JOKER is still laughing, taking top spot at the Box Office with $45.8 million from 4,374 theatres in its second week. Its run takes it to $137 million in North America for Warner Bros.
In second is THE ADDAMS FAMILY, debuting with $30 million from 4,007 theatres for Universal Pictures. It gets 42% on the Tomatometer and a B+ CinemaScore.
GEMINI MAN opens in third with $20 million from 3,642 theatres for Paramount Pictures. It gets 26% on Rotten Tomatoes and a better B+ CinemaScore from Audiences.
ABONIMABLE lands in fourth with $7.7 million, a total $49.5 million over three weeks for Universal Pictures.
JEXI debuts with $3.5 million from 2,332 theatres for CBS Films/eOne Films. It gets 15% on the Tomatometer and a B- CinemaScore.
AD ASTRA rounds-out the Top Ten with $2 million for 20th Century Fox/Disney.
Things are looking up for DOWNTON ABBEY as it has a smashing debut for Focus Features/Universal Pictures, taking $31 million from 3,079 theatres. Along with that comes raves at 85% and an A CinemaScore. This is the first #1 opening for Focus Feautres since The American and an all-time best opening for the company.
In second is Brad Pitt-starrer AD ASTRA with $19.1 million for Disney, from 3,079 theatres. It gets a 82% on the Tomatometer and B- CinemaScore, with an estimated $80+ million production budget.
RAMBO: LAST BLOOD lands in third in its opening with $18.3 million for VVS Films/Lionsgate Films. It gets 31% on the Tomatometer and a B CinemaScore. Franchise best still belongs to 1985’s RAMBO: THE FIRST BLOOD PART II with $21 million, plus factor-in inflation.
HUSTLERS continues to perform strongly in fourth with $17.3 million for STX Entertainment/Elevation Pictures. In over a week it has made $45.5 million domestically.
OVERCOMER rounds things out with $1.7 million for Sony Pictures, just past the $30 million mark in its run.
Walt Disney Studios Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win Advance Passes to see AD ASTRA. Screenings take place as follows:
Montreal (French Screening), Montreal (English Screening), Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver.
Synopsis:
Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.
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AD ASTRA arrives in theaters everywhere on September 20, 2019 from The Walt Disney Studios.
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