However, the best comp for this weekend’s top films may be “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Easy Rider” - films that defied the late-1960s model and put studios on notice that their businesses were no longer keeping pace with the audience. Christopher Nolan overcame all of that, not to mention a story that isn’t clearly commercial. “Oppenheimer” is R-rated, three hours long, and is helped by higher ticket prices and hurt by less availability. That would be higher today, although it had the advantage of very little competition). (“Captain Marvel,” co-directed by Anna Boden in 2019 opened to $153 million. If that continues, the year would end at $8.6 billion - impact of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes notwithstanding.Įven adjusted for inflation, Greta Gerwig has the biggest opening weekend for a film directed solely by a woman. Year-to-date now stands at 16 percent over 2022.
Suddenly, the summer is $10 million ahead of 2022 when last week it was down six percent. It’s the best since 2019 when “Avengers: Endgame” propelled a total over $400 million. This weekend’s box office total of over $300 million is rare. “Barbie” could reach parity by Tuesday, although that’s a tall order at $30 million per day. Movie” opened on a Wednesday and grossed $52 million ahead of its $146 million weekend for a $204 million total. “Barbie” had the year’s biggest domestic opening weekend, but “The Super Mario Bros.
Perhaps they might consider coming to terms with the writers, who could offer their thoughts? Studios have a game-changing opportunity to channel the audience’s passion, now. ‘Dune: Part Two’ Pushed to March 2024 as Warner Bros.
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