SUNDAY AM First update: According to industry reports, the movie exploded in Los Angeles this past weekend, with the box office capitalizing itself at no. $ 1.05 million takes over Friday and Saturday at 75 investigative theaters. Unbelievable.
Compared to NYC’s first weekend of reopening cinemas, March 5-7, LA is already 41% ahead of the $ 744K that cinemas in the five districts minted during the first Friday and Saturday. NYC’s first weekend BO, which closed at $ 1.07 million, and LA by the end of today, the number will be over. The City of Angels is also spending the NYC BO this weekend, which is the number 2 market with $ 611,000 so far.
Compared to Friday and Saturday last weekend, the LA DMA (which mostly included entries before hardheads reopened during the pandemic) totaled $ 107.2K for a total weekend of $ 183.8K. LA’s weekend TOP to date is + 879% compared to March 12-13.
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NYC theaters were closed for 50 1/2 weeks due to pandemic government regulations, while LA was closed for a year. LA reopened the theaters last Monday, boosting this week’s BO by a gross amount of $ 595,000.
As we mentioned earlier, there are still many exhibits in the US, including Regal 2, New Mexico and about 75% of Canada, which are always calculated as part of the local BO.
It’s just: Disney officially reports a third weekend TOP of Raya and the last dragon by $ 5.2 million, -9% for a $ 23.4 million domestic running total. A good hold in LA’s theaters. Raya earned $ 1.4 million on Friday, $ 2.25 million (+ 61%) on Saturday and is expected to drop 33% to $ 1.5 million today. Overall Global Weekend for Raya was $ 13.2 million from 29 foreign territories for a total ongoing global occupation $ 71.2 million.
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SATURDAY AM Update: Although only 37% of the entire Los Angeles theater market is online again, that was enough to drive the DMA to $ 427.2K on Friday to the best weekend, a jump of + 1100% from the same period a week ago has. Los Angeles will likely be the No. 1 box office market this weekend, with New York at more than $ 1 million.
Meanwhile, last night at the El Capitan Theater on Hollywood Blvd, Raya and the last dragon star Kelly Marie Tran and film director Carlos Lopez Estrada welcomed the return of moviegoers. While the numbers may not look great at first glance, Raya and the last dragonposted Friday $ 1.4 million at 2,261 theaters (+98), even with the same day a week ago, and is on its way to a third weekend of $ 5.7 million, even in percentage terms with last weekend. It’s a hold that any studio would envy, and it’s an indication that there’s a craving in the country to go back to movie. Current total for Raya by tomorrow is $ 24.8 million, with the photo also available to Disney + subscribers for an extra $ 30.
Yesterday, the New York DMA was the largest market by distribution source, with $ 241.1K, -5%. Last weekend, NYC earned $ 1,018 million and ended its second week on Thursday with $ 1.35 million.
As for the full exhibit, there’s another way to go to the US and Canada market, with only 3.1K places of 588K back online. This is still with 98% of AMC and 92% of Cinemark. The lack of number 2 chain Regal leaves a big hole. In addition, only 18% of the Canadian province of Ontario, which contains the Toronto DMA, is open. On the bright side, 47 of California’s 58 counties have reopened cinemas and work between 25% -50%. Sources tell me that the movie theater ability in Los Angeles can beat up to 50% by Easter weekend, if not soon after, on wood.
Second place goes to Warner Bros. ‘ Tom & Jerry, who earned an estimated $ 1.02 million in its fourth Friday, + 2%, heading to $ 4.3 million on 2 508 sites (+54), + 5% for a running total on Sunday of $ 34.1 million. The photo is still available for HBO Max, free for subscribers, for another eight days before theaters present the animated hybrid exclusively during the title’s second month.
Lionsgate’s Chaos Step in weekend 3 it a $ 574K Friday, -11% for a 3-day from $ 2.1 million, -5% on 2132 (+112) for a $ 9.6 million current consumption.
Fourth goes to the new wide entry thriller from Roadside Attraction The courier, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel Brosnahan, who made $ 671K yesterday at 1 433 places, on the way to a $ 1.95 million 3-day debut. Pic has an 83% certified fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and achieved an 82% positive score, with a very good recommendation from 62% of the screen engine / Comscore PostTrak publications.
Fifty-seven percent of guys showed up, 85% older than 25, with 66% older than 35 years old. Diversity demos were 72% Caucasian, 11% Spanish, 8% Black and 9% Asian. Courier played the best on the East Coast, but their best market was Salt Lake City, I hear. The Dominic Cooke-focused function follows Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source, who are trying to end the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Universal / DreamWorks animations Croods: a new era in weekend 17 on 1 411 pitches (-29) $ 170K yesterday, + 45%, on the way to $ 780 thousand, + 44%, for a current total of $ 55.4 million.
Sixth place is owned by the Eddie Huang movie from Focus Features Boogie, with a third weekend of $ 640K, -18%, for a current total of $ 3.3 million. The film, starring Taylor Paige, Pop Smoke, and Taylor Takahashi, made a comeback $ 180K on Friday, -18% from a week ago.
Warner Bros. is also well below the first time in the top theaters since Los Angeles reopened. Tenet. The film is discussed in many Imax auditoriums, including AMC Universal CityWalk, where it can be seen in 70mm, AMC Burbank, AMC Century City, AMC Promenade Woodland Hills, AMC Santa Anita, AMC Del Amo Torrance and AMC Covina, and at Cinemark Imax. Lancaster. The film made an estimated return $ 23K last night from 35 places estimated $ 80K weekend, and its running total on $ 58.3 million stateide, still the best-grossing movies during the pandemic since theaters reopened in late August.