![]() ![]() Reviews and word-of-mouth have been positive, which helped the film to break out at the box office. “Talk to Me” is the feature debut of Australian YouTube stars Danny and Michael Philippou. It’s the second-biggest start in wide release ever for A24, following “Hereditary” with $13.6 million. Those ticket sales exceeded expectations and were enough to land in sixth place. The low-budget “Talk to Me” generated a healthy $10 million from 2,340 theaters across the U.S. “But setting that aside, the movie has a long climb to break-even.” Gross, who runs the movie consulting firm Franchise Entertainment Research. “Disney gets additional value from its productions for its other divisions - in this case, the film promotes its theme parks,” says David A. Directed by Justin Simien and starring LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Tiffany Haddish and Owen Wilson, the film takes inspiration from the Disney theme park ride and follows a single mother and her son, who move into… a haunted mansion. It doesn’t bode well that audiences were mixed on “Haunted Mansion,” which has a “B+” CinemaScore. So, the film has a high bar to reach profitability, at least in its theatrical run. Disney spent $150 million to produce the film and tens of millions on promotional efforts. It’s not a great result for a kid-centric tentpole and it probably didn’t help that the Halloween-esque film opened in July. The film added $9.1 million at the international box office, bringing its worldwide tally to $33 million. “Haunted Mansion” debuted in third place with $24.6 million from 3,700 North American theaters. (Of course, nobody could predict the dominant punch of the two blockbusters when release dates were set.) Two new movies, Disney’s remake of “ Haunted Mansion” and A24’s violent thriller “ Talk to Me,” attempted to entice audiences in the wake of “Barbenheimer,” to varied results. It has already outperformed the lifetime grosses of two prior Nolan efforts, “Tenet” ($365 million) and “Batman Begins” ($373 million). “Oppenheimer,” meanwhile, has earned $174 million at the domestic box office and $400 million at the global box office. film has grossed $774 million and ranks as the third-largest film of 2023. “Both films put up second weekend numbers that would have been considered solid as debuts and reflect two of the best sophomore session holds in box office history.”Īfter two weeks on the big screen, “Barbie” has generated $351.4 million in North America to stand as the fourth-biggest domestic release of the year. “Weekend two proves the outpouring of interest in ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ a week ago was not a fluke,” says Paul Dergarabedian, a senior Comscore analyst. According to Universal, it became the first R-rated film to gross more than $10 million for 10 days in a row. Christopher Nolan’s dark historical drama also had a stellar sophomore outing, taking in a mighty $46.6 million over the weekend. ![]()
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