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Update: 09/29/2024 08:03 EST BY BRENNAN KLEIN
Megalopolis sinks even lower with a $4 million debut,
This article was originally written Saturday AM and was updated Sunday AM with altered box office projections (in bold), a full chart and further analysis.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice approaches a major milestone at the domestic box office while The wild robot Thrones fellow new release Megalopolis. Although these Beetlejuice Beetlejuice The release is in its fourth weekend in theaters, Tim Burton’s Broken Legacy sequel continues to thrive after debuting with $111 million, the third-best opening weekend of the year so far. His latest competition is the Dreamworks animated movie The wild robotAbout a robot stranded on a desert island learning to bond with nature, and Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded $120 million sci-fi epic passion project Megalopolis.
Per VarietyAs of Sunday morning, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is projected to reach the $250 million milestone at the domestic box office At the end of its fourth weekend in theaters, adding $16 million to its cumulative total. This will see that it is dangerously close to tapping Batman ($251.4 million), which is Tim Burton’s second highest grossing movie in North America behind Alice in Wonderland ($334.1 million). It seems certain to exceed Batman As Burton’s No. 2 domestic movie in the coming week.
Meanwhile, of the new English-language releases, The wild robot came out on top by a considerable margin. The animated movie is projected to debut to $35 million, which is The third-best opening weekend ever for a September animated release. Megalopolis Has fallen significantly behind, with a projected $4 million Gross placing it at number 6 on the domestic chart for the weekend, landing completely outside the Top 5. Check out the full Top 5 domestic chart below:
|
# |
Title |
3-day total |
cumulative (domestic) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
The wild robot |
$35 million |
$35 million (Weekend 1) |
|
2 |
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice |
$16 million |
$250 million (Weekend 4) |
|
3 |
Transformers one |
$9.1 million |
$38.9 million (Weekend 2) |
|
4 |
Devara: Part 1 |
$6.7 million |
$6.7 million (Weekend 1) |
|
5 |
Speak no evil |
$4.3 million |
$28 million (Weekend 3) |
While Megalopolis Failing to debut on the Top 5 chart, another new release movie found its way onto the chart. That would be it Devara: Part 1, An Indian action title that features Rrr It stars NT Rama Rao Jr in a dual role. The Telugu-language feature debuted in North America with a $6.7 million gross from just 1,040 theaters, which is even fewer than Megalopolis‘ 1,854, which is already a bit conservative for a contemporary wide release.
Meanwhile, Transformers one Dropped from No. 2 to No. 3 with a $9.1 million gross. This represents a 63% drop from its opening weekend, A not unexpected but somewhat rude fall after debuting at number 2. moreover, Speak no evil had a solid 27% fall from No. 3 to No. 5 with $4.3 million in its third weekend.
With two new releases appearing on the chart, Two of last week’s top 5 titles have been cleared from the board. One was the previous number 5 title Deadpool & Wolverinewhich fell to No. 7 with $2.8 million during the tenth weekend of its record-breaking run. The other is Never let goThat dropped from No. 4 straight to No. 8 with $2.1 million, a 53% drop that isn’t particularly harsh for a second-week horror title, as the genre often drops 60% or more during its second weekend.
What the opening totals mean for Wild Robot and Megalopolis
Only one new release is on track to break even
This opening weekend completely puts the Wild robot Release on a strong leg. Although it’s only the third-best animated debut of September, it’s just behind 2012’s Hotel Transylvania ($42.5 million) and 2015s Hotel Transylvania 2 ($48.4 million), which was $358.4 million and $475.2 million, respectively. If the new movie can stay on track with the titles, It could earn somewhere around $295 million by the end of its runWhich would be a respectable total in the face of its $78 million budget.
In contrast, the Megalopolis Release has a tough road ahead. American distributor Lionsgate is not on the hook for the massive $120 million budget. However, the self-funded movie took a financial toll on Coppola. The risky moves made by the Apocalypse now And The godfather director including selling part of his winery to fund the long-gestating sci-fi epic, which originally went into development in 1983. With this single-digit debut, it seems Highly unlikely to come anywhere close to making that money back in theatersLet alone turning a profit.
Our Take on the Weekend Box Office
Megalopolis suffers in comparison with the weekend’s heat
While the Wild robot And Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Box office are both likely set to continue to enjoy a strong chart performance in the coming weeks, it seems possible that Megalopolis May drop out of the Top 10 outright during its second week in theaters. There doesn’t seem to be a strong likelihood of a word-of-mouth boost for the Coppola projectWhich has a D+ CinemaScore and a 41% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. This, combined with the impending release of the blockbuster superhero sequel Joker: Folie à DeuxProbably spells doom for the ambitious sci-fi movie.
Source: Variety