9:29 AM PST 1/17/2021
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Pamela McClintock
The new action thriller stars Liam Neeson and is directed by Robert Lorenz, a longtime contributor to Clint Eastwood.
Liam Neeson’s latest action thriller The shooter dominated the quiet Martin Luther King Day box office, with an estimated four-day opening of $ 3.7 million, including $ 3.2 million for the three-day weekend.
The shooter it is directed by Robert Lorenz, a longtime collaborator of Clint Eastwood, and stars Neeson as an Arizona farmer and ex-marine who rescues a boy from the clutches of a Mexican cartel. Open Road, also home to the recent image of the Neeson pandemic Honest Thief, is dealing with the film internally.
In the midst of the continuing crisis of COVID-19 and the general closure of theaters, Marskman played better in the South and attracted an older audience, with 33 percent of ticket buyers over 45, according to PostTrak.
Neeson’s movie is over Wonder Woman 1984the four weekends rule at the top of the domestic table. WW84, falling to 3rd place on his fifth exit, was also beaten by The Croods: The New Age.
Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s Croods 2 came in second place on its eighth weekend, with an estimated $ 2.2 million for the three days and $ 2.9 million for the four, when it crossed the $ 40 million mark domestically.
The animated photo ended on Sunday with a US total of $ 40.2 million and $ 134.8 million globally. Croods 2 it held particularly well in theaters, despite being available in premium VOD in the U.S., and increased by 13% during MLK’s holiday weekend.
WW84 raised about $ 2.6 million for the four-day MLK weekend to a domestic peak of 35.8, according to Warner Bros. Overseas, WW84 Gross sales earned $ 105.9 million to $ 141.7 million globally.
In a controversial movement, Warners WW84 made the Christmas Day superhero sequel available on HBO Max and in theaters the same day because of the COVID-19 crisis and closed cinemas in many major markets. Elsewhere, at the national box office,
From Universal World News ranked fourth, with an estimated $ 1.1 million for the three days and $ 1.3 million for the four days for a domestic count of $ 8.7 million.
Sony Monster hunter completed the top five with an estimated four-day gross of $ 1.1 million and a domestic total of $ 9.2 million as of Monday.
Outside, Disney’s Soul became Pixar’s third highest grossing title of all time in China, ending Sunday with $ 43.1 million in ticket sales. The family animated film, which is only being shown at Disney + in the United States and in some international markets, raised a total of $ 57.4 million at foreign box offices.
More to come.