Never underestimate the interest in staring cute guys on the big screen.
Avid musician, sex symbol, and fledgling movie star, Harry Styles took a critic-driven run to achieve solid ticket sales of an estimated $19.2 million in North American cinemas over the weekend. , backed the controversial “Don’t Worry Darling.” Its No. 1 total has backed him more than $3 million in preview screenings since the beginning of the week.
According to Warner Bros., which produced the $35 million film, women made up 66% of the audience, and 52% of ticket buyers under the age of 25 were significantly higher.
“Don’t Worry Darling” is an R-rated romantic mystery directed by Olivia Wilde, who co-starred and co-starred with Florence Pugh, and received a B-minus rating from moviegoers in the CinemaScore exit poll. It ran in her 4,113 theaters in the United States and Canada.
The film raised an additional $10.8 million overseas in 61 markets.
the review is mostly negative, and Wilde and her film suffered a torrent of unfavorable pre-release publicity, with Shia LaBeouf, who was originally hired for the role Styles ended up playing, and Wilde receiving public retaliation. produced. Pugh appears to be actively resisting publicity for the film, leading to reports of a rift between her and Wilde. I expressed my displeasure with being (“Reduced to your sex scene” is how she phrased it. Talk to Harper’s Bazaar(“That’s not why I’m in this industry.”)
Overall, the domestic box office had a quiet weekend as theaters continue to struggle to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, in part due to a limited supply of new films from studios. totaled about $60 million, compared to $123 million for the same weekend in 2019.
“The Woman King” (Sony) was second in the box office derby, pulling in about $11.1 million and a two-week total of $36.3 million, according to comScore, which compiles ticket sales data.James Cameron’s The re-release of “Avatar” (Walt Disney Studios) 13 years ago, predictably, made about $10 million.
Cameron remastered “Avatar,” but the main reason the film reappeared in theaters (and disappeared from Disney+) was to whet the public’s appetite for a sequel. ‘Avatar: Path of Water’ is set to release on his December 16th, and to be considered a success, he needs to generate at least $1 billion at the global box office. (The first production ranks as Hollywood’s #1 ticket seller, with global sales of $2.9 billion for him.) Cameron is also working on his third, “Avatar,” and he’s also working on 2 more. We are announcing plans for the next chapter.