Weekend box officeL
We’ve already discussed “Horizon” in other stories. It was a fizzle at $11 million.
But the box office is booming, otherwise. “Inside Out 2” made $57 million this weekend, and is aiming toward $500 million domestically.
“A Quiet Place Day One” was the new entry and it scared up a lot of business. (Any more cliches?) A total of $53 million makes it a smash, with Lupita Nyong’o, an Oscar winner, a STAR. This means we’ll be seeing more “A Quiet Place” movies, and that seems to be a good thing.
In the art house world, “Bikeriders” is done at $13 million, it will not go past $20 million. I wish it had been better. It could have been a contendah!
“Kinds of Kindness” made $1.5 million over the weekend, making $2 million total. But it’s three hours, it’s apparently quite strange, and won’t have legs. But it might be worth going to see it if you’re a cineaste.
Still playing: Will Smith’s “Bad Boys Ride or Die” is up to $165 million. Smith has survived his Chris Rock slap scandal at the box office, at least at the Bad Boys box office. It remains to be seen if his Oscars ban will be shortened, or if he’ll have success with non franchise movies.
