Mercy was the top of the weekend box office knocking Avatar: Fire and Ash from the position which it held since it opened. Mercy grossed $11.1 million domestically and no international returns have been reported. While first place might seem good, the film had a reported budget of $60 million. Overall, first place is good, but that amount is rough and it’ll be a tough run to be profitable. Around the same time last year Flight Risk topped the box office with $12 million, so it’s not exactly a great weekend historically.
Avatar: Fire and Ash came in second place with an estimated $7 million to bring its domestic gross to $378.5 million. Over the week, it grossed $44.9 million internationally to bring that to just above $1.000 billion. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $1.379 billion. It’s far short where the previous two films wound up and unlikely to reach the original’s $2.924 billion and sequel’s $2.334 billion. We might finally know the answer to “when does a film gross a billion dollars and be considered a failure?”
Zootopia 2 remained in third place with $5.7 million domestically which has now totaled $401.4 million. Internationally, it grossed $29.6 million over the week to bring that to $1.343 billion, guaranteeing we’ll see a third film.
The Housemaid held on to fourth place with $4.2 million to bring its domestic gross to $115.5 million. Over the week, it grossed $33.8 million internationally where it has now grossed $102.4 million. The worldwide total is $217.9 million.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple cropped to fifth place after debuting in second place last weekend. It saw a 71.2% drop grossing $3.6 million to bring that to $20.8 million. Internationally, it grossed $9.2 million over the week to bring that to $25.3 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $46.1 million.
In sort of comic related, Return to Silent Hill opened with $3.3 million domestically. If a movie isn’t promoted, does it make any money?
In other comic related movies…
All You Need Is Kill which grossed around $100,000 domestically over the week and now$652,684 total. There’s no international gross.
Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution remained at $16.6 million domestically. Internationally, it also remained at $24.9 million for a worldwide gross of just over $41.5 million.
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc remained at $43.4 million domestically. Internationally, the movie gained about $600,000 over the week and has grossed $116.5 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $159.9 million.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie – Infinity Castle has grossed $134.5 million domestically. Internationally, the movie added about $200,000 and is at $588.1 million. Its worldwide gross is $722.6 million.
Numbers have 71 movies grossing $54,792,025 from 40,521 theaters for an average of $1,352.19. That compared to last week’s 66 movies grossing $85,674,336 from 43,575 theaters for an average of $1,966.14.
