The highly anticipated adaptation of the most popular role-playing game, starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Hugh Grant and “Bridgerton” star Regé-Jean Page, grossed $38.5 million between Friday and Sunday. A very good performance, according to experts.
The Paramount and eOne-produced feature film, set in a medieval-fantasy universe, received critical and “remarkable” reception from audiences, and has “the potential to spawn sequels,” according to David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.
It surpasses the fourth installment of the “John Wick” saga, in which Keanu Reeves reprises his role as a contract killer, this time to combat an international criminal group, the second film at the box office with 28.2 million dollars obtained in its second week of projection.
The new episode of the “Scream” saga, “Scream VI”, with Courteney Cox and Jenna Ortega, remains in third place, with 5.3 million dollars in its fourth week on the big screen. The fearsome “Ghostface” returns in this film that mixes terror and self-mockery, this time in New York.
Angel Studios’ Biblical film “His Only Son,” which recreates Isaac’s sacrifice at the hands of Abraham, ranks fourth with $5.3 million in its first week in theaters.
Boxing movie “Creed III,” the ninth in the “Rocky” saga and the first without Sylvester Stallone, falls to fifth place with $5 million in its fifth week. It is the first film made by Michael B. Jordan, also a protagonist in the film.
The other five films on the list of the 10 most viewed were:
6. “Shazam!: The Fury of the Gods” ($4.7 million)
7. “A Thousand and One” (1.8 million)
8. “65: On the Verge of Extinction” (1.6 million)
9. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (1.2 million)
10 “Jesus Revolution” (1 million)