Entertainment Desk: In this article we are discussing the box office performance of various movies on their respective second weekends at the box office. The first movie discussed is Disney/Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which is having a poor performance in its second weekend, with a 71% drop in box office earnings, generating only $30 million during the weekend, and $7.8 million on its second Friday. The drop is more significant than the drops of the second weekends of Thor: Love and Thunder (-68%) and Eternals (-62%). The article estimates that the movie will have a running total of $165.3 million by Sunday.
The second movie discussed is Universal’s Cocaine Bear, which is doing better in the box office, having earned $8.1 million on Friday, and is predicted to earn a total of $20 million on its opening weekend. The article notes that the movie already has an 82% approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes’ audiences and four stars from ComScore and Screen Engine’s PostTrak, as well as 72% fresh rating from critics. The film tells the story of a black bear that ate cocaine in a Georgia forest in 1985, causing it to go on a rampage.
Lionsgate’s Jesus Revolution is the third movie discussed, which is performing well in the box office, with a predicted earning of $6.6 million on Friday, including $3.3 million in previews, and a total of $13.5 million on its opening weekend. The distributor is hoping to repeat the success it had with I Can Only Imagine, which opened with $17.1 million and earned $83.4 million in the US. The article notes that the movie has a 100% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Avatar: The Way of Water, distributed by 20th Century Studio/Disney/Lightstorm, earned $938K on Friday, a 32% drop from the previous week, and is predicted to earn a total of $4.25 million on the weekend, which would bring its total earnings to $664.8 million. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, distributed by Uni/DreamWorks Animation, earned $850K on Friday, a 27% drop from the previous week, and is predicted to earn a total of $3.9 million on the weekend, which would bring its total earnings to $173.2 million.
The daily earnings of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Avatar: The Way of Water. The article concludes by noting that Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’s poor performance is the most significant box office story of the weekend.
0 Comments