By Bringing good new films to the audience will bring people back to cinemas? Not so going by the U.S. box-office this weekend.
There are five new releases, at least three of which snagged really good reviews, and no major weather events interfering with potential viewing.
Yet the overall domestic box-office for the weekend is on track to be the lowest for the year to date – potentially around $52 million across all films which is even lower than Super Bowl weekend at around $55 million.
No single feature grossed $10 million or over this weekend at the box-office, a feat not achieved since February 2024 when Matthew Vaughn’s “Argylle” was in its second weekend.
Of the five newcomers the Jack Quaid-led slapstick comedy “Novocaine” will come in on top with $8.5 million and in first place. Steven Soderbergh’s sexy spy drama “Black Bag” arrives on the lower end of expectations in third place at $7 million.
The fully animated “Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up” is headed for fifth place with $3.1 million, the New Testament faith-based “The Last Supper” is set for sixth with $2.8 million, and the John Malkovich-led “Opus” failed to make the top ten and is headed for a $1 million start.
In many ways this was the weekend for non-indie low-mid budget films to prove themselves and sadly it didn’t really work out, exhibitors now hoping next week’s big budget tentpole “Snow White” will actually draw people back to cinemas.
Of the returning titles, “Mickey 17” came in second with $7.6 million – a drop of 60% and already headed to digital streaming on March 25th. Marvel’s “Captain America: Brave New World” is in fourth with $5.2 million in its fifth weekend, “Paddington in Peru” is in seventh with $2.75 million, while “The Monkey” ($2.5M), “Dog Man” ($2.35M) and “Last Breath” ($2.15M) round out the top ten.
Source: Variety
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