Box Office: Tom Holland’s Uncharted wins Weekend in North America as ‘Spider-Man’ Closes to $800 Million
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It’s still great to be Tom Holland.
The 25-year-old actor has been all-but-singlehandedly propelling ticket sales at North American movie theaters, leading 2 films in the top three spots on domestic box office charts. His action-adventure Uncharted remained at No. Third place was taken by his comic book masterpiece “Spider-Man: No Way Home”.
“Uncharted,” Sony’s long in the making video game adaptation of the classic, was released in 2nd weekend. It brought in $23.2million from 4,275 local venues. This represented a 46% decrease from the $44 Million debut. The domestic total is now $83.3 million. A drop of 50% is the norm for tentpoles with big budgets. These films tend to be top-loaded in terms gross. It is notable that “Uncharted” did not receive the same rave reviews as “Spider-Man: A Way Home”, which suggests Holland’s star-power was likely responsible for selling movie stubs. It helps that “Uncharted”, a video game series that is very popular, targets younger males. This demographic was consistently going to multiplexes during COVID-19.
Ruben Fleischer directs “Uncharted”, which has a $120m price tag. International ticket sales are crucial to get out of the red. The film has already proven to be a huge success overseas with $35 million in international sales from 64 territories. “Uncharted,” which has already earned $143 million internationally and $226.4 millions globally, is just a few days before its March 14th opening in China.
The No. 1 spot was taken by another Sony blockbuster, “Spider-Man: No Way Home”. The No. 3 spot was occupied by $5.7million from 3,002 North American theatres. It dropped only 23% in its 11th week in theaters. The Spidey three-parter has remained in the top three of domestic box office charts since its December debut. This feat is rare, even if there was an industry-altering pandemic. Through Sunday, “No Way Home”, has grossed $779.8 millions. The movie’s impressive week-to-week performance means that “Spider-Man,” could become the third movie to reach $800 million domestically. “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, which has reached $1.85 Billion globally, is now the number one movie.
Channing Tatum’s PG-13 comedy “Dog”, which features Channing Tatum as a canine hero, came in second. MGM’s road-trip comedy buddy comedy “Dog” earned $10.1million from 3,827 screens, bringing its North American total to $30.8 million. This is a great result for a movie with a $15 million budget. In an effort to win over those still reeling from 2008’s “Marley and Me,” the movie was cleverly promoted with the tagline “Don’t worry, the dogs don’t die”. Over west coast and east coast cities, and over major domestic markets, the Midwest and smaller cities have led ticket sales for “Dog”.
Two new films, “Studio 666,” and “Cyrano,” did not make an impact on the box office charts during a quiet weekend at movies.
David A. Gross, the head of the movie consulting company Franchise Entertainment Research, called Studio 666 an “original oddity,” one built around Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters’ popularity. He said that “Studio 666” is a weak opener, adding that “there aren’t many horror comedies overall” at the box-office. Open Road Films and Briarcliff Entertainment have released “Studio 666”.
“Cyrano,” a romantic musical drama directed and starring Peter Dinklage from “Game of Thrones”, was awarded the No. 9 spot. This well-reviewed film was based on Edmond Rostand’s 2018 stage musical “Cyrano de Bergerac”, a play about a tragic love triangle. It opened in only 797 locations and earned $1.4 million. Exit polls show that nearly 60% of the opening weekend audience was female. MGM will expand the movie’s theatrical reach in the weeks ahead, but with a $30 million production budget, the margins for “Cyrano,” could be even more devastating than heartbreaking,
The domestic box office rankings ranked the Holdovers “Death on the Nile”, and “Jackass Forever”, at spots four and five, respectively.
