‘Knock at the Cabin’ box office topples ‘Avatar 2’ with $14.2 million – The Hollywood Reporter
Borrowing from American football lingo, the weekend box office competition is rife with exciting plays.
The latest movie of M. Night Shyamalan, Type at the cabin, topped the domestic chart with $14.2 million from 3,643 theaters. While the psychological thriller has bragging rights to end up being a subversive movie Avatar: The Road of Water From the ground up, it remains the lowest-grossing film in North America of any Shyamalan film.
Mediocre word of mouth can be a culprit. Type at the cabin received a C on CinemaScore (lower than a C+ for this brilliant writer-director’s last film, Old). Exit scores on PostTrak aren’t so great either. Men dominated the audience, while more than 60% of ticket buyers were between the ages of 18 and 24.
Overseas, the film grossed $7 million, bringing its initial global total to $21.2 million.
Type at the cabin follows a young girl and her parents who are held hostage in a remote bungalow by a group of insidious strangers who demand that they make an unimaginable choice to prevent the end of the world. position. Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, newcomers Kristen Cui, Abby Quinn and star Rupert Grint.
Universal is releasing Type at the cabin, a production of Blinding Edge Pictures, in association with FilmNation Features and Wilshmore Entertainment. Shyamalan financed his own films.
In 2021, in the midst of a pandemic, Old launched with $17 million domestically. Shyamalan’s previous two films, 2018 Glass and 2016 Detachedeach opening film grossed $40 million.
More new studio deals over the weekend, 80 for Bradyopened in second place with $12.5 million from 3,912 locations after successfully conquering older consumers, especially women.
From Paramount Pictures and Season Five, the comedy stars Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Sally Field as a group of friends determined to meet New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady at the 2017 Super Bowl. Brady produced and starred in the film, which premiered a week before this year’s Super Bowl, and just days after Brady announced for the second time that he was retiring.
In an unprecedented move, Paramount and theater owners across the country — including the largest theaters — have teamed up on an initiative to dramatically lower ticket prices to appeal to reluctant adult audiences. back to the theater more. (Old theatrical films have become an endangered species in the aftermath of the pandemic.)
Sorry — cold weather in the Northeast has affected box office traffic in the Boston area.
80 for BradyThe pricing scheme of the film, which will remain in place throughout the film’s run, was first detailed by hollywood reporter. While there are promising signs that the changing price has boosted the film’s opening, a verdict has yet to be made.
Females make up more than 70% of the audience, while nearly 80% are over 35 years old, of which 50% are older than 55 years old.
Avatar: The Road of Water dropped to #3 in its eighth weekend in North America with about $10.8 million from 3,310 theaters to end the weekend with a global cume of $2.174 billion, not far behind the film. Directed by James Cameron Titanic.
Disney and the 20th century water path is expected to eventually pass Titanic became the third highest-grossing film of all time after the original Avatar And Avengers: Game over.
Other North American highlights include special theatrical screenings of BTS: Still not in theatersis expected to make over $6 million from 1,125 theaters and The Chosen One Part 3: Final Episodemade nearly $4 million over the weekend from 2,000 locations.
More to come.
