Lucky for A24, “Civil War” started with a bang.
The Thursday-Friday $10 mil opening propelled the Alex Garland film to a $25.7 million weekend.
Saturday fell off to $8 million and today the studio sees $6.5 million coming in at the box office.
“Civil War” may have started strong but will peter out quickly, however. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score is just 77% and the Cinemascore is B minus.
The initial push may not have “legs.” We’ll see how it does during the week.
There’s very little going on elsewhere at the box office. “Sasquatch Sunset” made $93,000 at nine theaters. Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keogh star in what is sure to be a shortlived exercise. A documentary about the Indigo Girls took in $14,150.
The next big release doesn’t come until May 3rd. “Fall Guy” with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt should be a fairly big deal after a box office drought. “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” comes May 10th, and then “Mad Max: Furiosa” is the only significant release for Memorial Day weekend.
