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Let Him Go Tops the Weekend Box Office

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Let Him Go took the top of the weekend box office earning an estimated $4 million in its first weekend. The Focus Features film earned an average $1,630 per theater, almost double the second-place film.

Come Play dropped from first to second adding $1.8 million to its total and bringing that to $5.7 million.

The War with Grandpa held steady in third place. The film earned an estimated $1.5 million, up 19% from the previous weekend. The film has now earned $13.4 million domestically. Internationally, the film has earned a little under $7 million for a worldwide total of $20.4 million after 30 days.

In fourth place was Honest Thief which was a drop from the last weekend’s second place finish. The film added $1.1 million to bring its domestic total to $11.2 million. Internationally, the film has earned $9.8 million for a worldwide total just shy of $21 million after 30 days.

Tenet rounded out the top five earning $905,000 domestically that’s an improvement on last week’s fourth place and $885,000. It now stands at $55.1 million. Internationally, the film added $2.3 million over the week to bring that total to $295.6 million at the foreign box office. Worldwide, the film has earned $350.7 million after 66 days.

In other comic film news…

The Empty Man dropped to #7 from last weekend’s #5. The film earned $277,000 to bring its domestic total to $2.7 million. Internationally, the film earned about $200,000 over the week to bring that total to $319,909. Worldwide, the film has earned $3,044,386 after 16 days.

The New Mutants improved in its spot though not in its earnings. The film came in at #10, improved from last week’s #11. The film earned an estimated $127,720 to bring its domestic total to $23.6 million. It looks like the film is again earning money at the international box office. Over the week that increased by about $435,000 to bring that total to $21.7 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $45.2 million after 72 days.

Over the weekend, 39 films earned a total of $11.1 million from 17,160 theaters. That’s an improvement from the previous weekend’s 46 films, $9.7 million, and 18,952 theaters. Each theater earned about $644.77 on average over this past weekend compared to the previous weekend’s $511.35.

Come Play takes the Top of the Weekend Box Office. The Empty Man Drops to #5

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It’s a new film at the top of the weekend box office as Come Play debuted in first. The film earned an estimated $3.2 million. The film opened in 2,183 theaters with an average of $1,442.

That new first-place film dropped last weekend’s top film to second. Honest Thief came in second with an estimated $1.4 million bringing the domestic total to $9.5 million. The film has also earned $7.6 million internationally for a worldwide total of $17.1 million.

The War with Grandpa dropped to third from last weekend’s second place. The film earned $1.1 million to bring its domestic total to $11.3 million after four weeks. The film has also earned $5.6 million from international theaters to bring its worldwide total to $16.9 million.

Tenet came in fourth place holding that spot with an estimated $885,000. That brings its domestic total to $53.8 million. At the international box office, the film has earned $293.3 million an increase of $4.3 million over the week. That brings its worldwide total to $347.1 million.

In its second weekend, The Empty Man dropped to #5 from last week’s #3. The film earned an estimated $561,000, a drop of 57.2%. That brings the film’s total domestic gross to $2.3 million. Internationally, the film has earned $119,265. That brings the film’s worldwide total to $2.4 million.

In other comic films…

The New Mutants improved one spot from the previous week coming in at #10. The film earned an estimated $145,000 to bring its domestic total to $23.4 million. Its international total also increased by $250,000 from the previous week’s number. It now stands at $21.25 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $44.6 million worldwide.

Alita: Battle Angel also received a re-release coming in at #11 and earning $128,000 from 1,060 theaters. That has brought the domestic earning of the film to $85.8 million.

21 films totaled $8,976,533 over the weekend, an increase of 3 films and a drop of about $1.1 million. That’s from 16,590 theaters, a decrease of about 2,000 theaters from the previous weekend. That’s an average of $541 per theater, a dip of a litte over $4 from the previous week’s $545.42.

Honest Thief and The War with Grandpa Repeat 1 and 2. The Empty Man Debuts at #4

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This week looked a lot like last week at the box office. Honest Thief was a repeat in first place. The film grossed $2.4 million for the weekend at the domestic box office. It has a total of $7.5 million domestically. Internationally, the film brought in about $2 million for the week bringing that total to $3.3 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $10.8 million after three weeks.

