“Black Phone 2” Scares Up $10 Million Opening Day, While “Good Fortune” Struggles at Box Office
The horror sequel โ”Black Phone 2″ launched with a $10 million openingโ day, signaling a strong start for theโ Blumhouse and Global Pictures โrelease. Despite the success of “Black Phone 2”, several other โfilms faced challenges at the box office this weekend.
In second place, Disney’s “Tron: Ares” earned $3 million on friday and is projecting an $11 million sophomore โweekend, representingโค aโ 65% drop. The film’s North american total is expected to reach $54 million after 10 days, butโฃ its $180 million production budget appears unlikely to โฃbe recouped theatrically given its disappointing domestic and overseas performance.
Warner Bros.’ awards contenderโข “One Battle After Another” is currently tracking for fourth place,earning $1.1 million on Friday, a 45% decrease from the previous week. Paul Thomas Anderson’s film starring Leonardo DiCaprio has earned $59 million in North america after 22 days, but is โestimated to lose around $100 million theatrically, despite a production budgetโค exceeding $130 million.
Paramount’s “Roofman,” featuring Channing Tatum, isโ falling to fifth place with $1.1 million earned on its second Friday. The film is looking at โa $3.6 million sophomore weekend, a โฃ55% โฃdrop from itsโฃ opening. Domestic gross โis โexpected to hit $15.4 million through Sunday, โa muted run even against its $19 million production โฃbudget.
Angel Studios’ World War II thriller “Truth & Treason” opened in 2,106 venues to $1.1 million on Friday โขand is headed for a $2.8โ million opening weekend, landing in sixth place. The film received a “A” grade from Cinema Score.
Amazon MGM’s R-rated campus drama “After the Hunt,” starring Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri, expanded to 1,238 locations andโค earned approximately $650,000 on โขFriday,โ projecting seventh place. The film,which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in August to negative reviews,received a “C-” grade from Cinema Score.
Notably, the opening of “Good Fortune” – starring Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen, Sandra oh and Keke Palmer – was a muted kickoff for the $30 million production, earning only $3โฃ million on its opening weekend despite solid reviews and positive audience buzz (Cinema Score: “B+”). This โฃhighlights the difficultyโฃ of opening original R-ratedโ comedies in the current theatrical landscape, tho Sony’s โค”One of Them days” ($50 million domestic total) demonstrated โขpotential for success earlier in the year.
