For a sixth straight week, it’s AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER on-top again with $20 million from 4,045 theatres for 20th Century Fox, just shy of $600 million grossed in its domestic run.
In second is PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH with $12.4 million in its fifth weekend from 3,686 theatres for Universal Pictures, a tally of $127.3 million thus far.
Third is M3GAN with $9.1 million in its third weekend from 3,628 theatres, an impressive total $74.8 million for Universal Pictures.
Fourth is a debuting MISSING with $8.5 million for Sony Pictures and Critics are loving it with 82% on the Tomatometer. This is a follow-up to 2018 Thriller SEARCHING and it was made for only $7 million and it premiered earlier this week at Sundance.
At the bottom of the Top Five is A MAN CALLED OTTO with $9 million, a total $35.7 million for Sony Pictures.
It’s a three-peat for CRAZY RICH ASIANS staying at #1 once again this weekend with $23 million for Warner Bros. It plays at 3,865 theatres, tallying-in at $118.7 million over three weeks.
THE MEG continues to stay afloat in second with $10.1 million in its fourth week for Warner Bros., a domestic total of $123 million.
In third is OPERATION FINALE with $6.4 million for MGM, playing at 1,818 theatres. The Drama starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Oscar Isaac, gets 62% on the Tomatoneter and an A- CinemaScore. It doesn’t yet have a Canadian release.
Debuting in sixth is SEARCHING starring John Cho, which is a feat in diversity with two Films starring Asian-American lead actors in the Top Ten. It earns $5.7 million from 1,198 theatres for Sony Pictures, getting 91% from Critics on the Tomatoneter. The Asian-American community have rallied to create the #GOLDOPEN campaign getting them to support this Film, hot off the success of Crazy Rich Asians.
MILE 22 rounds-out the Top Ten for STX ENTERTAINMENT/VVS Films with $3.7 million from 2,950 theatres scross North America. It has made $32.8 million to date.
Sony Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers in Toronto a chance to see SEARCHING. Screening takes place on Thursday, August 23, 7PM @ Cineplex Cinemas Yonge & Eglinton.
Synopsis:
After David Kim (John Cho)’s 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter’s laptop. In a hyper-modern thriller told via the technology devices we use every day to communicate, David must trace his daughter’s digital footprints before she disappears forever.
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Sony Pictures Canada release SEARCHING Friday, August 31, 2018.
(Photo/video credit: Sony Pictures Canada)
A breakout hit at Sundance, a new Trailer surfaces for the Thriller SEARCHING starring John Cho and Debra Messing!
Synopsis:
After David Kim (John Cho)’s 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter’s laptop. In a hyper-modern thriller told via the technology devices we use every day to communicate, David must trace his daughter’s digital footprints before she disappears forever.
See the Trailer:
Sony Pictures Canada release SEARCHING Friday, August 3, 2018.
(Photo/video credit: Sony Pictures Canada)
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