FRIDAY PM: Well, it was clear its weekdays how much of a driving force Universal’s The Odysseywould be, for the feature take of Homer’s epic poem is headed for a second frame of $84.5M, the best Christopher Nolan has ever seen, beating his previous second weekend high, 2008’s Dark Knight($75.1M). Some rivals today believe the movie can even hit $90M
Among R-rated movies, The Odysseyis currently bound for the second best weekend ever behind Deadpool & Wolverine‘s $96.8M
The theater count for The Odysseymoves to 3,942, +23, with a second frame dip of -32%. Pic’s second Friday is $26M
In second place, is Disney’s Moanawith a third Friday of $3M, third weekend around $10M, -44%, at 4,015 sites which will get the Dwayne Johnson live-action take of the 2016 animated pic across the century mark by end of Sunday
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Third is Disney/Pixar’s sixth weekend of Toy Story 5with around $9.4M at 3,375, -31%, and running cume of $447.9M by Sunday. Today is looking like $2.8M
Fourth goes to Minions & Monstersfrom Illumination/Universal at 3,386 theaters which is looking at a Friday of $2.7M, fourth frame of$9M, -34%, for a running total of $154.7M
Bleecker Street’s Crosswalk and LD Entertainment’sHadestownis in fifth with about $3.5M and an opening between $7.5M-$9M at 1,949 locations. These event movies are known to be front-loaded
We’ll have more updates for you tomorrow
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FRIDAY AM:It’s been double-digit millions every day for Universal’s Christopher Nolan movie The Odyssey,which after a $17.6 million Thursday — a remarkably slim 3% dip from Wednesday’s $18M — ends its first week at the North American box office with $199.3M at 3,919 theaters
Among Nolan movies in their first week, The Odyssey(similar to its $123.5M weekend opening) is third behind The Dark Knight($238.6M) and The Dark Knight Rises($225M) and ahead of Oppenheimer($127.8M) and Inception($100.1M). The second-weekend outlook for Odysseyis between $61M-$74M, but it’s clear from the weekday grosses that this Matt Damon movie has momentum. Nolan’s biggest second weekend at the domestic box office to date belongs to Dark Knight($75.1M)
Specialty titles are serving as counterprogramming this weekend, with the Broadway live feature capture of Hadestownfrom Bleecker Street’s event cinema division Crosswalk and LD Entertainment making $1.5M in previews Thursday. Very good. Opening range for the event pic is $8M-$10M, and critics are currently 100% on Rotten Tomatoes with audiences at 99%
The movie is on track to have the second-highest opening weekend for a Broadway capture behind only Disney’s Hamilton ($10.1M), which was released following its Disney+ debut during Covid on September 5 last year
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IFC’s Potsy Ponciroli’s gritty, R-rated dialogue-less crime noir Motor City revved up with $475,000 in overall previews that include Thursday night screenings and Monday mystery screenings. That’s a great number for IFC, right there in between the previews for Late Night With the Devil($317K previews, $2.8M opening) and Clown in a Cornfield($600K previews, $3.6M opening). The hope is for walk-up business on this pic starring Alan Ritchson, Shailene Woodley and Ben Foster, which was great last night at 65%. Critics are at 65% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Neon’s Nicolas Winding Refn-directed fashionista genre kung-fu noir Her Private Hellstarring Sophie Thatcher and BeefEmmy nominee Charles Melton grossed $125K in previews. Refn is in L.A. all weekend doing Q&As for the film, as well as following a 10 p.m. show tonight at the American Cinematheque for the 15th anniversary of Drive; there was an L.A. premiere on Tuesday night with Thatcher, Melton and Havana Rose Liu
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Following the movie’s out-of-competition premiere in Cannes, Refn took the movie on the road for advance screenings in L.A., NYC and Chicago. It’s the third time he’s teamed with Neon’s Tom Quinn, who handled Refn’s Only God Forgivesstarring Ryan Gosling at Radius as well as the Pushermovies at Magnolia. Critical score on Her Private Hellis 45% rotten. Mubi has a majority of overseas on the pic which cost in the mid-single-digits before P&A
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