After four consecutive weeks at the top of the American box office, “Spider-Man No Way Home” ended up giving up its leading position to “Scream”, a new opus in the horrific saga which is off to a better start than the previous one.
TO REMEMBER
Spider-Man ruled. A long time. But after four weeks of monopolizing the head of the American box office, the Marvel hero had to give up his place as leader, victim of the abuses of the killer of Scream. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who succeed the late Wes Craven behind the camera, the new installment in the saga begins better than the previous one, with receipts estimated at $30,600,000 for its first weekend of operation. , compared to 18,692,090 for the 4.
The feature should have no trouble surpassing its predecessor’s total on American soil ($38,180,928 in 2011). But it will be difficult for him to reach and exceed the 100 million ticket mark, as only 1 and 2 have to do.
Just behind, Spider-Man No Way Home has certainly lost his throne as leader. But the extra $20 million raked in over the weekend saw it overtake Avengers Infinity War in the US to become the fifth-highest-grossing player of all time there.
The feature film worn by Tom Holland should not take long to climb the hierarchy because the 700 million Black Panther are within reach. But the 760 of Avatar seem difficult to reach and No Way Home could finish its American race at the foot of the podium. Which would not detract from its score, all the more insane in this pandemic period during which no film had managed to cross the billion mark in the world.
As always (and despite an increase from last week), the rest of the Top 10 are struggling, with their cumulative weekend receipts not exceeding $70 million. If he loses a place, All on stage 2 however, manages to save the furniture and remain quietly on the podium.
Besides Scream, Beautiful is the only other novelty present in this Top 10: passed by the last Cannes Film Festival, the animated feature film by Mamoru Hosoda enters directly in sixth position with a nice average per screen. Quite close to that of Licorice Pizza by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film that held up best with a drop in receipts of only 10% compared to the previous weekend.
“Scream” was released on our screens on Wednesday January 12:
Source: Box Office Mojo