Sony/Columbia’s “Bullet Train”With a $30.1million opening weekend at 4,375 theaters, it kicked off the slow August box office. It is the second highest opening for an R-rated movie of this year. However, it faces difficult times to make a profit on its $90 million production budget.
While critics reviews have been mixed, audience reception has been more positive with a 78% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 63% recommend rating on Comscore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak. Sony predicts that the film will be popular among adults, particularly Gen X, because of its satirical content. “Deadpool”This month, there is a gory and gory comedy with no competition.
“Bullet Train”International markets are also showing support for the film, with $32.4 Million from 57 countries to bring it $62.5 million worldwide. Similar to 2015’s R-rated action film, the film is doing well. “Kingsman: The Secret Service,”The movie grossed $128million domestically and $414million worldwide against a budget of $81million.
Also opening this weekend was Universal/DreamWorks’ “Easter Sunday,”Jo Koy’s comedy took in $5.25million at 3,175 theaters. That was well above the projections of a $5-7,000,000 opening. The film’s audience metrics were slightly lower, with a 70% Rotten Tomatoes score, 49% PostTrak recommend rating and 54% females making up 54%. “Easter Sunday”With a production budget of $17 million, the bar is lower for profitability.
Elsewhere on the charts, Warner Bros.’ “DC League of Super-Pets”It has seen a 51% decline in revenue from its $23million opening weekend and now gross $11.2 million. The domestic total for the 10-days was $45.1 million. “Super-Pets”Keeps pace with April’s animated release “The Bad Guys,”Even though the $90 million in production has not yet turned a profit, it is still worth $83.4 million.
In third is Universal’s “Nope”With $8.5 Million in its third weekend, it is on pace to exceed $100 million domestically early this week. Marvel’s “Thor: Love and Thunder”The company has added $7.6million in its fifth weekend. It will also surpass $700,000,000 worldwide on Monday. North America, $316 million grossing in North America, will be the highest grossing countries. Universal/Illumination’s “Minions: The Rise of Gru”The top five are complete with $7.1million in their sixth weekend. This puts it over $750 million globally and $334.5 million domestic.
A24 released the slasher film in limited edition. “Bodies Bodies Bodies”On six screens in New York City and Los Angeles, the film gross $226,526. That’s a strong per-theater average of $37.754. That’s a higher figure than A24’s last six-screen limited release, “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On,”It earned a $26,567 average. The film stars Pete Davidson, Amandla Strenberg, and Maria Bakalova. It will be shown in 1,200 cinemas nationwide next weekend.
Finally, Paramount’s “Top Gun: Maverick”After holding onto the position for ten weekends and being pushed out of No. 5, she was forced to drop out of the top 5. With $7 million gross, 5th place. But that’s still enough to pass the lifetime domestic total of James Cameron’s “Titanic”You can now take the No. 7 position on the all time domestic charts, bringing its total global to $1.35billion.