The War with Grandpa came in second place again with an estimated $1.9 million domestically to bring that total to $9.7 million after three weeks. The film added about $600,000 at the international box office to bring that total to $4.1 million. Worldwide, it’s earned $13.8 million.

In third place was Tenet which earned an estimated $1.3 million domestically to bring the film’s total to $52.5 million. Internationally, the film earned about $6.7 million over the week to bring that total to $289 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $341.5 million after seven weeks.

Based on the comic series from BOOM! Studios, The Empty Man opened in fourth place with an estimated $1.3 million. The film was originally to be released on August 7, 2020, and then delayed to December 4. It was then moved up to this date, more suited due to Halloween and the film’s horror plot. No international numbers have been posted.

The Empty Man may have a rough rime receiving a “D+” CinemaScore. The film currently has a 44% on RottenTomatoes, though the official score is still being tallied.

53% of the audience was male and 53% of the audience was over the age of 25. This, along with the reviews, is another sign the film may have issues as horror films are often driven by women.

With virtually no marketing, it kind of feels like the film was dumped in theaters by Disney who didn’t know what to do with the 20th Century Fox holdover.

Rounding out the top five was The Nightmare Before Christmas re-release. The film earned an estimated $577,000 to bring its domestic total to $1.9 million after two weeks.

In other comic film news…

The New Mutants added $286,000 to its domestic total to bring that to $23.2 million. It dropped from #7 to #10 for the weekend. The international gross holds at $21 million which has the film earning $44.2 million worldwide so far.

18 films totaled $10,046,579 for the weekend box office from 18,420 theaters. That’s an average of $545.42 per theater. The theater count is down from last week’s 19,917 theaters and a far drop from the week’s $621 per.

The War with Grandpa Bumps Tenet from First

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After an impressive five-week run in first place, Tenet has dropped to second place at the weekend box office. The War with Grandpa took first place with an estimated $3.6 million. Internationally, the film also earned a little under $1.7 million to bring its worldwide total to $5.3 million.

Tenet dropped 22.2% from the previous week and earned $2.1 million. That brings its domestic earnings to $48.3 million. Internationally, the film earned about $13 million over the week to bring that total to $275 million. That makes the worldwide total $323.3 million.

The Hocus Pocus re-release was in third place earning a little under $1.2 million, a drop of 39.7% from the previous week. The film has earned a little under $3.1 million so far from its re-release.

The New Mutants dropped 34.3% from the previous week and brought in $685,000. The film has earned $22 million domestically after 7 weeks. Internationally, the film has held steady at $21 million signaling its run might be over. Worldwide the film has earned just shy of $43 million.

Rounding out the top five was Unhinged with $660,000. That brings the film’s domestic earning sup to $19.4 million after 9 weeks.

The 19 films tracked brought in a total of $9.3 million from 15,115 theaters. That’s about $1 million more from about 630 fewer theaters. That’s an improvement from the previous weekend. This past weekend, theaters averaged just under $615, up from the previous weekend’s $527.

Hocus Pocus Bumps New Mutants While Tenet Holds on to First

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Tenet continued to hold on to the top of the box office with an estimated $2.7 million gross over the weekend. That’s down 20.6% from the previous weekend. It brings the film’s domestic gross to $45.1 million after 5 weeks.

Over the week, the film brought in about $20 million at the international box office. It now stands at $262 million at the foreign box office. Worldwide, the film has brought in $307.1 million.

In second place was the re-release of Hocus Pocus. The film earned a little over $1.9 million domestically for the weekend.

That re-release bumped The New Mutants to third place. It earned an estimated $1 million domestically for the weekend, a drop of 14.7%. That brought up those earnings to $20.9 million. Internationally, the film added about $1.6 million over the entire week. There it has grossed $21 million total so far to bring its worldwide earnings to $41.9 million. It continues to have about a 50/50 split for domestic and international earnings, a rarity in today’s box office.

Unhinged dropped to fourth place adding $870,000 to its domestic earnings which now stands at $18.4 million. The drop is just 10.1% from the previous weekend.

Infidel rounds out the top five with an estimated $455,000 domestically, a drop of 40.2%. It has now earned $3.4 million after 3 weeks.

