„Bodies Bodies Bodies” se află în topul începătorilor într-un weekend fără scuză

While the overall domestic box office this year remains 31% below 2019 (which, to be fair was a fluke year due to the deluge of A+++ Disney titles like Toy Story 4, Avengers 4, Aladdin și Regele Leu), the overall number of new wide theatrical releases is also down around 31%. Blame a variety of reasons, including Covid-caused post-production delays, films like Omul din Toronto și Nunta cu pușcă being offloaded to streaming platforms, Disney and 20th Century Studios mainly being off the board (ditto Amazon-owned MGM), lingering streaming > theatrical sentiment and general studio skittishness. We’ve seen an inexplicable lack of theatrical offerings beyond a handful of mega-movie tentpoles and smaller-scale, almost indie-level titles.

As such, we have entered another box office slump, one caused not by audiences not showing up but by a lack of movies for them to see. Tren de mare viteză is the last big movie until, at best, Regele Femeia și Nu-ți face griji, dragă la sfarsitul lui septembrie. Thor: Dragoste și Thunder is the last big kid-friendly live-action flick until either the rerelease of Avatar pe 23 septembrie sau Negru Adam on October 21. Since Hollywood has decided to plunge the theatrical industry into another self-imposed slump, there isn’t much to say about the handful of new wide or semi-wide releases opening this weekend.

Will Idris Elba va „proteja familia mea de un leu sălbatic”. Fiară izbucni weekendul viitor? Will 20th Century Studios' Barbar deschis la începutul lunii septembrie cu chiar și 20% din ce Salem’s Lost would have opened to had the latter New Line Stephen King adaptation not been delayed to next April? Will even 1% of the folks not-incorrectly arguing online that John Boyega was done dirty by the Razboiul Stelelor apar continuare pentru Breaking la sfarsitul lui august? Dacă nu, vor mai dura șase săptămâni până Avatar revine în cinematografe pe 23 septembrie.

As noted yesterday, quite a few movies are opening between now and mid-September when (hopefully) Sony’s Regele Femeia pe 16 septembrie și Warner Bros.' Nu-ți face griji, dragă on September 23 jolts the industry back to life. However, folks only go to the movies when there is something they want to see in theaters. That number is ever-dwindling, with fewer event movies making up a larger piece of the overall box office pie. The likes of Cădea și Emily criminalul (excellent, by the way) aren’t what people showed up for in 2016, let alone 2022. So, in the first of several weeks of quiet box office and smaller-scale new releases, quality notwithstanding, what did we get this round?

A24 este plin de viață și bine revizuit Corpuri Corpuri Corpuri went semi-wide this weekend, earning $3.2.5 million in 1,275 theaters. That gives Halina Reijn’s Generation Z-targeted teen whodunnit a $2,530 per-theater average. I can’t imagine this one cost very much; it’s primarily set in a poorly lit house with a handful of teen protagonists (Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha’la Herrold, Chase Sui Wonders and MVP Rachel Sennott) trying to uncover a killer in their midst. It’s another case of a film that’s far more blogged about than seen. It’ll have $3.576 million in the first ten days, and I imagine the flick will gain a broader audience on PVOD and streaming. It didn’t knock my socks off, but I like the cast, the third act works, and I adored its clever epilogue.

lui Lionsgate Cădea, which made most of its news for using deep fake technology to remove dozens of f-bombs to turn an R-rating into a PG-13, opened with $2.505 million in 1,548 theaters. Scott Mann’s high concept, no pun intended, flick about two climbers (Grace Caroline Currey and Virginia Gardner) who find themselves stranded atop a 2,000-foot radio tower has earned decent reviews. I haven’t seen it yet because my wife is a disaster flick junkie, and I’m waiting so she can tag along. Lionsgate is only on the hook for domestic distribution, and I’m assuming they went into this with both eyes open.

Noua lansare cu cea mai mare medie pe cinematograf a fost, în mod ironic, reeditarea IMAX a filmului lui Steven Spielberg. ET: Extraterestre. Prototipicul clasic Spielberg, care a culminat Razboiul Stelelor in the summer of 1982 to become the biggest grossing movie of all time while spending a still-record 27 non-consecutive weekends in the top ten, earned $1.15 million over the weekend in 516 theaters for a $438.37 million 40-year domestic cume. Fălci va primi o reeditare 3-D (a nu fi confundat cu Jaws 3-D) on September 2 because theaters are just that starved for big-deal content. In terms of four-quadrant, kid-friendly newbies, Negru Adam este peste două luni distanță.

Mack și Rita, primul efort regizoral al lui Katie Aselton de la subapreciatul actor de supraviețuire „Da toate femeile” Piatra neagra in 2013, opened courtesy of Gravitas. Madeline Walter and Paul Welsh penned the high-concept comedy. It stars Elizabeth Lail, who wakes up from a bachelorette party as her 70-year-old self (Diane Keaton). Unfortunately, the film earned mixed-negative reviews and a D+ from Cinemascore, which is odd since I can’t imagine that many people (69% women over 30) showed up unaware of what it was about/what it would offer. Its $1.095 million weekend gross in 2,000 theaters does not deserve more commentary. However, considering the cast (Wendie Malick, Loretta Devine, Martin Short, Nicole Byer, etc.), I might check it out purely for curiosity.

The best newbie of the weekend, and one of the year’s best films, was Roadside Attractions’ Emily criminalul. Debutul regizoral fulgerător al lui John Patton Ford îl are în rolurile principale pe Aubrey Plaza, care este la fel de subtil grozavă aici pe cât a fost spectaculoasă în exces. Urs negru, ca o victimă cu noroc a economiei gig, care găsește un succes relativ în domeniul infracțiunilor mici. Este o dramă criminală intimă, specifică și actuală, care, într-o lume justă, ar avea la fel de multă lume Timp bun from the summer of 2017. Anyway, I’m simply happy I was able to see it on opening day at my local multiplex. The flick earned around $650,000 in 473 theaters.