Still, for a movie that fans dont love well take that hold.
3(-48%).
This is a phenomenal debut forThe Monkey.
‘The Monkey’Neon/Courtesy Everett Collection
C2 Motion Picture Group financed and produced.
Total rejection by the marketplace over the product was that studios defense.
Then why couldnt Warners hit an opening likeThe Monkey?
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They know how to spend low, and create excitement via guerrilla means and on a ground level.
Screen Gems/SpyglassHeart Eyeswith lower scores is actually making more than theCompanion,now at $26.7M domestic.
What was it hard to create a frenzy withCompanion?
To that point, the $100M+Mickey 17we understand is creeping beyond a $20M+ opening start.
The Monkeywas produced by James Wans Atomic Monster with Tom Quinn, Peter Safran, Fred Berger EPing.
Moviegoers were engaging with the 8 monkey in the lobby, Im told.
Other top cities were LA, NYC, San Francisco, Dallas and Houston.
Positive score 91% and an 80% definite recommend with 60% women buying tickets.
Seventy percent of the audience was over 35 with 42% over 55 ala faith-based.
Do faith-based movies still have a prayer at the box office?
Thats good enough for second place.
Of course these R-rated horror movies find their business in the latter hours of the night.
Overall positive word of mouth says RelishMix with horror fans flocking around the latest from writer/director Oz Perkins.
plus, Oz has truly crafted his own style and brand of horror.
At $29M, thats a -67% decline.
Running ten-day total by EOD Sunday at the high end resides at$142M.
Lionsgates faith-basedUnbreakable Boyat 1,687 sites is seeing$850KFriday,$2.2M3-day.
That number for the Oz Perkins-directed movie includes advance screenings.
Lionsgate has the Kingdom Story movieThe Unbreakable Boywhich is 43% with critics and a mid-1000 theater break.
Its expected to file in the single digits.
Sony/StudioCanalsPaddington in Perudid $737K yesterday at 3,890, -2%, for a first week of $18.7M.
