OPENINGS: We had a new wide release this weekend, and THE WAR WITH GRANDPA (101) managed a win over the weary Tenet with $3.6M. That’s certainly not a number that would make anyone feel good in non-pandemic times, and since War With Grandpa had a semblance of a national marketing campaign, it’s not at all clear that even a $20M US total would get the movie anywhere near profit. Still, it offers some sustenance to the theatre chains that remain open.
YELLOW ROSE (Stage 6/Sony) opened at 900 theatres for a $150K weekend, a bleak $166 per-theatre weekend average that was roughly 10% of the per-theatre average for War Against Grandpa.
HOLDOVERS: TENET (Warners) declined by 22% to $2.1M in its 6th weekend, and the next question regarding its release will be whether the studio will put the film into digital/VOD distribution a month from now, which would be the traditional end of the theatrical window, despite never having played indoor theatres in NY/LA. Even if those cities reopen, which is far from certain in the near term, it’s hard to see how Tenet would get much past $60M in the US. It’s also slowing down overseas, where it has $275M after a $9.8M weekend, with some small and mid-level markets yet to open.
The Halloween season re-release of HOCUS POCUS (Disney) dropped 40% to $1.2M.
THE NEW MUTANTS (20th/TSG/Disney), which has announced a home release in November, lost 34% to $685K in its 7th weekend, and may pass $25M in the US, although not by much. It also has $21M overseas.
UNHINGED (Solstice) dipped 22% to $660K, and will hope to reach $25M in the US, with $18M overseas.
INFIDEL (Cloudburst) fell 56% to $205K in its 4th weekend and probably won’t see $5M in the US.
POSSESSOR (Neon) dropped 35% to $164K, perhaps on its way to a $1M US total.
NEXT WEEKEND: HONEST THIEF (Open Road), a Liam Neeson vehicle, will hope to find some cash.
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