Whereas it managed to dethrone Captain America: Courageous New World, Mickey 17 nonetheless posted a disastrous opening.
Should you have been ready for the dam to interrupt on the field workplace, permitting a torrent of {dollars} to flood a sleepy post-Oscars weekend, put together to get caught in an undertow of disappointment. After a quick delay, acclaimed South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho returned to theaters this weekend with Mickey 17, a unusual sci-fi epic starring Robert Pattinson that, regardless of its stumble throughout its field workplace debut, dethroned Marvel’s Captain America: Courageous New World after three weeks on the prime of the charts. Whereas Bong Joon Ho’s Snowpiercer, Okja, and the Greatest Image-winning movie Parasite are beloved cinematic treats, Mickey 17 solely managed $19.1 million in ticket gross sales throughout its opening weekend.
Ho’s earlier movie, Parasite, earned $376,264 throughout its U.S. theater debut, making its $125,421 per-theater common a 2019 record-setter. On the time of its launch, Ho’s unsettling social thriller managed one of the best per-screen haul since La La Land, a powerful feat for the acclaimed movie about twisty class warfare and symbiotic relationships between two households of reverse means. Mickey 17 is decidedly totally different as a result of the plot brings Ho again to the science-fiction style, with bankable stars like Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, and Mark Ruffalo main the invoice.
Definitely, a gap below $20 million is a catastrophe, however one I believe all of us noticed coming. I optimistically predicted a $23 million begin, however that wasn’t to be. It’ll be on the international grosses now to stop Mickey 17 from dropping a ton of cash. It follows Joker: Folie a Deux as a significant flop for WB, with a number of big-budget, dangerous tasks on the horizon like Ryan Coogler’s Sinners (which I believe will do nicely), A Minecraft Film, and the P.T. Anderson/ Leonardo DiCaprio film due this summer season, which apparently value a ton (we must always lastly get a title and trailer at CinemaCon subsequent month).
Captain America: Courageous New World managed to hold in there, falling 43% to an $8.5 million weekend, with a complete of $176 million domestically. Will it break $200 million domestically? We’ll have to attend and see. Focus Options’s Final Breath made $4.2 million for a $14.6 million complete, which isn’t dangerous for an indie, though Focus definitely gave it a significant studio launch, on over 3000 screens. Neon’s The Monkey made one other $3.9 million for a $31 million complete, with it rating as one in all Neon’s largest hits ever.
Household flicks continued to rake within the dough, with Paddington in Peru making $3.9 million for a $36 million complete (it’s made greater than every other movie within the franchise domestically), whereas Canine Man made $3.5 million for an $88 million complete. Mufasa: The Lion King made $1.7 million in eighth place, with a $250 million complete.
Simply above it was Greatest Image winner Anora, which was re-released and grossed $1.86 million, with a $18.4 million home complete. The Angel Studios launch, Rule Breakers, solely did modest enterprise, making $1.59 million. Nevertheless, Within the Misplaced Lands, the newest from Paul W.S. Anderson, grossed a disastrous $1.04 million, for a per-screen common of $761 {dollars}. Ouch.
Subsequent week sees the discharge of Paramount’s buzzy motion comedy Novocaine, which ought to be capable of take the highest spot on the field workplace from Mickey 17. Nevertheless, 2025’s field workplace doldrums appear more likely to proceed for one more few weeks at the very least.
