By Nathaniel R
Apologies for the radio silence. I've been struggling with my newish day job (had to finally admit last year that movies weren't keeping a roof over the head *sniffle* and go back to corporate America) but I have hope that I a personal rhythm / balance will soon be found again. For the holiday weekend I saw no movies but visited friends who have a home on Fire Island. I'd already seen the weekend's big draw, Disney's live action remake of their own fable The Little Mermaid...
| Weekend Box Office (actuals) May 26th-29th 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = Recommended |
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| WIDE (Over 800 Screens) | LIMITED / PLATFORM |
 THE LITTLE MERMAID |
 MASTER GARDENER |
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1 🔺 THE LITTLE MERMAID $118.8 *NEW* 4320 screens |
1 🔺 THE WRATH OF BECKY $168k *NEW* 274 screens |
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2 FAST X $28.5 (cum. $113.4) 4088 screens |
2 BLACKBERRY $149k (cum. $1.3) 123 screens |
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3 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 3 $26.8 (cum. $306.3) 3940 screens |
3 MASTER GARDENER $118k (cum. $525k) 155 screens |
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4 THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE $8.2 (cum. $560.8) 3148screens |
4 IT AIN'T OVER [Doc] $51k (cum. $352k) 57 screens |
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5 🔺 THE MACHINE $5.8 *NEW* 2409 screens |
5 ★ SANCTUARY $51k (cum. $140k) 10 screens |
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6 🔺 ABOUT MY FATHER $5.3 *NEW* 2464 screens |
6 ★ THE STARLING GIRL $44k (cum. $124K) 114 screens |
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7 🔺 KANDAHAR $2.8 *NEW* 2105 screens |
6 ★ THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS (Italy) $36k (cum. $200k) 49 screens |
 YOU HURT MY FEELINGS |
 THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS |
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8 🔺 YOU HURT MY FEELINGS $1.7 *NEW* 912 screens |
8 ★ SOMEWHERE IN QUEENS $24k (cum. $1.7) 32 screens |
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9 EVIL DEAD RISE $1.3 (cum. $66.5) 921 screens |
8 ★ JOYLAND (Pakistan) $19k (cum. $256k) 8 screens |
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10 BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER $1.1 (cum. $16.3) 1339 screens |
9 MONICA $19k (cum. $130K) 53 screens |
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only 10 movies in wide release :( |
10 KNIGHTS OF THE ZODIAC (Japan) $16K (cum. $1.0K) |
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11 CHILE '76 (Chile) $12k (cum. $80k) 9 screens |
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12 ★ L'IMMENSITA (Italy) $17k (cum. $81K) 101 screens |
While I was at the island at a party I talked to one young guy who was raving about it "10 out of 10 -- everything I wanted"... which is basically what I heard post all-media screening. Which, well, I can't remotely agree given my deep love of the animated film though I do confess it was a bit better than expected given Disney's extremely feeble creativity these days when it comes to their live-action cannibalization of their own IP. In other words it's much less dismal than Beauty and the Beast (2017) or Aladdin (2019).... so there's that. Who knew that Dumbo (2019) of all movies, as average as it was, would look so good in retrospect since it actually had some ideas about itself independent of the source material.
I'm limited release nothing did all that well. (sigh)
Next weekend: Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse will give the mermaid a run for the top spot. And two weeks out the British lesbian indie Blue Jean, that was a draw for awards across the pond a handful of months ago, finally arrives in the US along with yet another Transformers movie. In other words, the summer is off to a slow start so it might be time for us all to communally watch some old movies again soon.
What did you watch this weekend? I'm eager to see both You Hurt My Feelings and The Starling Girl and WILL go to something.