What did you see this weekend?
by Nathaniel R
Weekend Box Office (October 13th-15th) |
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W I D E 800+ screens |
L I M I T E D excluding prev. wide |
1. 🔺 HAPPY DEATH DAY $26.5 new | 1.🔺 THE FLORIDA PROJECT $401k on 33 screens (cum. $623k) REVIEW 1, REVIEW 2 |
2. BLADE RUNNER 2049 $15.1 (cum. $60.5) REVIEW | SHORTS | "BESTS" | 2. TIL DEATH DO US PART $319k on 400 screens (cum. $3.2) |
3. 🔺 THE FOREIGNER $12.8 new | 3. THE STRAY $300k on 430 screens (cum. $1.2) |
4. IT $6 (cum. $314.9) REVIEW | 5 TAKEAWAYS | 4. A QUESTION OF FAITH $155k on 228 screens (cum. $2.1) |
5. 🔺 THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US $5.6 (cum. $20.5) REVIEW | 5. 🔺 AMERICAN SATAN $132k on 55 screens new |
6. AMERICAN MADE $5.4 (cum. $40.1) | 6. 🔺 MARK FELT $123k on 89 screens (cum. $257k) |
7. KINGSMAN 2 $5.3 (cum. $89.6) | 7. STRONGER $115k on 174 screens (cum. $4) REVIEW |
8. LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE $4.3 (cum. $51.5) | 8. JUDWAA 2 $110k on 106 screens (cum. $1.4) |
9. MY LITTLE PONEY $4 (cum. $15.5) | 9. 🔺 GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN $55k on 9 screens new |
10. 🔺 VICTORIA & ABDUL $3.1 (cum. $11.3) REVIEW | 10. HUMAN FLOW $47k on 3 screens new |
🔺 = new or significant expansion numbers (in millions unless otherwise noted) from box office mojo |
It was a rough weekend for awards hopefuls that weren't named Victoria & Abdul. Dame Dench's new vehicle moved into the top ten in its fourth weekend when it finally went wide. Other movies seeking adult audiences had a rougher go of it. The biopics Marshall and Professor Marston & The Wonder Women both opened outside of the top ten despite plentiful screens. (I took in Professor Marston and though it's a niche subject, it's surprisingly good with yet another excellent performance from the ever reliable Rebecca Hall.) More biographical awards hopefuls Goodbye Christopher Robin and Breathe also failed to attract much interest in their platform debuts. It's a tough world out there for non-genre titles that would like adults to go to the movies again!
The weekend's best per screen averages went to the documentary Human Flow and A24's The Florida Project which added 29 screens in its second weekend. WHAT DID YOU SEE THIS WEEKEND?