28 films totaled a little under $8.3 million for the weekend box office and 15,744 theaters. That’s about $600,000 less from 9 more films compared to the previous week and about 3,500 fewer theaters. Each theater last week brought in just $462 last week while this week saw the number increase a bit to a little under $527.

Things are about to get much crazier at the box office with Regal Cinemas and Cineworld now shutdown until 2021. The future of movie theaters was in question and now there’s even more to ponder about movie releases as a whole. Will fewer options increase the per average theater earnings? We’ll have to wait and see and anyone claiming definitives is making it up. As the Terminator emphasized, the future is unwritten, and that’s currently very true when it comes to the future of movie theaters.

Tenet and The New Mutant Go First and Second Again at the Box Office While the Empire Strikes Back!

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The past weekend box office looked a lot like the past weekend’s with Tenet taking first and The New Mutants taking second.

Tenet dipped 27.7% from the previous weekend bringing in $3.4 million domestically. That brought its total to $41.2 million after 4 weeks. Internationally, the film is doing better with 85.5% of its current grosses coming from there. It’s international earnings stand at $242 million which is an increase of $39 million over the week. Worldwide, the film has earned $283.2 million.

The New Mutants held on to second place dipping 37.1% from the previous weekend. The film earned a little under $1.15 million for the weekend domestically. It currently stands at $19.5 million. Over the week, the film gained about $2.1 million at the international box office. It’s a rare film with a nearly 50/50 split for grosses at the international and domestic box office. Internationally, the film has earned $19.4 million. That brings its worldwide total to a little under $38.9 million.

With an estimated budget of $67 to $80 million, things aren’t dire for the film but one wonders if it’d have done better with a video-on-demand run instead. Even if just 1 million individuals paid $30, it’d be a net gain as Disney would not have had to split earnings with theaters.

Unhinged moved up to third place for the weekend dipping 22% and bringing in an even $1 million. The film has earned $17.2 million at the domestic box office so far.

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back has had a re-release bringing in $908,000 and placing the film in fourth place. Its apparently been going on for 11 weeks and the film has earned $1.9 million domestically during the re-release.

Rounding out the top five was Infidel which dropped 46.2% and earned $745,000 to bring its domestic total to $2.7 million after two weeks.

19 films brought in a total of just $8.9 million at the weekend domestic box office. That covers 19,242 theaters and that means each theater brought in just $462. Theaters have to be struggling at this point and one questions if it’d have been smarter to remain closed for a longer period to minimize losses.

Tenet and The New Mutants Again Go First and Second at the Weekend Box Office

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Theaters continue to limp along as not much has changed at the domestic box office. Tenet was again in first place earning an estimated $4.7 million, down 29.9% from the previous weekend.

The film has spent three weeks in released earning just $36.1 million domestically. Internationally, the story is much different as it has crossed the $200 million mark and now stands at $203 million at the foreign box office. Worldwide, the film has earned $239.1 million.

In second place was The New Mutants which held on to the position with an estimated $1.6 million, down 23.4% from the previous weekend. Domestically, the film has earned $17.7 million after four weeks.

Internationally, things aren’t much better for the film as it has earned $17.3 million at the foreign box office. That brings the worldwide total to a little over $35 million.

With an estimated budget of $67 to $80 million, things aren’t dire for the film but one wonders if it’d have done better with a video-on-demand run instead. Even if just 1 million individuals paid $30, it’d be a net gain as Disney would not have had to split earnings with theaters.

In third place was a new film Infidel which brought in $1.5 million.

Unhinged dropped from third to fourth with $1.3 million domestically, down 14.3%. That brings the films’ domestic earnings to $15.7 million.

Rounding out the top five was The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run with $210,000 after six weeks. That film has brought in $4.2 million total domestically.

The 11 films out brought in just under $9.8 million at the domestic box office for the weekend. It’s hard to see how theaters can continue if the demand doesn’t pick up.

Tenet Takes the Weekend Box Office with $6.7 million. New Mutants Holds on to Second

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The total weekend box office was under $15 million as theaters are struggling in a COVID world.

Tenet lead the weekend with an estimated $6.7 million down from the $20.2 million from the previous weekend when it opened domestically. The film has now grossed $29.5 million domestically in its second week.

