New York, Aug. 8 (US): Brad Pitt’s action thriller “Bullet Train” hit $30.1 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, as the last big movie about Hollywood’s summer boom hits theaters.
Sony Pictures’ “Bullet Train” debut was solid but unsurprising for a movie that cost $90 million to make and was propelled by Pete’s huge star power. Even if the situation continues well in the coming weeks, movie theaters have no major studio releases in sight for the rest of August, and there are few sure things to look forward to in early fall, the AP reports.
While late summer is always a quiet period in theaters, it will be especially so this year — and likely to sap some of the momentum that “Top Gun: Maverick”, “Jurassic World: Dominion” and “Minions: The Rise” have moved on. of Gru” and others. After a comeback season that pushed the box office close to pre-pandemic levels, I’m on the verge of quiet in movie theaters.
“It will definitely be calmer, like the calm after the storm,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at data firm ComScore. “But that doesn’t mean there won’t be great movies, and the goodwill generated by some of those movies may be enough to support the box office until we hit the blockbuster aisle with ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ and ‘Avatar 2’ on the way. We have to expect. We won’t be able to keep up with the pace we’ve seen this summer.”
As the last big summer movie to leave the station, “Bullet Train” hopes to continue riding over the coming weeks. This is in line with the rules of the game for some of the other original summer films released in August such as “Free Guy” and “Crazy Rich Asians.” Directed by David Leitch (“Atomic Blonde” and “Deadpool 2”), “Bullet Train” brings a number of assassins (co-stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry) together on a speeding train that runs from Tokyo to Kyoto.
As one of the few original films to be released this summer without much intellectual property behind them, the weekend’s R-rated “Speed Train” could have come with more momentum if the ratings had been stronger. With a new low rating of 54% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, “Bullet Train” did slightly better by audiences, who gave the film a B+ CinemaScore rating. The film added $32.4 million at the overseas box office.
Another new wide release this weekend, “Easter,” struggled to catch up. The Universal Pictures comedy, starring comedian Joe Coy as an actor attending his family’s Easter celebration, won praise for its Filipino acting but received worse reviews than Bullet Train. It opened with $5.3 million in ticket sales.
Instead, the “bullet train” was followed by a number of remnants, including Warner Bros. ′ “DC League of Pets”. The animated version grossed $11.2 million in its second week of release.
Jordan Peele’s global sci-fi horror release “Nope” continued to do well, earning $8.5 million in its third weekend. With a ticket sale of $98 million, “No” will soon surpass $100 million at the domestic box office.
Walt Disney’s Taika Waititi Thor: Love and Thunder came in fourth with $7.6 million in its fifth week. It has now reached $316.1 million, making it Thor’s highest-grossing film domestically. With $699 million worldwide, Love and Thunder is unlikely to earn $854 million worldwide from 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok.
In a limited edition, A24’s “Body Bodies Bodies” hit six screens in New York and Los Angeles with ticket sales of $226,525, a good per-screen price of $37,754. A horror comedy about wealthy twenties at a remote house party, with cast including Amandla Sternberg, Maria Bacalova and Pete Davidson, expands across the country on Friday.
Estimated ticket sales Friday through Sunday in US and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final local numbers will be published on Tuesday.
1. “Bullet Train” $30.1 million.
2. “DC League of Super Pets” $11.2 million.
3. “No.” $8.5 million.
4. “Thor: Love and Thunder” $7.6 million.
5. “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” $7.1 million.
6. “Top Gun: Maverick” – $7 million.
7. “Where are the Crawdads Sing” $5.7 million?
8. “Easter Sunday” $5.3 million.
9- “Elvis” $4 million.
10- “Black Phone” $1.5 million.