Universal’s “The Croods: A New Age” rounded out the top five with $620,000 from 1,411 screens. After three weeks of release, the Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland-led film has made $9.69 million.
3, Lionsgate’s sci-fi thriller “Chaos Walking” took in $1.9 million from 2,132 theaters, marking a slight 14% fall. Internationally, “Tom and Jerry” added another $4 million, bringing its overseas tally to $43.5 million and global haul to $77.2. The film, which is also playing on HBO Max for 31 days, has made $33 million at the domestic box office. Warner Bros.’ live-action-animated hybrid “Tom and Jerry” remained in second place with $3.8 million from 2,508 screens, a 7% drop from last weekend. “Raya and the Last Dragon” wasn’t the only title that witnessed a modest decline in ticket sales none of the films in the top five dipped more than 15% from the weekend prior. Sony Pictures Classics’ “The Father,” the only best picture nominee to have a traditional theatrical release, made another $275,000 following nominations, lifting its total sales to $879,000. The film earned $306,000 this weekend, bringing its tally to $1.3 million. And A24’s “Minari,” a heartwarming drama about a Korean American family that scored six Oscar nods, saw receipts climb 85%. The poorly reviewed film cinched 11th place on box office charts, scraping together $275,049 from 501 screens.įocus Feature’s dark comedy “Promising Young Woman,” which landed five Academy Award nominations, enjoyed a 117% increase in ticket sales, with $195,000 over the three days for a total of $5.7 million. Meanwhile, Johnny Depp’s “City of Lies,” a crime drama about corruption in the LAPD, mostly fell flat. Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate, the film’s backers, reported strong turnout in Salt Lake City, Orlando and Dallas. Directed by Dominic Cooke, the movie premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival (with the title “Ironbark”) to mostly positive reviews. “The Courier,” a Cold War drama led by Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel Brosnahan, landed in third place with $2 million from 1,433 locations. Two new movies - “The Courier” and “City of Lies” - opened theatrically while several awards season hopefuls got a post-Oscar nomination boost. Without much in the way of competition, “Raya and the Last Dragon” was able to easily repeat No.
The film, which is available to Disney Plus subscribers for an additional $30, has generated $71 million globally to date. “Raya and the Last Dragon” amassed another $8 million overseas from 29 countries. “It gives me immense joy to say that by the end of next week we expect that 99% of our U.S. “It was exactly one year ago that we closed all AMC locations in the United States,” said Adam Aron, the CEO of AMC. The circuit expects to reopen even more locations by March 26. “Eager movie fans in Los Angeles showed up in solid numbers to enjoy the big screen experience once again.”ĪMC Theatres, the cinema chain with the biggest footprint in the country, has reopened 98% of its locations, including 40 venues in California, as of March 19. “This weekend showed solid results from holdovers, demonstrating the revenue generating horsepower of opening the biggest box-office market in North America,” said Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst with Comscore. Even with restrictions, Los Angeles accounted for nearly 9% of all movie tickets sold this weekend, according to Comscore. Cinemas in the City of Angels were given permission to resume operations on March 12, but most film exhibitors weren’t able to get up and running until now.Ĭapacity in Los Angeles area movie theaters will be capped at 25%, or 100 people per auditorium, which is double the limit in New York, where its restricted to 50 people. Disney can thank the reopening of Los Angeles movie theaters for the stellar hold in ticket sales.
“Raya and the Last Dragon” collected $5.2 million from 2,261 theaters through Sunday, representing a scant 5% decline. LOS ANGELES () – Disney’s animated adventure “Raya and the Last Dragon” led the domestic box office in its third weekend, illustrating the appeal of family films as Hollywood attempts to mount a moviegoing revival.