BTS ລື່ນກາຍ 33 ລ້ານໂດລາທົ່ວໂລກ ຂະນະທີ່ 'Uncharted' ເປັນອັນດັບ 300 ລ້ານໂດລາທົ່ວໂລກ

In non-Guano Man weekend box office news, Sony’s uncharted continued to hold firm as the definitive “other” movie in a ridiculously barren marketplace. Seriously, there’s no damn excuse for Hollywood, and not just Disney, to just not release anything of value during this normally jam-packed period. But yes, Disney deserves special public shaming for not offering up the terrific/crowdpleasing ປ່ຽນເປັນສີແດງ into conventional theatrical release. I’m sure it’ll nab big viewership numbers on Disney+, but it damn well could have notched such figures *after* a 60-90 day theatrical window and conventionally “big” ($450-$650 million) global theatrical release. It’s not supposed to be either/or. Yes, theatrical poses risks, including a risk of public and quantifiable commercial failure, but what is it that Ben Franklin used to say about choosing security over liberty?

Sorry, back to uncharted. Sony’s Tom Holland/Mark Wahlberg adventure earned another $9.38 million (-16%) on weekend four for a $113.5 million 24-day cume. That puts it in fourth place among all video game-based movies (sans inflation, for now anyway) behind Tomb Raider (131 ລ້ານໂດລາ), ນັກສືບ Pikachu (144 ລ້ານໂດລາ) ແລະ Sonic Hedgehog ໄດ້ ($148 million). It’s looking like a domestic finish of around $140 million, behind (when adjusted for inflation) only Detective Pikachu, Sonic the Hedgehog, ອັດຕາການຕາຍ Kombat (70 ລ້ານ​ໂດ​ລາ​ໃນ​ປີ 1995 / $148 ລ້ານ​ປັບ​ປຸງ​)​, Pokémon: ຮູບເງົາຄັ້ງທໍາອິດ (85 ລ້ານ $ ໃນປີ 1999 / $ 154 ລ້ານປັບ) ແລະ Tomb Raider ($131 million in 2001/$212 million adjusted). The $120 million franchise-starter has now earned $301 million worldwide, with a China release beginning today. It may be the rare video game flick to pass $400 million worldwide.

ໃນ​ຂະ​ນະ​ດຽວ​ກັນ, BTS Permission to Dance on Stage overperformed this weekend (partially thanks to $35 tickets) in 805 (mostly Cinemark) theaters. The South Korean concert performance was shown twice on Saturday and brings to mind the Super Bowl debut of Disney’s Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana: The Best of Both Worlds 3-D which earned $31 million in 2008 via limited and slightly more expensive tickets. Yes, the tickets for the BTS concert were pricey by theatrical standards, but it’s a lot less than flying overseas and/or shelling out for conventional live concert tickets. The film earned a whopping $6.84 million on Saturday (and $32.6 million worldwide) for a $8,500 per-theater average. I expect to see more “live” events of this nature as theaters try to drum up revenue amid an industry currently drinking the metaphorical streaming Kool-Aid.

Channing Tatum ຂອງ ຫມາ earned another $5.31 million (-13%) for a $47.8 million 24-day total. With legs like this, it may yet top $60 million domestic by the end, even if it’s already available on PVOD courtesy of MGM. Not to be outdone, Tom Holland and Zendaya’s Spider-Man: No Way Home earned $4.1 million (-10%) in weekend 13. That’ll bring Spider-Man 3 ເວີຊັ່ນ 2.0’s domestic cume over $792 million, putting the $800 million mark within reach as it passes $1.876 billion worldwide. The film arrives on VOD on March 15, pushed up a week after the film got leaked online (thanks, pirates) but still following an old-school 90 day window. What a novel concept. Sony doesn’t have a first-party streaming service to juice, but we’ll see if WB sticks to The Batman’s 45 day window.

ການເສຍຊີວິດໃນ Nile, which will arrive on Hulu on March 29, earned another $2.4 million (-12%) weekend in weekend six. That’ll give Kenneth Branagh’s $90 million murder mystery a $41 million domestic cume and $125 million worldwide cume. ຮ້ອງ 2 continues to prove that Disney damn well should have released ປ່ຽນເປັນສີແດງ into theaters, with a $1.58 million (-3%) 12th weekend. That’ll give the $80 million toon a $156 million cume as it reaches $366 million worldwide. Jackass ຕະຫຼອດໄປ will be at around $56 million by tonight while Scream sits at $81 million domestic. Oh, and yes Disney did release ປ່ຽນເປັນສີແດງ into some overseas theaters (where Disney+ isn’t in service), for a $3.8 million opening weekend. Warner Bros. and Sony thank you for your, uh, service.