"The Croods: a new Age" again tops the moderate box office with 4 4.4 million

 

"The Croods: a new Age" again tops the moderate box office with 4 4.4 million


Croods: a new era
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Universal and DreamWorks repeated "The Croods: a New Age" as the winner of a light weekend after Thanksgiving with 4 4.4 million at 2,205 locations in North America.

The animated comedy sequel, featuring the voice cast of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone and Ryan Reynolds, has been dominating the seriously subdued film business since its November. 25 launch with 20.3 million million in the first ten days. It's a respectable performance, given that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the closure of the majority of American theater locations. Sites that remain open often operate with low capacity, limited hours, and cooling requirements social.

"After an opening that exceeded very modest expectations, 'Croods' naturally remains the dominant film in a market that operates with less than 40% of theaters currently open," said Sean Robbins, chief analyst at Box Office Pro. Renewed closures and closures across the country will likely keep the show's hands tied for the rest of the holidays, even with "Wonder Woman 1984" and a few other releases on the horizon to provide open theaters and a willing audience with new content.

Seven years ago, the original "Croods" earned 8 89 million during its first weekend in 2013 when it debuted in 4,046 theaters. During the same weekend a year ago, the third weekend of " Frozen II "led with 3 35.2 million in 4,348 locations followed by the second session of" Knives out " with 1 14.2 million.

Focus Features "The launch of the comedy "half brothers", starring Luis Gerardo Mendez and Connor Del Rio, finished a distant second with 720,000 at 1369 locations followed by the fourth frame of the body swapping the global horror title" freaky " with 4 460,000 at 1502 locations. Universal's opening of the romantic drama "All My Life," starring Jessica Roth and Harry Shum Jr., came in fourth place with a quiet 350,000 in 970 locations.

On the ninth weekend of 101 Studios Robert De Niro's comedy "war with grandpa" continued to show Power stay in fifth place with الخامس 329,359 in 1,285 locations to raise its total to $17.6 million. Focus took the next two holes with the sixth week of the horror film " come play "earning 2 235,000 in 773 locations, and the fifth frame of the suspense film" let it go " with 215,000 locations in 1,113 locations.

Disney's re-release of the 1988 thriller "Die Hard" generated $189,000 in 1,172 locations. "Die Hard", set on Christmas Eve, was a surprise hit three decades ago with 1 141 million worldwide and made Bruce Willis a major star.

Universal and the niche label, Focus Features, were far more willing than competitors to open new titles because the studio made high-profile deals with AMC and Cinemark chains to shorten the theatrical window. Charters allow the studio to release new films on premium video on demand within less than 17 Days of their theatrical debut with the circuits expected to receive some digital revenue.

Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at ComScore, estimated that just over 2,200 or 35% theaters are open in North America, down slightly from last weekend when about 2,267 or 38% of theaters were open. That's far less than the Labor Day weekend when Warner Bros. opened "tenet," when there were about 3,400 theaters or 56%.