Thats the conventional P&L outlook from the studio perspective, anyway.
The grosses forElectric Statewill go unreported, with its streaming debut this Friday the main focus.
Why didntMickey 17work?Mickey 17is notParasite.
Robert Pattinson in ‘Mickey 17’Warner Bros/Everett
Thats why it isnt bringing in a bigger audience.
Its noGravity(also a Warner Bros release, which opened to $55.7M).
(Domain has a 10% co-finance stake inMickey 17).
From left: Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt and friends in ‘The Electric State’Netflix/Everett Collection
The explanation for the holding pattern?
Bong was working with studio execs to get that trailer right.
A studio needs to spend more whenever they hopscotch around the release calendar.
There were reports that when the first trailer hit forMickey 17,it didnt make much of a splash.
But thats because the movie isnt established IP.
Warners has been in this asteroid field before: Remember the $200M Wachowski siblings movieJupiter Ascending?
That generated significantly more red ink, with the movie opening to $18.3M domestic.
Imax rang up $3M Stateside or 16% of the weekend.
The movie is playing in the West and the Northeast, which is where auteur original sci-fi plays.
Its an LA and NYC film.
AMCs Lincoln Square is the highest-grossing venue with around $124K through Saturday.
That puts a lot of pressure on LegendarysMinecraftand DCsSupermanto make up any red ink spilled by those titles.
Comscore calcuated the whole weekend at $56M.
Its the 10th weekend of the year.
Chart updated with Sunday figures:
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Showtimes began at 3 p.m. for the sci-fi movie adapted and directed by Bong Joon Ho.
Tracking has the pic hoping to do around $20M.
Theglobal outlookas we told you is around $45M.
PostTrak exits last night forMickey 17were very good at 4 stars and a 63% definite recommend.
Rotten Tomatoes critics score is at 80% certified fresh, and audience score is at 81%.
Hopefully that will give the latest from the multi-Oscar-winningParasitefilmmaker a lift this weekend.
The rest of the week was as follows:
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