址� has already surpassed $400 million globally.
Showings in IMAX have typically been sold out. B次元官网网址淥ppenheimerB次元官网网址� has made $80 million worldwide on IMAX. The large-format exhibitor said Sunday that it will extend the filmB次元官网网址檚 run through Aug. 13.
The weekB次元官网网址檚 top new release, Walt Disney Co.B次元官网网址檚 an adaptation of the Disney theme park attraction, was easily overshadowed by the B次元官网网址淏补谤产别苍丑别颈尘别谤B次元官网网址� blitz. The film, which cost about $150 million, debuted with $24 million domestically and $9 million in overseas sales. B次元官网网址淗aunted Mansion,B次元官网网址� directed by Justin Simien (B次元官网网址淒ear White People,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淏ad HairB次元官网网址�) and starring an ensemble of LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito and Rosario Dawson, struggled to overcome mediocre reviews.
B次元官网网址淭alk to Me,B次元官网网址� the A24 supernatural horror film, fared better. It debuted with $10 million. The film, directed by Australian filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou and starring Sophie Wilde, was a midnight premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January and received (95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes). It was made for a modest $4.5 million.
While theaters being flush with moviegoers has been a huge boon to the film industry, itB次元官网网址檚 been tougher sledding for Tom Cruise, the so-called savior of the movies last summer with B次元官网网址淭op Gun: Maverick.B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淢ission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part I,B次元官网网址� which debuted the week before the arrival of B次元官网网址淏arbenheimer,B次元官网网址� grossed $10.7 million in its third weekend. The film , has grossed $139.2 million domestically and $309.3 million oveseas.
Instead, the sleeper hit B次元官网网址淪ound of FreedomB次元官网网址� has been the best performing non-B次元官网网址淏补谤产别苍丑别颈尘别谤B次元官网网址� release in theaters. The Angel StudiosB次元官网网址� release, which is counting crowdfunding pay-it-forward sales in its box office totals, made $12.4 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its haul thus far to nearly $150 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. B次元官网网址淏arbie,B次元官网网址� $93 million.
2. B次元官网网址淥pppenheimer,B次元官网网址� $46.2 million.
3. B次元官网网址淗aunted Mansion,B次元官网网址� $24.2 million.
4. B次元官网网址淪ound of Freedom,B次元官网网址� $12.4 million.
5. B次元官网网址淢ission: Impossible B次元官网网址� Dead Reckoning Part One,B次元官网网址� $10.7 million.
6. B次元官网网址淭alk to Me,B次元官网网址� $10 million.
7. B次元官网网址淚ndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,B次元官网网址� $4 million.
8. B次元官网网址淓lemental,B次元官网网址� $3.4 million.
9. B次元官网网址淚nsidious: The Red Door,B次元官网网址� $3.2 million.
10. B次元官网网址淩ocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani,B次元官网网址� $1.6 million.
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