The weekend results are in and it’s not too surprising in that The Exorcist: Believer took the top spot for the weekend. With pretty brutal reviews, the film took first with an estimated $27.2 million domestically and $17.9 million internationally. That delivered an opening weekend of $45.1 million worldwide. The critics and audiences have eviscerated the film so expect it to drop hard but with Halloween coming, the film may hang on a bit just due to the season.
And that means that PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie dropped to second place with an estimated $11.8 million to bring its domestic total to $38.9 million. Current reporting has the film adding about $23.8 million to its international total for the week. Around the world the film ahs grossed $87.1 million after two weeks. But, will the film keep it up with more family films coming?
Saw X dropped to third with an estimated $8.2 million to bring its domestic total to $32.6 million. The international total of $11.3 million remains unchanged from the previous week. It now has grossed at least $43.9 million worldwide.
The Creator slipped one spot to fourth with $6.1 million to bring its domestic total to $24.9 million after two weeks. Its international total over doubled with $18.6 million more over the week to bring that to $36.9 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $61.8 million.
Wrapping up the top five was The Blind which added just under $4 million to its total to bring its domestic gross to $10.5 million.
In comic film news…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem came in at #18 grossing $310,000 domestically bringing its domestic total to just under $118 million. Internationally, the movie added $1.9 million where it has now grossed $61.1 million. Worldwide, the movie has brought in $179.1 million.
Blue Beetle domestically added about $250,000 to its total over the week to bring that to $71.2 million. Internationally it added $1 million to the gross bringing that to $56.8 million. The movie has grossed $128 million worldwide.
Shortcomings, based on the graphic novel by Adrian Tomine grossed about $2,000 over the week domestically to bring its total to $674,337. There’s now some international gross reported of $9,900, an increase of about $616. Worldwide, the film has grossed $684,237.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse looks like it remained steady domestically at $381.3 million. Internationally, the film increased about $80,000 and is now at $308.7 million. Worldwide, the move has grossed $690 million.
The week’s overall box office success…
Numbers have 60 films earning $73,570,066 from 33,767 theaters. That’s a dip from last weekend’s $84,825,068 from 38,517 theaters and 61 films. The average earning was $2,178.76 this past weekend, about the same as the previous weekend’s $2,202.28.
Source: Graphic Policy
