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‘Bob Marley: One Love’
Chiabella James / © Paramount Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
paramount Bob Marley: One love has easily exceeded expectations since it premiered on Valentine’s Day, and there’s no telling where it might end up at the end of the long Presidents’ Day weekend, thanks to a brilliant A CinemaScore.
Early estimates show the Paramount film posted a six-day domestic opening of $46.2 million, including $28.3 million for the three-day weekend, a massive sum that rivals movie openings musical biographies like rocket man.
sony lady web expects a six-day opening of $24 million, one of the lowest openings ever recorded for a film that mentions a Marvel character, although the film starring Dakota Johnson is not considered part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
One Lovewhich benefits from an ethnically diverse audience, opened in front of lady web Wednesday to take advantage of Valentine’s Day before the four-day Presidents’ Day holiday. Bob Marley’s film grossed a record $14 million in 3,536 theaters, the most successful midweek opening in Valentine’s Day history, the studio says. The honor previously belonged to 2012. The vote ($11.5 million). Better yet, despite the “meh” reviews, the public seems interested One Love. The Bob Marley biopic grossed another $3.9 million on Thursday for a two-day domestic haul of $17.9 million.
One Love Director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s depiction of iconic Jamaican musician and Rastafarian star Kingsley Ben-Adir. It chronicles Marley making his 1977 album. Exodus and the events of the following years, including an assassination attempt and his belief that music could heal his nation in the post-colonial era. The film’s producers include Marley’s children, Ziggy and Cedella, and his wife, Rita.
In years past, a superhero movie was usually the sure bet to win, but times have changed as DC and Marvel Studios regroup after a series of box office setbacks. lady web is from Sony, which has the rights to some of the characters in Marvel’s Spider-Man universe and has offered titles such as Poison and morbium.
Numbers will be updated Sunday morning.