Blink Twice and The Crow made muted debuts this weekend at the box office.
Deadpool & Wolverine returned to the top of chart, leaving the newcomers in the dust. The Marvel superhero saga rang up a projected $18.3 million, bringing its five week domestic total to $577.2 million, Comscore reported Sunday.
Last week’s leader Alien: Romulus slipped to second place with $16.2 million, while It Ends With Us was third with $11.9 million.
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Blink Twice led a string of new releases, but it only managed a fourth place finish with $7.3 million.
Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut played in 3,067 locations for a per theater average of $2,388. The film cost a reported $20 million to produce, plus marketing expenses.
Channing Tatum, who is engaged to Kravitz in real life, leads the cast of Blink Twice as tech billionaire Slater King. The powerful businessman meets cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) at a fundraising gala and sparks fly. Slater invites Frida to his private island for one of his wild parties. She’s looking for adventure and agrees to go, but the situation soon takes a sinister turn.
The cast also includes Alia Shawkat, Haley Joel Osment, Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Kyle MacLachlan, and Geena Davis.
The film received a “B-” CinemaScore from audiences. Critics gave it a 79 percent score out of 100 on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus saying Kravitz is a “director to watch.”
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Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore, expressed optimism that the film could have staying power.
“If there’s a silver lining for Blink Twice, it’s that the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend will afford the well-marketed film the opportunity to take advantage of the benefits that an extended holiday moviegoing frame can provide, in what will be its second weekend,” Dergarabedian told Urban Hollywood 411 on Sunday.
“Solid star power, an effective trailer and word-of-mouth could carry forward into this week and provide momentum,” he explained.
Blink Twice was followed on the chart this weekend by The Forge.
The faith-based drama debuted with an estimated $6.6 million. The Sony Pictures release comes from the Kendrick brothers — Alex Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick — who are best known for their hit 2015 film War Room.
The Sony Pictures release comes from the Kendrick brothers — Alex Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick — who are best known for their hit 2015 film War Room.
Their latest film follows a young man’s journey toward becoming a responsible adult, and the impact a male mentor has on his life in the absence of his father.
The cast includes Priscilla Shirer Cameron Arnett, Karen Abercrombie, T.C. Stallings, BJ Arnett, Ken Bevel, Former NFL star Benjamin Watson, Jonathan Evans, Jerry Shirer, Tommy Woodard, and Aspen Kennedy.
The drama played in 1,818 locations, and earned a healthy per theater average of $3,630.
Lionsgate’s remake of The Crow failed to make the top five and debuted in eighth place with just $4.6 million. With a reported production budget of $50 million, the film will lose money — unless it finds divine intervention.
Bill Skarsgård takes on the iconic role of The Crow in the modern reimagining of the graphic novel by James O’Barr. The gothic superhero film from director Rupert Sanders also stars FKA twigs.
Critics panned the thriller, giving it a 20 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. Among the reactions by critics — The Crow suffered from “weak pacing” and “lacks any visual flair.”
The above images are courtesy of (L-R) Amazon MGM Studios and Lionsgate.
Check out our @Comscore Movies Domestic Top 10 chart! Please note this weekend’s overall total estimated Domestic box office is $91M & YTD 2024 (now at $5.618B through Sunday) is down 14% vs. 2023. Note: Summer season ‘24 (May 3- August 25) is now at just over $3.5B. @csMoviesUS… pic.twitter.com/envoqyzw3z
— Paul Dergarabedian (@PDergarabedian) August 25, 2024
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