Our elected officials abandoned us a lot in 2020, but one of the most tangible ways they failed us was by deliberately ignoring the reality of the COVID-19 threat, which would result in what will soon be will be a full year of restrictions and lockdowns. However, it’s hard to really understand how long it has been, so here’s a clearer example of how long the coronavirus nightmare has been: As of this weekend, the US box office is now two Liam Neeson thrillers since the start of the pandemic. Two! And not Marvel movies! The first was Fair thief in October, and now we have the Clint Eastwood-esque The sniper– in which Liam Neeson stars as a certified real American who lives on a farm near the Mexican border and points his gun at immigrants entering his property. It won the box office last weekend, making a pretty impressive $ 3.2 million. (It was also, for the record, the third Liam Neeson is filming the pandemic if you count the comedy Made in Italy. Fourth if you count Ordinary love from February. The man to work.)
That was enough to dethrone Wonder Woman 1984, which still made $ 2.6 million (for a respectable total of $ 35.8, which is a huge box office for during this pandemic). Unfortunately for Diana Of Themyscira, all hopes to beat the total amount The Croods: A New Age stare to slip away: It made just over $ 2 million over the past weekend, which isn’t much less than that WW84, and it put it just under $ 40 million. It will have to deliver quickly Wonder Woman 1984 to catch up – not that it, or anything, really matters.
The next few spots on the list, like last week, stays unchanged: News of the world $ 1 million made, Monster Hunter Earned $ 920,000, Fatal Earned $ 530,000 (big drop between those two), and Promising young woman made only $ 430,000. Disney’s demanded a questionably necessary re-release for the weekthe Emperor’s new Groove this time) made just $ 169,000, and everything after that is pretty grim. But, as we keep saying, it’s probably not safe to go to a movie theater anyway, so… yes.
For a more detailed breakdown of the weekend’s box office numbers, click further to Box Office Mojo.