A Star Is Born (Warner Bros.) Week 5 – Last weekend #2 Nobody’s Fool (Paramount) NEW – Cinemascore: A- Metacritic: 38 Est. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (20th Century Fox) NEW – Cinemascore: B+ Metacritic: 38 Est. Bohemian Rhapsody (20th Century Fox) NEW – Cinemascore: A Metacritic: 49 Est. Last week’s opener “Hunter Killer” (Lionsgate) fell 47 percent from its weak start, with an final count ahead not much above $15 million.ġ. The former will fall just shy of the adjusted totals for the original, while “Goosebumps” looks like it will fall $30 million short of the initial effort, and its franchise future looks shaky. On the other hand, moving past October 31 impacted both “Halloween” (-65 percent) and Sony’s family comedy “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween” (off 49 percent). Marvel’s “Venom” also is holding well, down only 26 percent and soon to hit $200 million domestic, with worldwide over $600 million. It could approach $90 million domestic, $250 million worldwide, with a budget lower than many top cartoon titles. “Smallfoot” held even better, with Warner Animations’ surprise success dropping only 20 percent. It could reach $200 million by Thanksgiving. However, this weekend was just 21 percent. We projected a likely $200 million gross at a weekly drop of 30-35 percent. No surprise which film led the way: “A Star Is Born” had its smallest drop yet as it hurls past $165 million. “A Star Is Born” Warner Bros.ĭespite a range of new openings, three holdovers managed to drop less than 30 percent. However, expectations were higher for the combination of Perry and Tiffany Hadish a year after “Girls Trip.” “Uncle Drew,” which had her in a supporting role, opened a bit better last June via Lionsgate, while the recent “Night School” did twice as well.

That doesn’t necessarily make it a flop: It cost $19 million, jumped 17 percent Saturday, and has an A- Cinemascore. It’s the lowest opening for any of his films since 2014, and his third lowest in his history. It doesn’t feature his name in the title, and has an R rating (some of his dramas are R rated, but comedies aren’t). “Nobody’s Fool” is Tyler Perry’s 19th film as a director, and the first not released by Lionsgate.

This will struggle to make it much beyond $50 million. But whether cast had more class than draw (Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman), or if production issues grounded it (Lasse Hallstrom is the credited director, but Joe Johnston did 32 days of reshoots), the film is no “Beauty and the Beast,” which made over half a billion domestic last year. “Nutcracker” feels like a Disney film it recreates a family classic with high-end visuals and other effects. Their first release in three months is projected to lose money, along with “Solo: A Star Wars Story” and “A Wrinkle in Time.” That’s out of only eight releases in this period their distribution primacy is preserved by partners Marvel (three smashes) and Pixar (one). “Rhapsody” cost about half of “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.” Disney no longer looks bulletproof. “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” Laurie Sparham This could be a $300 million worldwide total before it’s through, with the likelihood of a lengthy post-theater life. (Oddball fact: It had the biggest ever opening for Fox in the Netherlands.) Japan and Italy remain the two big remaining territories. opened last week, and only dropped 13 percent. So far, international is doing well at $92 million. It should hit at least $125 million domestic, with the upcoming Thanksgiving uptick possibly boosting it higher. On Saturday, it actually held better.įor Singer, it is his biggest opening outside his “X-Men” and “Superman” efforts. But this got an A Cinemascore, the same as the critically acclaimed “A Star Is Born”. Other than praise for Rami Malek’s performance, reviews have trended negative. “A Star Is Born” is fiction, but its ongoing response made the timing of this release ideal - especially on a rare post-Halloween weekend without a franchise film.

Nostalgia played a role (52 percent of the attendees were over 35), but another helpful factor could be the success of another film focusing on performance and drama in a singer’s life.

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