Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham weren’t sufficient to avoid wasting Expend4bles from a debut box office flop. The fourth installment suffered the action-packed franchise’s worst opening weekend whereas The Nun 2 took dwelling the top spot for a 3rd straight week, information agency Comscore reported on Sunday. Also learn:(*2*)
The Nun 2 beats Expend4bles at box office
The Lionsgate and Millennium’s movie, also called Expendables 4, pulled in a mediocre $8.3 million for the big-budget undertaking. It starred a number of widespread names, together with Stallone, Statham, Curtis 50 Cent Jackson, Megan Fox and Dolph Lundgren. It’s been almost a decade since the franchise launched a movie, which opened with $15.8 million and ultimately grossed $214 million globally.
But instances have actually modified, as the movie barely positioned second behind The Nun 2, a horror film that earned $8.4 million in its first week. It’s been a strong begin for that Warner Bros.’ undertaking — a by-product from the profitable Conjuring franchise. So far, the Michael Chaves-directed sequel has grossed greater than $69 million.
“It’s a star-studded franchise, but horror is a different situation,” mentioned Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “It just seems no matter what if you’re scared in the movie theater a couple times in an hour and a half or two, that’s worth the price of admission.”
Here’s how the other films fared at the box office
In third, A Haunting in Venice earned $6.3 million. Kenneth Branagh’s third Agatha Christie adaptation, following 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express and 2022’s Death on the Nile, has drawn in over $25.3 million after two weeks.
The Equalizer 3, starring Denzel Washington, only dropped to fourth place with $4.725 million. In four weeks, it has grossed $81.1 million domestically.
Barbie, the biggest movie of 2023, is still carrying some momentum from the summer into the fall season. The Greta Gerwig box-office smash ranked in the top five, earning $3.2 million this week and a domestic total of more than $630 million after a 10-week period.
Sixth place went to My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, with $3 million, while It Lives Inside opened its first week with $2.6 million. The Sony film Dumb Money, a dramatization of the GameStop stock frenzy, stayed put in the eighth position for a second week in a row with $2.5 million. Blue Beetle fell to ninth, with $1.8 million, and Oppenheimer rounded out the top 10 with $1.6 million. The Christopher Nolan film has garnered $321 million domestically.
In all, it was another slow output for box office figures as many Hollywood projects are still on hold due to the ongoing Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and Writers Guild of America strikes.
This weekend grossed the lowest since Dec. 9, 2022, Dergarabedian said. It was also the first time since the weekend of Feb. 10, 2023 to not have a movie earn over $10 million.
But Dergarabedian said a “spectacular October” could possibly be on the manner with the much-anticipated Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour live performance movie, The Exorcist: Believer and Saw X. “Things are going to change next week or the weeks after when Taylor Swift hits the multiplex,” he mentioned. “This is the natural ebbs and flow of the box office. That means one thing: We’ll be back to normal.”
Estimated ticket gross sales for Friday by Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, in keeping with Comscore. Final home figures will probably be launched Monday.
1. The Nun II, $8.4 million.
2. Expend4bles, $8.3 million.
3. A Haunting in Venice, $6.3 million.
4. The Equalizer 3, $4.7 million.
5. Barbie, $3.2 million.
6. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, $3 million.
7. It Lives Inside, 2.6 million.
8. Dumb Money, $2.5 million.
9. Blue Beetle, $1.8 million.
10. Oppenheimer, $1.6 million.
