WASHINGTON — The Keke Palmer buddy comedy “One of Them Days” opened in first place on the North American field workplace charts on a very gradual Martin Luther King Jr. vacation weekend.
The R-rated Sony launch earned $11.6 million from 2,675 theaters, in accordance with studio estimates Sunday, beating Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” by a hair. By the top of Monday’s vacation, “Mufasa” may have the sting, nevertheless.
“One of Them Days” value solely $14 million to supply, which it’s anticipated to earn by Monday. The very well-reviewed buddy comedy stars Palmer and SZA as mates and roommates scrambling to get cash for lease earlier than their landlord evicts them.
Notably it’s the primary Black female-led theatrical comedy since “Girls Trip” got here out in 2017 and it at the moment carries a stellar 96% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes.
However the market was additionally fairly weak general. The whole field workplace for Friday, Saturday and Sunday will add as much as lower than $80 million, in accordance with information from Comscore, making it one of many worst Martin Luther King Jr. vacation weekends since 1997.
“For an individual film like ‘One of Them Days’ this was a great weekend,” mentioned Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “You can still find success stories within what is overall a low grossing weekend for movie theaters.”
The Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa” was shut by in second place with $11.5 million from the weekend, its fifth enjoying in theaters. Globally, the Barry Jenkins-directed prequel has made $588 million.
It even beat a brand-new providing, the Blumhouse horror “Wolf Man,” which debuted in third place with $10.6 million from 3,354 North American theaters.
Author-director Leigh Whannell’s monster story starring Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner didn’t enter theaters with nice critiques. It at the moment carries a 53% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Opinions don’t usually have an effect on the success of horror films of their first weekend, however audiences additionally gave it a lackluster C- CinemaScore in exit polls.
The Blumhouse manufacturing and Common Photos launch value a reported $25 million to make and is anticipated to achieve $12 million by the shut of Monday’s vacation.
“Sonic the Hedgehog 3″ was in fourth place with $8.6 million and “Den of Thieves 2” rounded out the highest 5 with $6.6 million.
In specialty releases, Brady Corbert’s 215-minute post-war epic “The Brutalist” expanded to 388 screens the place it made practically $2 million over the weekend.
A24 reported that it bought out numerous 70mm and IMAX showings. The studio additionally re-released its Colman Domingo drama “Sing Sing” in theaters and prisons, the place over 1 million incarcerated folks in 46 states had been in a position to view the movie.
The Martin Luther King Jr. vacation weekend has seen main successes previously. Dergarabedian famous “Bad Boys for Life,” which had a three-day opening of $62.5 million in 2020, and “American Sniper,” which earned $89.3 in its first weekend in extensive launch in 2016.
“This is a year that’s going to get a big boost starting with ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ and ‘Paddington in Peru’ in February,” Dergarabedian mentioned.
Estimated ticket gross sales for Friday by means of Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, in accordance with Comscore. Ultimate home figures will likely be launched Monday.
1. “One of Them Days,” $11.6 million.
2. “Mufasa: The Lion King,” $11.5 million.
3. “Wolf Man,” $10.6 million.
4. “Sonic the Hedgehog 3,” $8.6 million.
5. “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera,” $6.6 million.
6. “Moana 2,” $6.1 million.
7. “Nosferatu,” $4.3 million.
8. “A Complete Unknown,” $3.8 million.
9. “Wicked,” $3.6 million.
10. “Babygirl,” $2 million.
