- Mickey 17 (review)- $19.1M
Bong Joon Ho’s long-delayed sci-fi comedy Mickey 17 finally arrived and largely met expectations with $19.1M domestic, and $53M worldwide. The film features an all-star cast that certainly helped to draw in audiences. Robert Pattinson stars as an “expendable” employee who routinely dies and is recloned after impossible missions. Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Steven Yeun, and Naomi Ackie co-star. It’s not a huge, blockbuster number but it’s an okay one, and the reviews have been good with a 79% RT score from critics and 73% from audiences.
2. Captain America: Brave New World– $8.5/$176.5M
After four weeks, Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World slips to #2 with $8.5M. Worldwide the fourth Cap movie has $370M which is on the low end for the MCU but better than some of its recent output.
3. Last Breath– $4.2M/$14.6M
4. The Monkey– $3.9M/$31M
5. Paddington in Peru– $3.8M/$36.9M
6. Dog Man– $3.5M/$88.7M
7. Anora– $1.8M/$18.4M
Talk about an Oscar bump! The Best Picture winner Anora jumped 595%, adding over 1000 theaters, and earned $1.8M in its 22nd week of release. The Sean Baker film, which took four Oscars including Best Actress for Mikey Madison, now has $46M worldwide. Not bad for a little movie that cost just $6M to produce.
8. Mufasa: The Lion King– $1.7M/$250.4M
9. Rule Breakers– $1.5M
The acclaimed drama Rule Breakers, about a woman who dares educate young girls in Afghanistan, opened to $1.5M in just over 2000 theaters.
10. In the Lost Lands– $1M
Not all George R.R. Martin adaptations are alike, it seems. Paul W.S. Anderson’s adaptation of Martin’s epic fantasy In the Lost Lands debuted terribly with just $1M in 1370 screens. Anderson’s wife and muse Milla Jojovich stars alongside Dave Bautista, so star power can’t really be blamed here. Reviews were tough with just 17% from critics on RT and 43% from audiences, who are usually more lenient to this stuff. Ouch. Here in DC they didn’t bother to promote it or screen for press, which is always a bad sign. Personally, I can’t wait to buy a ticket and see just how bad it truly is, if it’s bad at all. It’s also worth noting that Anderson/Jojovich collabs have never been big domestic earners. The Resident Evil films were always huge overseas but never here.
