- Novocaine (review)- $8.7M
Man, was this a terrible week at the box office or what? The slowest frame of 2025 saw just $52.6M in total receipts, 40% less than this time last year. So the news is somewhat mixed for Novocaine, which beat all with $8.7M. The R-rated action-comedy starring Jack Quaid and Amber Midthunder, about a guy who feels no pain, got good word-of-mouth that could lead to a solid hold. It currently has 82% at Rotten Tomatoes with an audience score of 89%.
2. Mickey 17– $7.51M/$33.2M
Falling to #2 with $7.5M was the second week of Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi comedy Mickey 17. The Robert Pattinson-led film fell 60%, bringing its total to $33M domestic. Fortunately, it’s doing much better overseas with an additional $57M, for an overall haul of $90M.
3. Black Bag (review)- $7.5M
Steven Soderbergh’s slick spy film Black Bag opened to $7.5M, which is probably less than Focus Features was expecting. The star-powered spy thriller starring Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Rege-Jean Page, has already surpassed the total of Soderbergh’s ghost story Presence, which was just released in January. However, the debut is less than his last Fassbender movie, Haywire, which opened to $8.4M in 2012. Other than his mainstream Ocean’s movies, Soderbergh isn’t a big blockbuster kind of filmmaker. His movies last the long haul due to critical acclaim, and this one could do the same as it currently holds 97% on RT.
4. Captain America: Brave New World– $5.4M/$185.3M
5. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (review)- $3.1M
Warner Bros. sold the rights to The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie to Ketchup Entertainment, and they’ve reaped the benefits with a solid $3.1M launch. The 2D animated movie features Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, no Bugs Bunny, in a retro alien invasion story. Audiences have dug it, with the film holding an 86% critical score, 88% audience score on RT.
6. The Last Supper– $2.8M
7. Paddington in Peru– $2.7M/$41.3M
8. Dog Man– $2.5M/$92.8M
9. The Monkey– $2.4M/$35.2M
10. Last Breath– $2.3M/$18.5M
Also…there was a lot of buzz for A24’s horror-comedy Opus going into Sundance. Then critics saw the film and reviews weren’t great (my review), and the bad word-of-mouth likely killed its chances. The film starring Ayo Edibiri and John Malkovich opened to just $1M in 1764 theaters.
