The current American box office story is all about Warner Bros. by default. and its simultaneous releases – if only because it does so many. We’ve already seen it how Wonder Woman 1984 and The little things have perished, and now WB has just dropped its third simultaneous HBO Max / theatrical release: Judas and the Black MessiahUnfortunately for Shaka King’s Black Panthers drama, the film – despite appearing to be the best of the three – has had the worst opening. It landed at just over $ 2 million, just a hair about what The little things made last weekend (his third in the charts).
In third place, still around $ 2 million The Croods: A New Age, which has made more than $ 48 million in 12 weeks. Which sounds like a lot, but that’s only because this COVID era has made us forget how much money movies used to make (it’s not even half of what the first Croods domestically made). After that WW84, who hunted The Croods since its release, but made just $ 1.1 million this week (for a total of $ 41 million). From Liam Neeson The sniper earned nearly the same amount, making it the last of the movies on the list to earn more than $ 1 million.
The two big newcomers this week different than Judas and the Black Messiah belonged to Robin Wright Country and Kevin Macdonald’s The MauritanianThe former came in at $ 940,000 and the latter opened at $ 163,000. And, as always, it’s worth pointing out that no movie is going to do really well at the box office (even after a few months) because it’s not really safe to go to a theater and the federal bad has done necessary steps to help change that.
For a more detailed breakdown of this weekend’s box office numbers, please visit Box Office Mojo.