This weekend’s box office:
“Godzilla x Kong” is still a monster at theaters. Total is up to $135 million. These two guys had a $31 million weekend! There are talks not at Warner’s to get them into a reboot of “Lethal Weapon” or “Starsky and Hutch.” Kong said he’s open to talks!
The success of “GxK” is in direction opposition to “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.” The Sony film has been out a week longer than Zilla and is $50 million behind! Stuck at $88 Million, “Frozen” is just as the title says. Will it hit $100 million? Will it matter? And why did Dan Aykroyd miss the big press day a couple of weeks ago?
Dev Patel became an overnight star in “Slumdog Millionaire,” along with Freida Pinto. Patel has had plenty of star turns in various films since then, but there was no indication he would become a star director too. Now his “Monkey Man” has made $10 million in its opening weekend. The social media response and critics all agree that the film is a keeper. So is Patel. Exciting.
The faith based Christian movie “Someone Like You” aka “Twin Love,” made $3 million. It was “four-walled” at theaters — meaning producers paid to have it played. But Christian audiences liked the idea of a guy finding his dead girlfriend’s twin and shtupping her. They should have called it “Carbon Copy.” Or “Cherry 3000.”
