Death on the Nile Tops the Weekend Box Office
Death on the Nile Tops the Weekend Box Office
According to Deadline, Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile claimed the box office crown this weekend with a $12.8 million debut, which bested the second weekend of last week’s champ Jackass Forever ($8.05 million/$37.4 million total) and the Jennifer Lopez/Owen Wilson drama Marry Me ($8 million).
These figures are very underwhelming no matter how you spin it, particularly for Death on the Nile, which cost $90 million to produce and whose predecessor, Murder on the Orient Express, opened with $28.7 million in 2017 en route to $352.8 million worldwide total.
Marry Me, originally slated to open in February of 2021, is a little easier to stomach since it cost a cool $23 million, though a far cry from Lopez’s last outing, the 2019 Hustlers which accrued $150 million worldwide. Of course, the film also premiered simultaneously on Peacock, which obviously impacted its gross.
Jackass Forever, meanwhile, projects to drop -65% in its second weekend, putting it on par with Jackass 3D, which dipped -58% in its sophomore frame.
Otherwise, the Liam Neeson action thriller Blacklight opened to just $3.6 million from 2,772 locations, similar to the actor’s more recent titles — Honest Thief ($4.1 million) and The Marksman ($3.1 million) — while Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home earned another $7 million to bring its running total to $758.8 million, just $2 million shy of Avatar’s domestic total.
Next week sees the release of the anticipated video game adaptation Uncharted, starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg, projected to score a $25 million+ 3-day opening.
BOX OFFICE DOMESTIC TOP 10
1.) Death on the Nile (Dis/20th) 3,280 theaters, Fri $5.1M/Sat $5.8M/Sun $1.9M/3-day $12.8M/Wk 1
2.) Jackass Forever (Par) 3,653 theaters (+8), Fri $2.87M (-70%)/Sat $3.97M/Sun $1.2M/3-day $8.05M (-65%)/Total: $37.4M/Wk 2
3.) Marry Me (Uni) 3,642, Fri $3M/Sat $3.6M/Sun $1.4M/3-day $8M/Wk 1
4.) Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony) 3,300 (-300) theaters, Fri $1.85M (-11%)/3-day $7M (-26%)/Total $758.8M/Wk 9
5.) Blacklight (Briar) 2,772 theaters Fri $1.22M/Sat $1.63M/Sun $745K/ 3-day $3.6M/Wk 1
6.) Sing 2 (Uni/Ill) 2,831 (-435) theaters, Fri $670K (-18%)/Sat $1.6M/Sun $650K/ 3-day $2.95M (-30%)/Total: $143.3M/Wk 8
7.) Moonfall (LG) 3,446 theaters Fri $812K (-76%)/3-day $2.85M (-71%)/Total: $15.1M/Wk 2
8.) Scream (Par) 2,619 (-651) theaters Fri $820K (-32%)/Sat $1.55M/Sun $465K/3-day $2.835M (-40%), Total: $73.1M/Wk 5
9.) Licorice Pizza (UAR) 1,977 (+1,191) theaters, Fri $298K (+79%)/Sat $463K/ Sun $162K/3-day $923K (+43%), Total $13.99M/Wk 12
10.) The King’s Man (Dis/20th) 900 (-1010) theaters Fri $123K/Sat $224K/Sun $86K/3-day $433K (-65%)/Total $36.7M/Wk 8
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