For a fourth straight week, WEAPONS continues to fire at the Box Office, taking $13 million from 3,416 theatres for Warner Bros. Note, these are Friday through Labour Day numbers and projections. This takes it to $135 million domestically. What a run these past few months have been for the studio, including smashes F1, MINECRAFT, SUPERMAN and SINNERS!
The 50th anniversary re-release of JAWS registers in second with $9.7 million from 3,200 theatres for Universal Pictures. The 1975 film prior had grossed $477 million worldwide.
CAUGHT STEALING debuts in third with $9.5 million from 3,578 theatres for Sony Pictures. Starring Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz, this latest from Darren Aronofsky gets 85% on the Tomatometer.
FREAKIER FRIDAY continues to engine-on in third with $8 million, a run of $82 million for Disney in North America.
THE ROSES debuts in fifth with $7.5 million from 2,700 theatres and a 63% Tomatometer score for 20th Century Studios. This is an updated adaptation of the book THE WAR OF THE ROSES, which also was made into a film in 1989.
While it didn’t get a weekend run, noteworthy this week was KPOP DEMON HUNTERS SINGALONG pulling-in a stellar $19 million from a limited two-day run at the Box Office for Netflix! An incredible showing for this smash success Animated Feature (with a 97% score on the Tomatometer nonetheless) by the streaming giant.
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