“Don’t ruin my morning”
Two new films opened this weekend, both sequels, and both had drastically different opening results. “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” topped the domestic charts, however it still fell short of expectations, seeing a major drop in the franchise’s opening weekend totals.
As mentioned last week, the latest film by South Korean director Bong Joon-ho and the recipient of this year’s Palme d’Or, “Parasite,” is killing it in limited release. Last week, the film set multiple records and to follow that outstanding performance up, in its second week of release, “Parasite” continues to rack in money in limited theaters. Placing 11th earning $1,241,334 in just 33 theaters. To put this in perspective, “IT Chapter Two” earned $1.4 million in 1,528 theaters this previous weekend. While not as large as last weekend, “Parasite” had a per theater average of $37,616. “Parasite” gained 223.1% in business and will continue to eat away at its theaters while the film continues to roll out domestically.
Three new films open wide this upcoming weekend, while one opens specially in IMAX. The cop thriller “Black & Blue” looks to snag lovers of thriller action films, while horror fans will be keeping an eye out for STX’s “Countdown.” The long delayed “The Current War: Director’s Cut” will finally get a release. Then the IMAX experience of “Jesus Is King: A Kanye West Film” showcasing one of West’s Sunday Service events will open in specialty IMAX theaters.
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