‘Demon Slayer’ Makes $1.8 Million Advances, ‘Bob Marley’ Rules Again

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON: paramount Bob Marley: One love remains atop the weekend box office with $3.6 million on Friday and 3 days of 13.4 million dollars in 3,597 theaters, -53% that will bring the title directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green to 71 million dollars for the Sunday. That’s a big piece of counterprogramming business in a struggling market. Say what you want, S&P Global about putting Paramount Global on “negative credit view,” but the movie studio has a vibrant theatrical release schedule this year with Gladiator 2, Quiet Place: Day, yes and Smile 2 to name a few.

Sony/Crunchyroll Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba -Hashira’s Training which is not a movie, but “is the last episode (episode 11) of the Swordsmith Village Arc and the first episode of the Hashira Training Arc” is watching $9 million-$10 million following a $5 million Friday (including those $1.8 million previews) at 1,949 locations. I was told that some of the fans here were also Sony customers. lady web Last weekend.

Right now, Spider-Man’s clairvoyant is showing a -67% second frame drop (which is bad, though not as egregious as wonders -78% free fall second weekend) with 5 million dollars in fourth place with 4,013 rooms. She will stand on $34.4 million for the Sunday.

Third place goes to Lionsgate/Kingdom Story. ordinary angels, which despite solid reviews with an 80% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes and a 100% RT audience score, is still not an overperformer. Right now a 2.3 million dollars Friday is giving a 6 million dollars result in third place. The reason some believed this could exceed its $5 million to $7 million projection is because religious audiences often go undetected by tracking services.

Universal’s Illumination Tenth Weekend Migration continues to rank in the top five in 2,422 theaters with $700 thousand on Friday, 3.5 million dollars weekend, -8%, 121 million dollars for the Sunday. In the absence of family animated films, many are betting heavily on the one from Uni/DreamWorks Animation. kung fu panda 4 when it comes to the post Dune 2 March 8 time slot. A $50 million opening wouldn’t be surprising.

And in the dust is Focus Features’ Ethan Coen-directed title Dolls to wear in 2,279 rooms with a 1 million dollars Friday (including previews) for a 2.5 million dollars opening. That start is lower than Focus Features’. Lisa Frankenstein ($3.69 million), and that Zelda Williams-directed film cost less ($13 million) than Dolls to wear was acquired for. listen to that Lisa Frankenstein (with a gross of $8.8 million as of yesterday), will end up making a small profit for Focus at the end of the day. Sure, there’s a big difference in demand when two Coen brothers’ names appear in the trailer instead of one. It’s not often that a Coen Brothers film has a big hit in its opening weekend, and in the event that a studio doesn’t offer a title, it means they have to quickly move a film from theaters to local secondary markets. so that you earn money. . With an RT critical score of 66% and a current audience score of 37%, you can see why Focus went wide and fast with this one.

FRIDAY AM: Sony/Crunchyroll Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba -Hashira’s Training had the most action among three wide entries last night in previews with 1.8 million dollars from 1,870 locations that started their hours at 4 pm This was driven, in standard Sony/Crunchyroll fashion, by the PLF and Imax. The movie is only supposed to do high single digits this weekend, much lower than others Murderer of demons movies, as it is a television episode that aired on Crunchyroll and was just shown on the big screen for the first time. In short, it is not a movie. 2021 Murderer of demons The film recorded $3.8 million in trailers.

Hilary Swank’s religious drama from Lionsgate/Kingdom Story ordinary angels Mountain range $285K While that’s low, there’s hope this movie can surpass its $5 million to $7 million projection given its pretty good 78% fresh reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. We’ll see.

Focus Features has the comedy directed by Ethan Coen Dolls to wear. They pulled the movie out of the fall due to the actors’ strike so he would have a chance to make a living. Despite a New York premiere and fresh 68% reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, it has none. So much so that the distributor does not report previous gross income today. That means the film earned less than the reported $700,000. Lisa Frankenstein in their previews, however, that included previews outside of Thursday. Hey. Industry estimates put it at around $450,000. Lisa Frankenstein with its new face open to 3.6 million dollars; and Dolls to wear It could be less or almost the same. How is that possible? Brother Coen = modern. Margaret Qualley, Beanie Feldstein, Geraldine Viswanathan and Matt Damon=hip. Tracker Quorum reports: “Unfortunately, Focus had a difficult time raising awareness for the film. dolls It hits theaters with only 20% awareness. Of the 17 films in the last two years with 20% awareness or less, none opened above $4 million. It is a difficult trend to overcome.”

As we told you, it’s from Paramount. Bob Marley: One love that will keep everyone together in theaters this weekend with around 15 million dollars, -Four. Five%. The image had great retention on Thursday, -4% compared to Wednesday with 1.6 million dollars ending its nine-day cumulative total at $57.6 million in 3,539 theaters. That’s 25% ahead of rocket man for nine days, and that film finished its domestic run at $96.3 million.

Sony/Marvel lady web fell 9% on Thursday with $786 thousand in 4,013, ending its nine-day run with $29.4 million. If the criticized female superhero movie is lucky, it will only be down -55% this weekend for a 6.8 million dollars. That would be amazing.