London
23 °C
Manchester
Glasgow
16 °C
Dublin
Belfast
Washington
27 °C
Denver
Atlanta
Dallas
Houston Texas
28 °C
New Orleans
El Paso
Phoenix
Los Angeles
26 °C
10 °C
30 °C
29 °C
10 °C
27 °C
37 °C
'Wakanda' extends its box-office reign in N.American theaters / Photo: © AFP/File
NYSE - LSE
| RYCEF | 1.06% | 14.14 | $ | |
| RBGPF | 0.88% | 73.92 | $ | |
| VOD | 0.79% | 11.955 | $ | |
| CMSC | 0.93% | 23.67 | $ | |
| RELX | 0.51% | 48.435 | $ | |
| BTI | -0.98% | 58.695 | $ | |
| GSK | 0.04% | 40.095 | $ | |
| RIO | 2.19% | 62.67 | $ | |
| AZN | 0.26% | 80.67 | $ | |
| NGG | 0.08% | 71.49 | $ | |
| BP | 1.52% | 34.575 | $ | |
| SCS | 2.6% | 16.529 | $ | |
| JRI | 0.86% | 13.445 | $ | |
| CMSD | 0.5% | 23.828 | $ | |
| BCE | -0.88% | 25.495 | $ | |
| BCC | 6.32% | 90.385 | $ |
'Wakanda' extends its box-office reign in N.American theaters
Disney and Marvel's "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" dominated the North American box office for a second straight weekend, taking in an estimated $67.3 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.
That take for the sequel to the hugely popular "Black Panther" -- with the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda again fighting for its survival -- was a bit below industry expectations despite a current global total of $546 million, trade publications said.
But it was still more than seven times its closest competitor in North American theaters, Searchlight's new horror-comedy film "The Menu," which took in $9 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period.
"The Menu" stars Ralph Fiennes as a celebrity chef who prepares an elaborate -- and increasingly creepy -- meal for a group of wealthy, entitled people (including Anya Taylor-Joy of "The Queen's Gambit") who have no idea what, or who, is about to be served.
In third place was a surprise success, "The Chosen Season 3: Episodes 1 & 2," a crowd-funded Christian movie that pulled in $8.2 million. "By Christian drama film standards, it's a very good opening," said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.
Another new release, "Drishyam 2," a Hindi-language crime thriller from Yash Raj Films, was also a bit of a surprise. Like "The Chosen," it had ticket sales of $8.2 million.
And in fifth place, down three spots from last weekend, was "Black Adam" from Warner Bros., at $4.5 million. Dwayne Johnson stars in the "Shazam!" spinoff.
That left a more publicized new film, Universal's "She Said" -- the story of how New York Times reporters uncovered producer Harvey Weinstein's history of sexual abuse -- trailing in seventh place, despite what Gross said were "excellent" reviews.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
"Ticket to Paradise" ($3.2 million)
"She Said" ($2.3 million)
"Lyle, Lyle Crocodile" ($1.9 million)
"Smile" ($1.2 million)
"Prey for the Devil" ($935,000)
Z.Phillips--SFF
