Thursday, December 12, 2024

Box Office: New “Alien” Scores $41 Mil Weekend, “Deadpool” Beats Dropping “It Ends With Us”

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The great non story of Ryan Reynolds vs. wife Blake Lively at the box office has taken its expected turn.

“Deadpool and Wolverine” turned out to be a more compelling couple than the domestic partners in “It Ends with Us.”

The former movie regained its footing and $29 million over the weekend. The domestic total stands at $545.8 million.

The latter offering made a decent $24 million, and has banked $97 million.

But “D&W” only fell 46% from last weekend. “Ends” is down 52%. While it will hit the $100 million mark on Monday, we’ve reached the point of diminishing returns. There are no Easter eggs in “Ends,” an no post-credit scene. The trail off has begun.

Meantime, “Alien Romulus” finished at number 1 with $41 million. God bless.

The box office is otherwise as empty as Trump’s rapidly balding crowds.

Next up is “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” about which I’m hearing mixed things. I was so psyched over for it, and still am. But Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton don’t seem to be doing advance press, for myriad reasons. They may know something we don’t.

To be continued…

Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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