‘Despicable Me 4’ and Nicolas Cage’s ‘Longlegs’ Prosper
Longlegs is the biggest opening ever for Tom Quinn’s indie outfit Neon, which released the Best Picture winner, Parasite.
Animation continues to the be hero of the summer box-office due to Despicable Me 4 and Inside Out 2.
Illumination and Universal DM4 is on course to top the domestic chart in its second weekend with $44 million for a global figure of $441 million through Sunday.
The Despicable Me-Minions franchise crossed $5 billion in global tickets, a feat no animated franchise has achieved before.
Illumination had already announced that a Minions 3is in the works.)
Fly Me to the Moon
Apple Original Films‘ continues its theatrical ambitions with the release of director Greg Berlanti’s Fly Me to the Moon, a romantic comedy starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum.
The period space-age movie, distributed by Sony on behalf of Apple, is struggling in its liftoff with expected opening in the $10 million range (that could change if traffic is heavier on Saturday and Sunday).
The movie earned negative reviews, but audiences were kinder in bestowing the older-skewing film an A- CinemaScore. Reviews matter more to older moviegoers, upon whom Berlanti’s film is relying (“older” means someone over the age of 35).
Holding at No. 3 in its fifth weekend is Inside Out 2, which has shot at becoming the top-grossing animated film of all time.
A Quiet Place: Day One
Paramount’s holdover A Quiet Place: Day One continues to attract moviegoers and is holding at No. 4. It is expected to scare up another $12 million this weekend for a domestic total of $165 million through Sunday.
At the specialty box-office, new offerings include Sing Sing, starring Oscar nominee Colman Domingo. The picture is on course to score a solid per-theater average of $37,000 or thereabouts from four theaters in Los Angeles and New York. The film chronicles an arts program at the infamous Sing Sing prison.
