by Nathaniel R
Proving once again that the public will turn out for movies with superpowers and little else, Morbius opened to $39 million despite terrible buzz and unfriendly reviews. Of course it helped that the studios are hardly releasing any big movies of late so there wasn't much competition for eyeballs. But the big story this weekend was what was happening in limited release...
| Weekend Box Office April 1st-3rd 🔺 = new or expanding |
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| WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS) | PLATFORM RELEASES |
 MORBIUS |
 EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE |
| 1 🔺 MORBIUS $39 NEW |
1 EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE $1 (cum. $1.8) |
| 2 THE LOST CITY $14.7 (cum. $54.4) | 2 🔺 THE CONTRACTOR $560k NEW |
| 3 THE BATMAN $11 (cum. $349.2) |
3 🔺 YOU WON'T BE ALONE $124k NEW |
| 4 UNCHARTED $3.5 (cum. $138.9) | 4 🔺 WATERMAN $63k NEW |
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5 JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 $1.9 (cum. $29.6) |
5 WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD $45k (cum. $3) |
| 6 RRR $1.6 (cum. $11.1) |
6. LICORICE PIZZA $35k (cum. $17.3) |
| 7 SPIDER-MAN NO WAY HOME $1.4 (cum. $802.7) |
7 ALICE $19k (cum. $364k) |
| 8 DOG $1.3 (cum. $60.1) |
8 THE AUTOMAT $16k (cum. $121k) |
| 9 X $1 (cum. $10.3) |
9 PARALLEL MOTHERS $16k (cum. $2.2) |
| 10 SING 2 $878k (cum. $161.7) | 10 MOTHERING SUNDAY $14k (cum. $29k) |
One million is a very impressive second weekend haul for the delighful and totally original Everything Everywhere All At Once directed by The Daniels; it's only on 38 screens! We've loved Michelle Yeoh forever so seeing her headline such a wild picture at age 59 that's going over so well with critics and audiences was a dream. Adventurous moviegoers are having a blast -- so much laughter and enthusiasm and post-movie chatter here in Manhattan. The question is whether or not the general public will latch on once it goes wide? It does feature super-powers (of sorts) so... maybe?
What did you see? We went to the theater for Everything Everywhere All At Once (more on that one soon) and rented With Six You Get Eggroll for our Doris Day centennial tribute and finished up Dopesick at home. Can now confirm that Michael Keaton definitely earned that SAG award.