The summer box office is back to some kind of normal after reports of its death were exaggerated.
“Despicable Me 4” has made $122 million in just five days. What a brand these Minions have turned into! We’ll be seeing them for the rest of our natural lives.
“A Quiet Place Day One” is approaching $100 million this week and will play all summer even when it moves to streaming on Paramount Plus — likely coming sooner than later. The thirty day window will open on July 28th. But you want to see “AQPD1” on a big screen with real sound, and with an audience.
Meanwhile. the dribs and drabs are running out. “Horizon” is down 50% in its second weekend, with a total of $22 million. That window may open sooner on MAX. “The Bikeriders” is approaching $20 million.
But wait — the big story this month is Magnolia’s “Thelma.” The June Squibb action film has made $6.8 million already. Doesn’t sound like a lot, but it’s that company’s fourth highest grosser of all time. It could turn out to their biggest narrative film. Only the Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary “RBG” is higher at $14 million. Ninety four year old June Squibb is going to get an Oscar nomination! (She’ll be 95 this winter.) What a nice little success story!
