Two movies relatives they dominated the ticket office Christmas this week, with “Sonic the Hedgehog 3″ winning the weekend three days versus “Mufasa“by a hair.
The movie of Sonic from Paramount grossed $38 million, while “Mufasa“raised $37.1 million in the cinemas of USA and Canada, according to study estimates released Sunday.
In a weekend normal, counting the tickets purchased on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the winner would be pretty clear.
But when the holiday Christmas falls on a Wednesday, as it did this year, studies look at two sets of numbers: the five-day gains and the weekend of three days. With the count of five days, “Mufasa” by The Walt disney Co. had the advantage, raising $63.8 million.
All of this adds up to create a pretty solid theatrical scene, helped by the continued success of “Wicked” and “Moana 2″, which are in their sixth and fifth weekendrespectively.
The movie of terror about vampires “Nosferatu” also debuted quite triumphantly.
The modern version of Robert Eggers from a 1922 silent film starring Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp stood at the top of a stellar batch of newcomers on the day of Christmaswhich included the biographical film of Bob Dylan “A Complete Unknown,” with Timothée Chalamet; the erotic drama “baby girl“, with Nicole Kidman; and “The Fire Within“, about boxer Claressa Shields.
“Nosferatu“
“Nosferatu” came in third place with $21.2 million raised during the weekend and $40.3 million raised during its first five days.
Without taking inflation into account, it had the best premiere in Christmas of history for a genre film, with 11.6 million dollars (exceeding the 4.4 million dollars raised by “The Faculty” in 1998). Focus Features released the R-rated film in 2992. cinemas.
It was a bet risky brand new “Nosferatu” in Christmaswhen priority is usually given to movies relatives or to the successes of ticket office for all ages. But it was worth it, as it attracted the cinemas to the coveted 18-34 year old demographic.
“It was a decision riskybut we knew we had a great movie,” said Lisa Bunnell, who heads distribution for Focus Features. “A lot of people thought we were crazy. But I think the more they thought we were crazy, the more we felt like it was the right thing to do.”
The answer to this counterprogramming unconventional was rewarding. The sarcophagus-inspired popcorn buckets are even reselling for more than $100.
“The people keep talking of ‘how can we get people back to the cinema?’. “I think the only way to get people to come back is to change the environment,” Bunnell said. “You don’t have to always give them the same thing over and over again.”
The movie of Bob Dylandirected by James Mangoldalso got off to a bright start with $11.6 million during the weekend and 23.2 million from Christmas. The total of 5 days is a record for Searchlight Pictures since disney acquired the company in early 2019.
It has been well received by critics (96% on Rotten Tomatoes) as by the public (A CinemaScore) and will likely get a bigger boost from the awards race.
“baby girl“
“baby girl“, an A24 release by filmmaker Halina Reijn, was shown on 2,115 screens, grossing $4.4 million during the weekend and 7.2 million from Christmas. The film stars Kidman as a demure married CEO who begins a romance with a young company intern, played by Harris Dickinson.
Kidman won the award for best performance for her performance in the Venice Film Festival.
Meanwhile, “The Fire Within“, of Amazon MGM Studiosgot a little lost in the mix despite the good reviews. It has raised a total of $4.3 million, of which $2 million comes from the performances of weekend in which it was projected in the cinemas of 2006.
The premieres of the Thanksgiving Day They continued to perform well over the Christmas period. Fourth place went to “Wicked“, which raised another $19.5 million, bringing its domestic total to $424.2 million.
On Tuesday, the lavish movie musical will also be available to rent or buy at home. It’s a move that has attracted some critics who believe making it available at home after just 40 days in cinemas will cannibalize profits.
“Moana 2″ completed the list of five movies highest grossing weekend with 18.2 million dollars. The movie of disney has grossed $882.5 million globally and is approaching $400 million domestically.
The day of Christmas It was a great success for the industrywith 61 million dollars in sales of tickets. Thursday was almost as big, at $50 million.
“Every day was like Saturday in the ticket office because of the way the holidays were lined up,” he said Paul Dergarabediansenior media analyst comscore.
comscore expects the year to end with around $8.75 billion in income of ticket office in USAwhich represents a decrease of 3.3% compared to last year, which exceeded 9,000 million, and the 11,000 million dollars that had been collected before the pandemic.
Final national figures will be released on Monday. The sales estimates of tickets from Friday to Sunday in the cinemas of USA and Canada, according comscoreare:
- 1.”Sonic the Hedgehog 3″, $38 million.
- 2.”Mufasa: The Lion King”, $37.1 million.
- 3.”Nosferatu“, 21.2 million dollars.
- 4.”Wicked“, 19.5 million dollars.
- 5.”Moana 2″, $18.2 million.
- 6. “A Complete Unknown,” $11.6 million.
- 7.”baby girl“, 4.4 million dollars.
- 8. “Gladiator II”, $4.2 million.
- 9. “Homestead,” $3.2 million.
- 10.”The Fire Within“, 2 million dollars.