Internationally, the film is up to $177.5 million where it earned about $30.6 million over the weekend. The film has now crossed $207 million worldwide.

The New Mutants held on to second place with an estimated $2.1 million. The previous weekend saw $3 million dollars over three days and $3.7 million over the four day holiday. Domestically, the film has earned $15.3 million which is only slightly more than the $14 million earned so far internationally. Worldwide, the film has earned $29.3 million.

In new films, The Broken Hearts Gallery from Sony opened in fourth place with an estimated $855,000 domestically.

None of the above is good news.

What’s clear is, we’re in weird times and it’s hard to compare what’s going on with anything of the past. Still, the above is not a good sign for the short term future of movie theaters.

The good is, theaters need not worry about overcrowding and becoming major hotspots for the spread of COVID if no one is going.

The bad is that distributors have no reason to release major films which will not earn their costs back. Instead, we’re likely to see a string of nostalgic re-releases, events, and smaller titles fill the gap leaving theaters to struggle further.

With recent changes to release dates of Wonder Woman 1984 and Candyman, it’s clear studios are seeing the writing on the wall and saying it’s not worth it. For as little as theaters are bringing in, they may come to the same conclusion as well.

Tenet Crosses $100 million While New Mutants Tanks

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It still feels very odd to write about the weekend box office in the middle of the pandemic. But, the show must go on.

Tenet was the clear winner for the weekend. The film opened with an estimated $20.2 million domestically in 2,810 theaters.

Internationally, the film added $58.1 million. That brings its overseas total to around $126 million after two weeks. Tenet opened in 40 markets and Canada last weekend.

Mulan opened in nine international markets earning an estimated $5.9 million. The movie also launched on Disney+ early for $30 and it’s unknown currently how many individuals too advantage of that offer so far.

In more comic related films, The New Mutants, the last of the 20th Century X-Men films earned $2.9 million domestically to bring that amount to $11.6 million. It’s estimated to have earned $3.5 million over the long Labor Day weekend. It opened with a little over $7 million the previous weekend resulting in a drop of 59.2% from weekend to weekend.

Internationally, The New Mutants added $4.2 million to its total as it expanded into another 30 markets. The international total is now at $8.5 million for a worldwide total of $20.1 million. With a budget of $67 million, there’s a chance the film may not be a complete disaster by the time its run is over. With a slow release of films, the competition is light and sparse. Word of mouth won’t likely help the film though, it’s currently ranked second-worst of the “X” franchise behind Dark Phoenix on RottenTomatoes.

Tenet Opens with a Nolan Best While New Mutants Brings in $10 million

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It feels weird reporting weekend box office numbers but Hollywood and theaters are attempting to get back to normal despite reality. Tenet and New Mutants were the two big openers for the weekend with interesting results that are a bit hard to interpret.

Tenet opened with over $53 million in 41 international markets. That’s the biggest opening for director Christopher Nolan. Not surprisingly, Warner Bros. has been a bit cagey about data they’re releasing as far as the performance goes. For instance, the film opened in Canada where numbers were not released and it’s unknown if they will be or folded over into next weekend’s numbers.

The film begins to open in the U.S. this week for an official opening on Thursday for Labor Day weekend.

The final Fox “X” film, New Mutants opened to $7 million from 2,412 to take the top spot of the domestic box office. The film also earned $2.9 million from 10 international markets. The movie was a holdover from Disney’s purchase of 20th Century Fox.

The film has a reported budget between $67 and $100 million, a more modest amount compared to recent “X” releases. It’s hard to see how the film turns a profit in today’s environment and one wonders if the film would have faired better being sold for $25 on demand.

New Mutants has been savaged in reviews earning 32% on RottenTomatoes from critics and 53% from audiences as of this article. That’s on top of issues concerning white-washing and the inability of the film to get small details right like the spelling of the last name of one of the creators of the characters and comic series.

Theaters are at about half open compared to the same time last year. 2,500 theaters were open in the US and about 3,000 in Canada.

Bill & Ted Face the Music opened both on-demand and in theaters warned an estimated $1.1 million 1,007 locations. Because it opened on-demand in homes, major theater chains overlooked the film.