91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� didn91裸聊视频檛 just work 91裸聊视频� it spun box office gold. The of Greta Gerwig91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� and Christopher Nolan91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� brought moviegoers back to the theaters in record numbers this weekend, vastly outperforming projections and giving a glimmer of hope to the lagging exhibition business, amid .
Warner Bros.91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� claimed the top spot with a massive $155 million in ticket sales from North American theaters from 4,243 locations, surpassing 91裸聊视频淭he Super Mario Bros. Movie91裸聊视频� (as well as every Marvel movie this year) as the biggest opening of the year and breaking the first weekend record for a film directed by a woman. Universal91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer91裸聊视频� also soared past expectations, taking in $80.5 million from 3,610 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, marking Nolan91裸聊视频檚 biggest non-Batman debut and one of the best-ever starts for an R-rated biographical drama.
It91裸聊视频檚 also the first time that one movie opened to more than $100 million and another movie opened to more than $80 million in the same weekend. When all is settled, it will likely turn out to be the fourth biggest box office weekend of all time with over $300 million industrywide. And all this in a marketplace that increasingly curved towards intellectual property-driven winner takes all.
The 91裸聊视频淏arbenheimer91裸聊视频� phenomenon may have started out as good-natured competition between two aesthetic opposites, but, as many hoped, both movies benefitted in the end. Internationally, 91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� earned $182 million from 69 territories, fueling a $337 million global weekend. 91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer91裸聊视频� did $93.7 million from 78 territories, ranking above 91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� in India, for a $174.2 million global total.
The only real casualty was 91裸聊视频淢ission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part I,91裸聊视频� which despite strong reviews and fell 64% in weekend two. Overshadowed by the 91裸聊视频淏arbenheimer91裸聊视频� glow as well as the blow of losing its IMAX screens to 91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer,91裸聊视频� the Tom Cruise vehicle added $19.5 million, bringing its domestic total to $118.8 million.
91裸聊视频淏arbenheimer91裸聊视频� is not merely counterprogramming either. But while a certain section of enthusiastic moviegoers overlapped, in aggregate the audiences were distinct.
Women drove the historic 91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� opening, making up 65% of the audience, according to PostTrak, and 40% of ticket buyers were under the age of 25 for the PG-13 rated movie.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 just a joyous time in the world. This is history in so many ways,91裸聊视频� said Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros.91裸聊视频� president of domestic distribution. 91裸聊视频淚 think this marketing campaign is one for the ages that people will be talking about forever.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer91裸聊视频� audiences meanwhile were 62% male and 63% over the age of 25, with a somewhat surprising 32% that were between the ages of 18 and 24.
Both 91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer91裸聊视频� scored well with critics with 90% and 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, respectively, and audiences who gave both films an A CinemaScore. And social media has been awash with reactions and 91裸聊视频渢akes91裸聊视频� all weekend 91裸聊视频� good, bad, problematic and everywhere in between 91裸聊视频� the kind of organic, event cinema, watercooler debate that no marketing budget can buy.
91裸聊视频淭he 91裸聊视频楤arbenheimer91裸聊视频� thing was a real boost for both movies,91裸聊视频� Goldstein said. 91裸聊视频淚t is a crowning achievement for all of us.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer91裸聊视频� had the vast majority (80%) of premium large format screens at its disposal. Some 25 theaters in North America boasted IMAX 70mm screenings ( ), most of which were completely sold out all weekend 91裸聊视频� accounting for 2% of the total gross. Theaters even scrambled to add more to accommodate the demand including 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. screenings, which also sold out.
91裸聊视频淣olan91裸聊视频檚 films are truly cinematic events,91裸聊视频� said Jim Orr, Universal91裸聊视频檚 president of domestic distribution.
IMAX showings alone made up 26% of the domestic gross (or $21.1 million) from only 411 screens and 20% of the global gross, and 91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer91裸聊视频� will have at least a three-week run on those high-demand screens.
91裸聊视频淭his is a phenomenon beyond compare,91裸聊视频� said Rich Gelfond, the CEO of IMAX, in a statement. 91裸聊视频淎round the world, we91裸聊视频檝e seen sellouts at 4:00 a.m. shows and people travelling hours across borders to see 91裸聊视频極ppenheimer91裸聊视频� in IMAX 70mm.91裸聊视频�
This is the comeback weekend Hollywood has been dreaming of since the pandemic. There have been big openings and successes 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淪pider-Man: No Way Home,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淭op Gun: Maverick,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淎vatar: The Way of Water91裸聊视频� among them, but the fact that two movies are succeeding at the same time is notable.
91裸聊视频淚t was a truly historic weekend and continues the positive box office momentum of 2023,91裸聊视频� said Michael O91裸聊视频橪eary, President & CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners. 91裸聊视频淧eople recognized that something special was happening and they wanted to be a part of it.91裸聊视频�
And yet in the background looms disaster as Hollywood studios continue to squabble with striking actors and writers over a fair contract.
91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer91裸聊视频� were the last films on the 2023 calendar to get a massive, global press tour. Both went right up to the 11th hour, squeezing in every last moment with their movie stars. 91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer91裸聊视频� even pushed up its London premiere by an hour, knowing that Emily Blunt, Matt Damon and Cillian Murphy would have to leave to symbolically join the picket lines by the time the movie began.
Without movie stars to promote their films, studios have started pushing some falls releases, including the high-profile Zendaya tennis drama 91裸聊视频淐hallengers.91裸聊视频�
But for now, it91裸聊视频檚 simply a positive story that could even continue for weeks to come.
91裸聊视频淭here could be a sequel next weekend,91裸聊视频� said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. 91裸聊视频淭he FOMO factor will rachet up because of this monumental box office event centered around the movie theater experience.91裸聊视频�
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. 91裸聊视频淏arbie,91裸聊视频� $155 million.
2. 91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer,91裸聊视频� $80.5 million.
3. 91裸聊视频淪ound of Freedom,91裸聊视频� $20.1 million.
4. 91裸聊视频淢ission: Impossible-Dead Reckoning Part I,91裸聊视频� $19.5 million.
5. 91裸聊视频淚ndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,91裸聊视频� $6.7 million.
6. 91裸聊视频淚nsidious: The Red Door,91裸聊视频� $6.5 million.
7. 91裸聊视频淓lemental,91裸聊视频� $5.8 million.
8. 91裸聊视频淪pider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,91裸聊视频� $2.8 million.
9. 91裸聊视频淭ransformers: Rise of the Beasts,91裸聊视频� 1.1 million.
10. 91裸聊视频淣o Hard Feelings,91裸聊视频� $1.1 million.
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