'Woman King' ຫຼຸດ​ລົງ​ພຽງ 42% ຍ້ອນ 'Ticket To Paradise' ຂະ​ຫຍາຍ​ໄປ​ຕ່າງ​ປະ​ເທດ

In holdover news for the weekend, Universal’s ປີ້ໄປ Paradise continued to slowly open overseas in advance of its October 21 domestic debut. The George Clooney/Julia Roberts rom-com, about two bitter exes who team up to sabotage their daughter’s (Kaitlyn Dever) vacation wedding (and presumably fall back in love?), comes courtesy of Working Title, Smokehouse and Red Om Films. I don’t have a budget now, but I cannot imagine it cost more than $40 million (mea culpa if I’m wrong), meaning its $31 million overseas cume thus far in 51 markets is very much a good start. It earned $11.1 million this weekend, including #1 openings in the UK, Ireland, Israel and South Africa.

In like-for-like market comparisons (including exchange rates), it is running 8% ahead of ນະ​ຄອນ​ສູນ​ເສຍ​, 59% ahead of ມື້ວານນີ້, 62% ahead of ສຸດທ້າຍວັນຄຣິດສະມາດ and 30% ahead of ເຮືອນຂອງ Gucci. How I wish this one might have opened a little earlier in North America to help fill the mid-August-to-mid-September vacuum, but so far it seems to be pulling decent numbers. Come what may, at least Universal and Focus are really trying to keep the theatrical romantic comedy alive, with ແຕ່ງ​ງານ​ກັບ​ຂ້ອຍ, Amblin ຂອງ ວັນອາທິດ Easter, next weekend’s Bros and next month’s domestic release of ປີ້ໄປ Paradise. And even if these films underperform theatrically, they seem to be making up for it on PVOD.

Sony ແລະ Entertainment One ຂອງ ກະສັດຜູ້ຍິງ had a terrific hold in weekend two. It grossed another $11.142 million (-42%) to bring its ten-day total to $36.28 million. That’s on par with ບ່ອນໃດທີ່ Crawdads ຮ້ອງ (-40% from a $17 million debut against the $44 million opening of Nope), so we could absolutely see comparable legs. While ຜູ້ຍິງ won’t have summer weekdays goosing the grosses, we could still be looking at an over/under $80 million domestic cume for the $50 million Viola Davis/Lashana Lynch/John Boyega action drama. Once again, online-centric controversies (distinguishing between ການສົນທະນາທີ່ດີ ກ່ຽວ​ກັບ​ຄວາມ​ຖືກ​ຕ້ອງ​ທາງ​ປະ​ຫວັດ​ສາດ​ຂອງ​ຮູບ​ເງົາ​ແລະ​ຄົນ​ທີ່​ບໍ່​ມີ​ຈຸດ​ປະ​ສົງ​ເພື່ອ​ troll ການສົນທະນາ) don’t affect general audience behavior.

Speaking of legs, 20th Century Studios’ ຄົນປ່າ earned $4.8 million while adding 550 theaters in its third weekend. That’s a 26% drop, almost unheard for a grindhouse horror flick, bringing its 17-day cume to $28.43 million. Yes, the under-$5 million original, R-rated, star-lite, and ‘hardcore’ horror flick could top $40 million by the end, and that Disney cut a new trailer and expanded the screen count suggests they know they have a gem on their hands. Let’s see if it can withstand the debut of Paramount’sສຳ ລັບ
smile (for which Paramount cleverly ວາງ creepy ຄົນຍິ້ມ in full view of the cameras for last night’s Mets and Yankees games) next weekend. But it’s already a winner.

ຂອງ A24 ການບໍລິການ earned $1.9 million (-38%) for a $6.65 million ten-day total. That’s a better hold than X (-49% for an $8.8 million cume), which is remarkable and again a sign of buzz seeping into the non-online consumer base. The notion of ການບໍລິການ getting anywhere near X’s $11.1 million domestic cume is yet another sign, if Hollywood dares listen, that theatrical is as much ‘back’ as distributors will allow it to be. And, yes, horror films of all shapes and sizes have been keeping theatrical alive during times of feast and famine.

ແສງຊອກຫາ ເບິ່ງວິທີທີ່ເຂົາເຈົ້າດໍາເນີນການ earned $1.9 million (-37%) for a $6.105 million ten-day total. A strong hold doesn’t mean much when the numbers are so small. Sony’s ຝຶກອົບຮົມລູກປືນ earned $1.815 million (-29%) in its eighth weekend for a $99.247 million domestic cume. Warner Bros. Discovery’s DC League of Super Pets earned $1.765 million (-19%) over the weekend to cross $90 million domestic. That will put it above ບ່ອນທີ່ Crawdads ຮ້ອງ (89.6 ລ້ານໂດລາ) ແລະ ໂທລະສັບ ດຳ ($89.9 million) to become summer’s tenth-biggest domestic earner. It’s still not a hit, with $186 million worldwide on a $90 million budget, but it has earned nearly four times its $23 million opening weekend.

Paramount's ປືນສູງສຸດ: Maverick earned another $1.559 million (-30%) in weekend 18 for a $711.6 million domestic and $1.477 billion worldwide cume. Aside from passing the inflation-adjusted total of ສີດໍາ Panther ($700 million in 2018/$715 million adjusted), Tom Cruise’s legacy sequel has mostly run out of milestones. We will see how close it can get to $1.5 billion worldwide by the end. Universal’s Minions: ການເພີ່ມຂື້ນຂອງ Gru will have $365.5 million domestic by tonight alongside its $919 million-plus global total (on a $80 million budget). Illumination ອາດຈະຂະຫຍາຍອອກໄປນອກເໜືອກວ່າອະນິເມຊັນເປົ້າໝາຍສຳລັບເດັກນ້ອຍ, ດັ່ງນັ້ນ R-rated, grimdark ລົດບັນທຸກ Tower (“Is it just me, or is it getting more despicable out there?”) may be closer to reality.

Sony ແລະ Screen Gems' ຄຳ ເຊີນ has earned $23 million domestic and $32 million worldwide on a $10 million budget. The David Bowie documentary ຝັນກາງເວັນ expanded to non-PLF theaters for a 733-theater screen count. It earned a solid $922,000 (-25%) in weekend two for a decent $2.6 million ten-day total. Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva fell 62% (while losing 350 theaters) in weekend three for a $415,000 weekend and $7.5 million domestic cume. It has earned $44 million worldwide along with whatever else is has grossed outside of the UK and India (the two key territories which Disney is handling alongside domestic distribution). Finally, ສັດເດຍລະສານ has $31 million domestic and $56 million worldwide.