Following the overwhelmingly positive response to blockbusters like Barbie and Oppenheimer, the season’s new films continue to attract notable attendance at U.S. movie theaters, posting numbers that certainly aren’t going unnoticed. According to the latest financial reports, it seems that the thirst for horror is spreading with a certain momentum among the public, even compared to the most impeccable brands of the action genre.
Upon its theatrical debut, The Nun 2 topped the US box office, grossing a whopping $32.6 million from 3,728 theaters for an average of $8,744 per theater. The ninth chapter of the Conjuring cinematic universe marks an excellent result, considering the previous one, The Nun, which reached an even more sensational mark upon its release with a whopping $53.8 million.
Based on the data presented, The Nun 2, which will see a demonic spirit wreaking havoc while masquerading as a nun, is also superior to the third chapter of the Equalizer saga, which is again helmed by Denzel Washington. playing the role of deadly vigilante Robert McCall, called upon to face the Italian mafia in this episode. In its second weekend, Antoine Fuqua’s film would have brought in $12.1 million for a total of $61.9 million. However, according to global box office numbers, the film grossed an impressive 107.7 million in just two weeks.
Another very recent release of a completely different type is My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, a new chapter in the sentimental comedy written and directed by Nia Vardalos, which comes in third with $10 million from 3,650 theaters and a per-theater average of $2,739. With John Corbett re-involved in the project – due to popular demand from fans – we will once again encounter the events of the Greek-American Portokalos family, who, after the death of patriarch Gus, decide to rediscover their origins by moving to Greece.
The Indian-produced thriller “Jawan” managed to make it to fourth position. Telling the gripping story of a group of prisoners involved in a ransom raid on the Mumbai subway, the Atlee-directed film earned $6 million from 814 theaters upon release, averaging $7,615 per theater.
Unstoppable in the box office race even after eight weeks, the mass phenomenon known as “Barbie” is firmly in fifth position, grossing another 5.9 million and surpassing the impressive figure of 620 million overall. Greta Gerwig’s brilliant comedy starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling breaks all possible records both domestically and internationally, becoming not only the highest-grossing film of the year worldwide, but also the biggest commercial success in Warner Bros. history. , surpassing even Todd Phillips’ Joker. Equally sensational is the fact that this is the first film directed by a woman to gross over a billion dollars. Achievements that leave no room for doubt about the success of this curious game inspired by the iconic Mattel doll.
Giovanni Scano
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