by Nathaniel R
While there were solid debuts in wide and limited release friday (The House with the Clock In Its Walls, Fahrenheit 11/9, Colette, The Sisters Brothers) it was a rough weekend for wide release newbies Assassination Nation and Life Itself, neither of which managed a top ten showing. But the best news was surely the solid hold from Paul Feig's wildly entertaining comic thriller A Simple Favor. You have to see those nutsy bold performances from both Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively for yourself. I had a blast and I'm going again with another friend soon.
| Weekend Box Office Estimates (September 21st-23rd) |
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| W I D E 800+ screens |
PLATFORM / LIMITED excluding prev. wide |
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| 1. 🔺 THE HOUSE WITH THE CLOCK IN ITS WALLS $26.8 *NEW* |
1. THE WIFE $975K on 468 screens (cum. $4.9) Review, Poster Blurb, Glenn's Oscar |
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| 2. A SIMPLE FAVOR $10.4 (cum. $32.5) |
2. 🔺 LIZZIE $256k on 240 screens (cum. $325k) Review |
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| 3. THE NUN $10.2 (cum. $100) Nun Movies |
3. 🔺 COLETTE $156k on 4 screens *NEW* |
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| 4. THE PREDATOR $8.7 (cum. $40.4) |
4. 🔺THE SISTERS BROTHERS $122k on 4 screens *NEW* Review |
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| 5. CRAZY RICH ASIANS $6.5 (cum. $159.4) Review, Yeoh, Podcast, Best of Summer Lists |
5. JULIET, NAKED $118k on 102 screens (cum. $3.2) |
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| 6.WHITE BOY RICK $5 (cum. $17.4) |
6. BLAZE $86k on 43 screens (cum. $451k) |
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| 7. PEPPERMINT $3.7 (cum. $30.3) |
7. 🔺 PICK OF THE LITTER $66k on 49 screens (cum. $268k) |
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| 8. 🔺 FAHRENHEIT 11/9 $3.1 *NEW* |
8. THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS $57k on 55 screens (cum. $12.1) Review |
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| 9. THE MEG $2.3 (cum. $140.5) Review |
9. 🔺 SCIENCE FAIR $18k on 5 screens (cum. $41k) |
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| 10. SEARCHING $2.1 (cum. $23.1) Review, John Cho | 10. PUZZLE $17k on 29 screens (cum. $1.9) |
| 🔺 = new or expanding theater count numbers (in millions unless otherwise noted) from box office mojo |
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In other box office news...
...The Nun crossed the $100 million line, another win for The Conjuring universe
...and The Wife will be crossing the $5 million mark any second
...and even after losing over 500 theaters this weekend Crazy Rich Asians stays in the top five for the sixth consecutive week. That's tough to do for non-sequels that don't have years of built up audience favor. A Quiet Place is the only other original that managed that leggy trick this year. They're currently the 9th (AQP) and 11th (CRA) most popular films at the 2018 box office. All the films that bested them are spin-offs, prequels, or sequels.
WHAT DID YOU SEE THIS WEEKEND?