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The B次元官网网址淏ullet TrainB次元官网网址� debut for Sony Pictures was solid but unspectacular for a movie that cost $90 million to make and was propelled by PittB次元官网网址檚 substantial star power. Even if it holds well in coming weeks, movie theaters have no major studio releases on the horizon for the rest of August, and few sure things to look forward to in early fall.
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As one of the few original would-be summer blockbusters without big-name intellectual property behind it, the R-rated B次元官网网址淏ullet TrainB次元官网网址� might have come into the weekend with more momentum . With a low 54% fresh rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, B次元官网网址淏ullet TrainB次元官网网址� was only slightly better received by audiences, who gave the film a B+ CinemaScore. The film added $32.4 million in overseas box office.
The weekendB次元官网网址檚 other new wide release, B次元官网网址淓aster Sunday,B次元官网网址� struggled to catch on. The Universal Pictures comedy, starring comic Jo Koy as an actor attending his familyB次元官网网址檚 Easter Sunday celebration, won praise for but drew even worse reviews than B次元官网网址淏ullet Train.B次元官网网址� It opened with $5.3 million in ticket sales.
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Jordan PeeleB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淣ope,B次元官网网址� the Universal sci-fi horror release, continued to perform well, earning $8.5 million in its third weekend. With $98 million in tickets sold, B次元官网网址淣opeB次元官网网址� will soon surpass $100 million at the domestic box office.
Taika WaititiB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭hor: Love and Thunder,B次元官网网址� for the Walt Disney Co., came in fourth with $7.6 million in its fifth weekend. ItB次元官网网址檚 now up to $316.1 million, making it the highest grossing Thor movie domestically. With $699 million globally, B次元官网网址淟ove and ThunderB次元官网网址� is less likely to catch the $854 million worldwide haul of 2017B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭hor: Ragnarok.B次元官网网址�
In limited release, A24B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淏odies Bodies BodiesB次元官网网址� launched on six screens in New York and Los Angeles with $226,525 in ticket sales, good for a per-screen average of $37,754. The horror comedy about rich 20-somethings at a remote house party, with a cast including Amandla Sternberg, Maria Bakalova and Pete Davidson, expands nationwide on Friday.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Tuesday.
1. B次元官网网址淏ullet Train,B次元官网网址� $30.1 million.
2. B次元官网网址淒C League of Super Pets,B次元官网网址� $11.2 million.
3. B次元官网网址淣ope,B次元官网网址� $8.5 million.
4. B次元官网网址淭hor: Love and Thunder,B次元官网网址� $7.6 million.
5. B次元官网网址淢inions: The Rise of Gru,B次元官网网址� $7.1 million.
6. B次元官网网址淭op Gun: Maverick,B次元官网网址� $7 million.
7. B次元官网网址淲here the Crawdads Sing,B次元官网网址� $5.7 million.
8. B次元官网网址淓aster Sunday,B次元官网网址� $5.3 million.
9. B次元官网网址淓lvis,B次元官网网址� $4 million.
10. B次元官网网址淭he Black Phone,B次元官网网址� $1.5 million.
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