‘Arthur The King’ Earns $825,000 Advances, ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ No. 1

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In a box that you will see Universal/DreamWorks Animation kung fu panda 4 rebound with a second weekend take of around $30 million (-48%), three wide entries hit theaters, the biggest being Mark Wahlberg’s dog sports movie from Lionsgate. arthur the king with one eye on $8 million-$10 million in 3,003 locations. The film directed by Simon Cellan Jones made $825 thousand in last night’s trailers, which surpass the $550k advances made for Wahlberg’s 2018 film, instant family, that film opened well before the pandemic, before Thanksgiving, to $14.5 million.

Rotten Tomatoes reviews are 63% fresh, but the portal’s audience loves it arthur the king more than 93%.

Based on a true story, the film takes place over a ten-day, 435-mile professional adventure race as Michael Light (Wahlberg) teams up with feisty street dog Arthur. Light, desperate for one last chance to win, convinces a sponsor to back him and a team of athletes (Simu Liu, Nathalie Emmanuel and Ali Suliman) for the World Adventure Racing Championships in the Dominican Republic. As the team is pushed to the limits of their endurance in the race, Arthur redefines what victory, loyalty and friendship really mean.

The $19 million production, as Deadline first reported, saw its domestic rights move from Paramount Players to Lionsgate. Pic’s offshore rights were sold during the virtual Covid Cannes through international sales firm Sierra/Affinity, backed by One. Entertainment One (eOne) and Tucker Tooley Entertainment co-financed.

A24 premieres at the Sundance Film Festival, love lies bleeding, expands to 1,300 theaters this weekend from five locations in New York and Los Angeles with an eye toward 2 million dollars. The lesbian crime noir is 92% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. the movie made $167K last weekend for one per room $33.5K. The Rose Glass, directed by Kristen Stewart and starring Katy M. O’Brian, screened at the Regal Union Square (which topped sellouts last weekend), AMC Lincoln Square, AMC Burbank, the Grove and Century City.

Focus Features’ feature the directorial debut of Kobi Libii, The American Society of Magical Negroes, in 1,146 rooms. The film also had its world premiere at Sundance. Critics are harsh on the feature with a 29% on Rotten Tomatoes and it is expected to also premiere in the low single digit million. The satirical comedy follows a young man, Aren, who is recruited into a secret society of magical blacks who dedicate their lives to an all-important cause: making white people more comfortable. Although initially enamored by his new powers, Aren begins to question the value of using supernatural means to do exactly what he has felt compelled to do his entire life.

Legendary Entertainment/Warner Bros.’ Dune: Part Two won on Thursday with 4.4 million dollars-1% from Wednesday for a second week of $65.1 million at 4,074 and a cumulative total of $176.1 million. The sci-fi set, driven by Imax and PLF, is expected to fall in the -40% range in weekend 3 with a gain of around 27 million dollars.

kung fu panda 4 was very close to Dune 2Take Thursday with $4.390M+5% from Wednesday with a tour of the first week of 77.7 million dollars in 4,035 rooms.

Third of the week is Lionsgate/Blumhouse’s. Imaginary with a first week of 13.5 million dollars after an estimated $807K on Thursday, -1% from Wednesday at 3,118 locations.

Angel Studios Cabrini in 2,840 theaters they saw $592 thousand on Thursday, -11% compared to Wednesday for a first week of 10.1 million dollars.

The fifth belongs to Paramount Bob Marley: One love in 2,764 theaters with a fourth Thursday estimated at $372 thousand for the fourth week of 5.8 million dollars and cumulative total of 91 million dollars.