“Don’t worry, honey”, the dystopian thriller by Olivia Wilde whose production was clouded by rumors and whose premiere it wasn’t really critically applaudedgot off to a good start at the US and Canadian box office, finishing first this weekend.
The film grossed $ 19.2 million, according to preliminary data from Exhibitor Relations released Sunday.
Even before its premiere, it gave a lot to talk about, giving rise to speculation about tensionsrivalry and incidents between the main actors.
The film was not liked by critics, earning a score of just 38% on the Rotten Tomatoes website, which collects the opinions of specialized journalists.
In “Don’t Worry, Honey”, a sort of terrifying “The Truman Show” in 1950s America, Florence Pugh (“Black Widow”) plays Alice, a young woman living in Victory, a model of little city built in the middle of the desert by a mysterious businessman, played by Chris Pine.
Like all her neighbors, Alice has a life that goes by like clockwork and, a priori, everything to be happy with Jack (Harry Styles), her partner, who he leaves every morning for a job he knows nothing about. In exchange for this material wealth, Victoria has only one rule: her inhabitants must never leave the city limits. But Alice will break it …
“The Woman King,” a historical epic of warriors from a West African kingdom, dropped to second place this weekend with $ 11.1 million at the box office.
Describing the real life of female warriors in the 19th-century kingdom of Dahomey, set in present-day Benin, this film stars Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis as Nanisca, training the next generation of recruits tasked with fighting a greater rival African kingdom and against European slave traders.
In third place was “Avatar”, shown again before the December premiere of its sequel “Avatar 2: The Way of Water”. James Cameron’s film, which was a hit in 2009, managed to gross around $ 10 million, mostly in IMAX theaters.
“Barbarian,” a 20th century horror film starring Georgina Campbell and Bill Skarsgard, came in fourth with $ 4.8 million in tickets sold.
In fifth place was Ti West’s weird and bloody “Pearl” with 1.9 million.
They completed the top ten places:
– “Watch Them Run” ($ 1.9 million)
– “Bullet Train” (1.8 million)
– “DC League of Superpets” (1.8 million)
– “Top Gun: Maverick” (1.6 million)
– “Minions: A Villain Is Born” (1 million)
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