NEW YORK (AP) – In a quiet weekend in theaters ahead of the upcoming release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Warner Bros. “Black Adam” topped the box office for the third consecutive weekend with $18.5 million in ticket sales. . according to estimates from Sunday’s study.
“Black Adam,” Dwayne Johnson’s bid to launch a new DC Films superpower, has crossed $300 million globally in its three weeks since release, including a domestic tally of $137.4 million and $319 million of dollars, 7 million dollars globally. That puts the $195 million film — the third film this year to lead the box office for three consecutive weeks — on a trajectory that could surpass the $366 million for “Shazam!” grossed in 2019, but is less certain to turn a profit during its theatrical run.
When Walt Disney Co.’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” hits theaters Thursday, should have one of the biggest opening weekends of the year. Ryan Coogler’s original debuted to more than $200 million in US and Canadian theaters in 2018, and forecasts suggest it could open with around $175 million.
As “Wakanda Forever” approaches, only one new film has appeared in wide distribution: “One Piece Film: Red,” released by Sony Picture’s anime division, Crunchyroll. The sequel to the Japanese anime, part of the “One Piece” franchise, debuted in second place with $9.5 million. While that’s not as solid as Crunchyroll’s openings of “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero,” which grossed $21.1 million in August, or Funimation’s “Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie,” which earned 18 million dollars in March, “Red” showed that the anime still. is proving to be an unusually reliable attraction in North American theaters. The 15th film in the series but the first to be released in the United States, “Red” has attracted a particularly young audience, with about 75 percent of ticket takers between the ages of 18 and 34.
Third place went to “Ticket to Paradise”, the romantic comedy George Clooney and Julia Roberts. The Universal Pictures release took in $8.5 million in its third weekend, bringing the $60 million budget romantic comedy’s cumulative total to $46.7 million domestically and $137.2 million in the whole world. For a genre that has struggled in theaters in recent years, “Ticket to Paradise” shows strength, especially as a preferred choice for older audiences.
Even with Halloween coming and going, Paramount Pictures’ “Smile” continued to hold up well in theaters. In its sixth week of release, the horror film added another $4 million to bring its total to $99.1 million.
Some of the year’s best Oscar contenders have struggled to make much of an impact in wide distribution. James Gray’s “Armageddon Time,” a coming-of-age story set in 1980s New York, expanded to 1,006 screens in its second week, earning $810,000 for Focus Features. Focus’s “Tár,” starring Cate Blanchett as a famous conductor, grossed $670,000 in 1,090 theaters for a five-week total of $3.7 million. MGM’s “Till,” about Mamie Till-Mobley’s quest for justice for her 14-year-old son Emmett Till, added $1.9 million from 2,316 theaters for a $6.6 million four-week gross.
The best group so far has been Searchlight Pictures’ The Banshees of Inisherin, starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as Irish friends. It grossed $3 million at 895 locations in its third weekend of release, bringing its global haul to $10.2 million.
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