The weekend box office yielded few surprises.
“Despicable Me 4” soared past $200 million with no trouble and keeps minioning dough.
“Inside Out 2” is also still very animated, pushing up to $572 million. Wow. Keeping kids out of school has turned out to be a blessing for theaters. They’re nice and cool.
But “Fly Me to Moon” was a bust with just $10 million. The romcom has stars and good reviews, but no marketing killed it off. Exhibitor Relations points out this is the same way “The Bikeriders” started, but that movie was not ultimately a satisfing experience. A lot more could have been made of “Fly Me.”
Kevin Costner’s “Horizon,” we know the whole story. It still made $2.2 million after losing 747 theaters. Next week, another chunk will go. Will fans ever see Part 2? Will John Dutton be resurrected on “Yellowstone”? Who knows?
This Thursday we get “Twisters,” and the following Friday comes the over-marketing “Deadpool and Wolverine.” The latter should have a monster first weekend. It’s rated R, for Ryan Reynolds.
