Those cricket noises you hear are the sounds of the summer box office slowing down.
Sony’s No. 1 film from a week ago, David Leitch’s Bullet Train , is back at No. 1 this weekend in a session that technically has no uber-wide release backed by a multimillion-dollar spending spree from major studios . The Brad Pitt actioner is looking for $12.6M for the frame, down 58% for the week after a $3.75M Friday from 4,357 theaters.
The weekend pic has $53.6 million over 10 days, with some rival dealers believing it has a shot at $100 million by the end of its run, and could even hold up better than what we are seeing here. weekend.
Pete Davidson in “Bodies Bodies Bodies” A24
A24 expands with its Pete Davidson horror comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies, but not very wide as it feeds off word of mouth; sits at 85% on Rotten Tomatoes audience score with a 90% certified fresh rating. The millennial fusion film has $1.3M today at 1,275 locations for a $3M second weekend in what looks like a sixth-place finish, +1,224% from last weekend and good for a 10-day total of $3.3 million. (A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once in the spring expanded to about 1,200 runs in its third weekend, grossing $6 million after a first weekend in 10 theaters and a second weekend in 38 locations) .
Lionsgate has the YA film Fall directed by Scott Mann in 1,548 theaters. It’s an experimental release for the studio — a picture that isn’t exactly ideal for broadcast, but that tested well with audiences and is slated for a big-screen release. The thriller is currently at 71% among critics on Rotten Tomatoes with an audience score of 84%.
Lionsgate “downfall” of Lionsgate
Logline: For best friends Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner), life is about conquering fears and pushing boundaries. But after climbing 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. Now their expert climbing skills will be put to the ultimate test as they desperately struggle to survive the elements, lack of supplies and vertigo-inducing heights. No mg on the film from the producers of the 47 Meters Down franchise (Jamie Harris and Mark Lane) and a low $4 million P&A spend in a 46-day window; a title for the exhibition in what is the beginning of a desert of 2 and a half months in the marquee. Fall looks like $800,000 today and $1.75-2 million on the lower end of the top 10 chart.
RelishMix noted on social media that the fall buzz “is very positive, as fans are wondering the scope and complexity of the story, or if it’s a note, with a predictable outcome. Fans are very intrigued with the trailers’ outrageous visual hook, while some question the CGI. Chatter is on board with the reminder that “Fall hits theaters August 12.” RelishMix also noted, “In an 8-week digital boost for in the fall since the first trailer, the studio has 5 videos that have recorded a moderate count and a moderate viral repost. Page engagement on Facebook and Instagram for the show is also light for the genre.”
Universal has the exclusive Imax 40th anniversary re-release of ET the Extra-Terrestrial , which is seeing $430,000 today at 389 theaters for a $1M three-day total and $438.2M total. The pic’s 20th anniversary release in 2002 grossed $35.3 million domestic, $69 million worldwide. It is the first time that the film directed by Steven Spielberg is presented in Imax. Jaws is also coming to Imax and RealD on September 2nd
Premiere of Gravitas “Mack & Rita”.
At the bottom of the chart is Gravitas Ventures’ all-female comedy Mack & Rita starring Taylour Paige, Diane Keaton and Elizabeth Lail, with an estimated $300,000 today and three days of $865,000. Thirty-nine Rotten Tomatoes critics are at 26% Rotten, with the audience unsurprisingly at 46%. “Awareness tracks light on social media with little material in rotation and the drive of light engagement on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube,” observes RelishMix, who notes that the social media chatter says “I’ve been there, done that’, as the photo looks big and 13 going. 30
In the film, self-proclaimed 30-year-old Mack Martin (Lail) reluctantly joins a bachelorette trip to Palm Springs for his best friend Carla (Paige), and his inner 70-year-old she is released, literally. The frustrated writer and influencer is magically transformed into her future self: Aunt Rita (Keaton). Freed from the constraints of other people’s expectations, Rita becomes an unlikely social media sensation, sparking a tentative romance with Mack’s adorable little dog, Jack (Dustin Milligan).