Liam Neeson’s The Marksman targets the top of the weekend box office
Towards the end of the three-day weekend, Open Road Films is celebrating another box-office hit with Liam Neeson as its latest action thriller The shooter took first place on its opening weekend, dethroning Warner Bros. ‘ Wonder Woman 1984.
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With the latest episode in the DC Extended Universe showing in both theaters and on HBO Max for a month, and critics and audiences alike seeing a decidedly mixed response, it’s no surprise the film is no longer a box-office hit. WB doesn’t have much to fault about this drop, however, as it is only down 13 percent and still brings in an estimated $ 2.7 million in third place, which equates to $ 141.7 million worldwide, even if more and more Theaters are closing and some have chosen not to pay the studio the exhibition fees because of it.
Universal has revealed that their animated sequel is Adventure The Croods: A New Age, which was originally heading for third place, has exceeded expectations and is up 13 percent WW84 Take second place with an estimated $ 2.9 million domestically and $ 2.2 million overseas, bringing the DreamWorks Animation title to gross $ 134.84 million worldwide in its eighth week. During the Tom Hanks spearheaded Oscar hopeful News from all over the world is down 15 percent in the fourth week, still brings in $ 1.3 million for a total of $ 8.7 million gross, and is one of a total of seven Universal titles that are in the top 15 this weekend -Films end up at the box office.
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Sony / Screen Gems’ Monster hunter continues to struggle to recoup the studios’ money in fifth week of release, slashing another 17 percent to round the top 5 at an estimated $ 920,000 to bring global gross to $ 19.6 million.
