Weekend box office:
Ben Affleck’s “Air” is notable in that continues to make money and have very little fall off — just 29% — from last week. Still headed nicely to $50 million and then some, “Air” shows a steamer — in this case, Amazon — did the right thing to put their quality film into theaters first before going onto their platform.
“Super Mario” — yes, $434 million. The goal of $500 million is in focus.
“Beau is Afraid” is up to $3.1 million, adding 965 theaters where a lot of people were obviously perplexed at how this movie got made. If you’re waiting for Broadway star Patti Lupone to appear as Joaquin Phoenix’s mother, I’m told it’s two hours before you see her. Two hours! I guess you could go see “Air,” then sneak into “Beau.”
Guy Ritchie’s “The Covenant” made $6 million, so that’s over. MGM strikes again. “Evil Dead Rise” made $23 million in its debut. Horror works if it’s not self indulgent, and three hours long! Beau would be more afraid if he were in that movie!
