NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Brie Larson attends THE MARVELS Film Theater Pop-In on November 10, 2023 in New York Metropolis. Jason Mendez/Getty Pictures for Disney/AFP (Picture by Jason Mendez / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Pictures through AFP)
LOS ANGELES, United States — New superhero movie “The Marvels” is making historical past, and never in a great way: its estimated $47 million North American take over the weekend marks the bottom debut ever for a film from Disney’s usually money-cranking Marvel Cinematic Universe.
“This opening is an unprecedented Marvel field workplace collapse,” mentioned analyst David A. Gross. Second superhero episodes usually outperform the originals, he mentioned, however this one is down 67 % from its predecessor, “Captain Marvel,” and has a protracted solution to go to recoup its $220 million manufacturing value.
It’s unclear, analysts mentioned, whether or not this can be a clear sign of moviegoers’ superhero fatigue after so many profitable blockbusters.
However Gross mentioned a number of components are hurting such movies within the theaters, together with the expansion of streaming companies and the lately ended actors’ strike (“Marvels” stars led by Brie Larson had been unable to do promotional work) — in addition to a slew of “unimaginative and unhealthy motion pictures” throughout the style.
“The Marvels,” a sophisticated sci-fi yarn about quantum entanglement, “soar factors” and holes in house, additionally stars Teyonah Parris and Iman Vellani.
In second for the weekend was “5 Nights at Freddy’s” from Common Footage and Blumhouse Productions, with estimated ticket gross sales of $9 million, business watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.
Josh Hutcherson performs a down-at-the-heels guard working nights at an deserted household leisure heart the place creepy animatronic characters spring — murderously — to life.
AMC Theaters’ “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” once more carried out nicely: the celebrity’s live performance movie earned $5.9 million because it positioned third for the weekend. Its complete home haul in 5 weeks is now $172.5 million.
In fourth was A24’s biopic “Priscilla,” at $4.8 million, almost stage with final weekend’s $5 million take. The Sofia Coppola-directed movie charts the rocky relationship between Elvis and Priscilla Presley, from their first assembly, when she was simply 14 and he was a 24-year-old star, to their acrimonious break up.
Cailee Spaeny, within the title function, has earned the Venice Movie Pageant’s finest actress award.
And in fifth, at $4.7 million, was Martin Scorsese’s history-based epic “Killers of the Flower Moon.” The Paramount drama stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone.
Rounding out the highest 10 had been:
“The Holdovers” ($3.2 million)
“Journey to Bethlehem” ($2.4 million)
“Paw Patrol: The Mighty Film” ($1.8 million)
“Radical” ($1.8 million)
“The Exorcist: Believer” ($1.2 million)