In the cash show between a fatal assassin and a chaotic CG Alien, “Lilo & Stitch” Still the edge. The Disney -Juggernaut celebrated a third weekend on Top in the chartsDuring the John Wick -Spinoff “Ballerina” Didn’t hunt as high as expected.
According to Studio estimates on Sunday, “from the world of John Wick: Ballerina” earned 25 million US dollars from 3,409 theaters in the USA and Canada. A few weeks ago, it was followed to open the range of 35 to 40 million US dollars, but that was adjusted several times. Ultimately, there was still lower than forecasts. The film directed by Len Wiseman makes a supporting character from Keanu Reeves’ John Wick and focuses on itAna de Armas. During the events of “John Wick 3.” instead of
The cash benefit is a bit confusing when you consider that “Ballerina” received good critics and degrees of the audience. Conventional wisdom would say that word of mouth would have given a boost at the weekend. Recently, the opening weekend is not the end of what it used to be. “Ballerina” could be in the game in the long run.
“Although it is part of the John Wick franchise, it plays like a real original. And that’s not a bad thing,” said Paul Dergarabedian, Senior Media Analyst at Comscore. “This was not a film that would ever open like a” mission: impossible “or another huge franchise.”
The Lionsgate release, a Thunder Road Films and 87eleven Entertainment Production, had a high production price that was in the range of 90 million US dollars. However, a large part of these costs have already been compensated for by foreign sales. Internationally, it earned 26 million US dollars from 82 countries and increased its global opening to 51 million US dollars.
The first spin-off is the second lowest opening of the five-film franchise over the first film, which opened a little more than $ 14 million in 2014, which is not for inflation. The franchise overall has achieved more than 1 billion US dollar worldwide.
Dergarabedian added that the R-rated “Ballerina” could also be positioned for a strong second weekend if it competes against family fighting“How to train your kite.”
The first place went to “Lilo & Stitch” again, which added another 32.5 million US dollars in North America and increased its domestic total to $ 335.8 and worldwide to $ 772.6 million. In just 17 days it is already in Germany as the live action “The Little Mermaid” in its entire run ($ 298 million).
“Mission: impossible – the final billing”With 15 million US dollars to third place and increased its global total amount of $ 450.4 million. “Karate Kid: Legends” earned 8.7 million US dollars to take fourth place. And “Final Destination: Bloodlines” rounded off the top 5 with $ 6.5 million.
The new Wes Anderson film“The Phoenician Scheme”Extended beyond New York and Los Angeles to 1,678 theater nationwide. The FOCUS functions published with Benicio Del Visit Made an estimated 6.3 million US dollars and landed in sixth place.
The R-rated anime “Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye” also made the top 10 on the first weekend. The GKIDS publication earned 3.1 million US dollars from 1,080 cinemas.
Overall, the box office rose by over 26% in 2024.
Top 10 films by domestic box office
According to Comscore:
- 1. “Lilo & Stitch”, 32.5 million US dollars.
- 2. “From the world of John Wick: Ballerina”, $ 25 million.
- 3. “Mission: impossible – the last billing”, 15 million US dollars.
- 4. “Karate Kid: Legends”, 8.7 million US dollars.
- 5. “End goal: blood lines”, 6.5 million US dollars.
- 6. “The Phoenician Program”, 6.3 million US dollars.
- 7. “Bring her back”, 3.5 million dollars.
- 8. “And there and: Evil Eye”, 3.1 million US dollars.
- 9. “Sinner”, 2.9 million US dollars.
- 10. “Thunderbolts”, 2.5 million US dollars.
This story was originally on Fortune.com
