PAW PATROL: THE MIGHTY MOVIE is unstawppable in its opening! The second installment in the Franchise takes $22 million from 3,644 theatres for Elevation Pictures/Paramount Pictures. It gets 80% on the Tomatometer. Its previous installment in 2021 opened with $13 million amidst the Pandemic. It also has the distinction of widest opening in Canada since 2011, playing at 404 screens, and also the biggest opening for a Canadian film in the North American Box Office over the last ten years!
Second is SAW X which is garnering some fantastic reviews with 87% on the Tomatometer, pulling-in $17.5 from 3,262 theatres for Cineplex Pictures/Lionsgate. Best opening for the Franchise still goes to 2006’s SAW III with $33.6 million.
Third this weekend is THE CREATOR with $16 million from 3,680 theatres for 20th Century Studios. The latest from Gareth Edwards gets 67% on the Tomatometer.
Fourth goes to THE NUN 2 with $5 million from 2,871 theatres for Warner Bros., a tally of $77 million in its fourth weekend.
Rounding things out is A HAUNTING IN VENICE with $4 million for 20th Century Studios, a total run of $31.8 million to date.
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