So this is the new year and the weekend box office numbers don’t look any different. Well, they look a little bit different, in the sense that there are some names that weren’t there the last time we checked in, but everything still looks the same as in recent months. For those in need of an update, see how this has worked since theaters in the U.S. began reopening: A new movie comes out every week and does OK money that isn’t even close to what a big movie would do before the pandemic, while all the other movies fall soooo much. If no new films are released, the best film from the previous week will hold up and make even less money. Basically, it is an extremely unsustainable situation where studios are reluctant to release many big films, people are reluctant to risk their lives and others are going to see films that are not a big deal and the theater industry needs people to keep coming. to watch movies to stay afloat. Each side is only getting what it wants by depriving the other side of what it wants (also known as capitalism).
This leads us to Wonder Woman 1984, which is technically the first Warner Bros. film. ‘ Christoper Nolan challenger plan for simultaneously launch all of its new films in 2021 on HBO Max and in theaters (keeping everyone happy in theory, if not in practice) This was Wonder Woman 1984it is the second week on the charts after being released at Christmas, and has so far raised an impressive $ 28.5 million. Without knowing how many people are broadcasting on HBO Max, this seems to indicate that – although it is the only example in the books – Warner Bros. ‘scheme seems to be working. The film is available for broadcast without putting anyone’s life in danger, and yet OK money. And there is a sequence!
Elsewhere on the charts, we have The Croods: A New Age, which earned $ 2.1 million (for a total of $ 34 million), and World News, who joined Wonder Woman on the list last week and made a total of $ 5.4 million. So we have Monster hunter, which has the unique burden of being a video game movie that is only in theaters during a pandemic, so it should be praising the cinema gods for making something ($ 1.2 this week, $ 5.4 million in total ). Completing the top five is Fatale, which added just $ 700,000 to the $ 3 million total.
For a more detailed analysis of last weekend’s box office numbers, head to Box Office Mojo.