FRIDAY AFTERNOON: New Line/Warner Bros’ Weapons can claim its third No. 1 weekend, though in its fourth frame, with a 4-day of $12M-$13M at 3,416 th
FRIDAY AFTERNOON: New Line/Warner Bros’ Weapons can claim its third No. 1 weekend, though in its fourth frame, with a 4-day of $12M-$13M at 3,416 theaters, sending its running stateside cume to $135M by Monday. Weapons soon will topple the running domestic take of the original The Conjuring ($137.4M in 2013), and it’s already past 2016’s The Conjuring 2 ($102.5M) and 2018’s The Nun ($117.4M). New Line’s feature take on Stephen King’s It ($328.8M) remains both the studio’s and the industry’s highest-grossing horror movie at the domestic box office.
From left: ‘Weapons,’ Austin Butler in ‘Caught Stealing,’ Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch in ‘The Roses,’ Roy Schneider in ‘Jaws‘ and Peter Dinklage in ‘The Toxic Avenger‘
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Universal’s 50th anniversary release of Jaws is second at 3,200 sites with a Friday of $3.1M and a 4-day of $9.7M. That will put the lifetime running total on the 1975 Steven Spielberg film that started the tentpole era at $276.9M by Monday.
Sony’s Darren Aronofsky-directed Caught Stealing is seeing a Friday, including previews, of around $3.3M and a 4-day between $8M-$9M at 3,578 sites. The 3-day could potentially inch out the start of Aronofsky’s gonzo horror movie Mother! which opened to $7.5M back in pre-Covid 2017, and that was with a occasional F CinemaScore.
Disney’s fourth weekend of Freakier Friday will see $8M over Friday-Monday at 3,475 after a $1.6M Friday and running total near $82M by EOD Monday.
Searchlight’s The Roses at 2,700 sites is seeing $2.2M today, including previews, for a fifth-place take around $7M+.
Heading into this weekend, per ComScore, the summer box office from first Friday in May until Thursday before Labor Day frame is $3.568 billion, even with last year. However, this Labor Day weekend will come up lighter than last year’s 4-day take of $110.2M with an estimated $75M. This will bring summer 2025 in at $3.643 billion, which when rounded is down 1% from last year’s $3.67B.
FRIDAY AM: Summer’s finale is getting underway with four wide releases: Sony’s Darren Aronofsky-directed comedy caper Caught Stealing; Searchlight’s remake of The War of the Roses, entitled The Roses; Universal’s 50th anniversary re-release of Jaws; and Iconic Events’ reboot of The Toxic Avenger. At this point, none is expected to topple New Line’s Weapons, which will pop back up to No. 1 after Netflix’s theatrical flirt with last weekend’s box office; the Zach Cregger-directed movie is eyeing a fourth weekend of $11M-$12M over 4 days.
Caught Stealing did $1.2M in both 4 p.m. Thursday previews and last weekend’s sneaks. The movie starring Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz is expected to do north of $10M+ in four days at 3,578 sites. That preview figure is on par with such movies as House of Gucci ($1.3M which did a 3-day over Thanksgiving during post-Covid 2021 of $14.4M) and August pre-Covid 2016’s War Dogs ($1.25M previews, for a $14.6M opening). The Aronofsky-directed title cost $40 million net after New York City film tax incentives. Great reviews and audience score on Rotten Tomatoes with 87% and 86%, respectively. Wouldn’t be shocked if it steals No. 1.
Universal’s 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws is expected to do $5M over the Friday-to-Monday period at 3,200 sites including PLFs and Imax. The shark bit off $950K in previews last night, I hear.
The Roses grossed $800K in total previews box office, including restricted early-access shows on Wednesday. The Jay Roach-directed, Tony McNamara-adapted redo of the Warren Adler novel, which also was the source material for the 1989 movie directed by Danny DeVito and written by David Mamet, is looking at $7M-$8M over 4 days. It’s booked at 2,700 locations. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, the title has bad reviews at 63% and a ho-hum audience score of 76%. Comps here for this title aimed at upscale older audiences are Black Bag at $850K which did a $7.6M opening and The Menu which posted $1M previews before a $9M opening.
We’re waiting on Toxic Avenger‘s numbers…
Rest of week’s top 5:
1) Weapons (NL/WB) 3,631 theaters, Thu $1.3M (-8% from Wed), Week $21.9M (-40%), Total $122.8M/Wk 3
2) KPop Demon Hunters Singalong (Netflix) No weekday play, 2-day box office $19M/Wk 1
3) Freakier Friday (Dis) 3,675 theaters, Thu $755k (-3%), Wk $12.6M (-40%), Total $73.9M/Wk 3
4) Fantastic Four: The First Steps (Dis) 3,190 theaters, Thu $546K (+3%), Wk $8.5M (-35%), $259.8M/Wk 5
5) The Bad Guys 2 (Uni) 3,288 theaters, Thu $466K (+6%), Wk $7.2M (-36%), Total $68.3M/Wk 4
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