This Week’s Box Office Roundup

 After a box office year that turned out surprisingly successful despite its initial woes, have we hit the same slump this year? Brandon Blake, take a look at entertainment lawyer at Blake & Wang P.A., is here to share the latest news from the silver screen.

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Good News for Paramount

Ahead of their coming deal with Warner Bros., which had a fantastic set of releases last year, Paramount will be happy to see some of that magic rub off on them. Despite critics feeling anything but confident about the latest in a long line of Scream installments, Scream 7 beat all expectations and made a global start of $97.2M.

Not bad for a $45M budget. Its North American opening slid to the top of the launch list for non-Halloween horror titles, and it’s one of the biggest debuts of the year so far. That is, of course, the best start for the franchise as well. The film was only pegged for a $40M opener, as well.

Paramount will doubtless be proud. Perhaps the real victory here belongs to a smart marketing campaign, which included a Super Bowl Ad slot.

 Other Performances

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Surprisingly, GOAT held strong enough to slide into second place in its third weekend. It’s also doing surprisingly well on the international front. Wuthering Heights rounded out the top 3 and looks set to pass the $200M mark. Again, it is performing better in international markets than it has domestically.

 Behind them came another concert documentary, Twenty Pilots: I Can’t Believe This is My Life, competing directly with EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, and, apparently, pipping the King for fourth place. Amazon MGM’s Crime 101 held on for sixth place, with a total tally so far of $38.1M, while Lionsgate’s I Can Only Imagine saw a tumble on its second weekend.

It’s certainly not the most exciting box office weekend we’ve seen, but it was a strong enough start for this time of year, and has, at least, skipped the doldrums that plagued last March’s cinema offerings.

 

 

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