This image, published by DreamWorks Animation, shows animated characters, in the foreground on the left, a shark voiced by Craig Robinson, Wolf, voiced by Sam Rockwell, Piranha, voiced by Anthony Ramos and Snake, voiced by Mark Marron in “Bad Boys”. (DreamWorks Animation via AP)
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LOS ANGELES – The DreamWorks animated film The Bad Boys was the best film in US and Canadian cinemas for the second weekend in a row, according to the studio on Sunday, while the latest thriller about Liam Neeson suggested that the special set of skills the actor can rarely carry with the audience.
The Bad Boys, distributed by Universal Pictures, made $ 16.1 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, holding up just 33 percent from last weekend. The film, adapted from Aaron Blaby’s children’s graphic novel, helped revive family cinema.
April’s films were largely dominated by Paramount Pictures’ Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – which came in second with $ 11.4 million, bringing the total to $ 160.9 million – and “Bad Boys” with $ 44.4 million. dollars for two weeks.
However, Neeson’s latest thriller, “Memory”, was mostly forgotten by moviegoers. R Open Road-Briarcliffe Entertainment launched with approximately $ 3.1 million in 2,555 seats. This is very consistent with the last few films starring Neeson. In the last two years, Blacklight ($ 3.5 million debut), Honest Thief ($ 4.1 million) and The Marksman ($ 3.1 million) have opened in a similar way.
Neeson’s latest thriller to make a dent was “Cold Pursuit” from 2019, which debuted with $ 11 million and eventually grossed $ 62.6 million worldwide. But either due to oversaturation or poor reception (“Memory has a 30%” fresh “Rotten Tomatoes rating”), the once reliable box office has cooled down.
“Neeson’s crime photos before the pandemic performed well, including the successful Taken series, but the audience showed little interest,” said David A. Gross, who runs the film consulting firm FranchiseRe. “Cinema activity is improving, but Memory, as well as Blacklight and The Marksman, are hitting the wall.”
Eighth Place “Memory” was the only new big release on a quiet weekend in theaters before the release of Friday’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” by Marvel. Walt Disney Co. will effectively mark the beginning of the Hollywood summer season, one that the industry hopes will approach pre-pandemic levels.
The studios trumpeted their summer papers at the CinemaCon industry convention last week, raising expectations for high-budget films such as Top Gun: Maverick and Jurasic World Dominion.
The brightest spot in theaters right now continues to be “Everything Everywhere and All at Once,” which fell just 2% in its sixth week of release to $ 5.5 million. The film, an existential meta-universal action comedy starring Michelle Yeo, has unusually long legs in theaters and has sold $ 35.5 million so far and is one of the biggest hits of the indie studio A24.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at theaters in the United States and Canada, according to Comscore. The final internal data will be published on Monday.
- The Bad Boys, $ 16.1 million.
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2, $ 11.4 million.
- Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets, $ 8.3 million.
- The Northerner, $ 6.3 million.
- “Everything everywhere at once”, $ 5.5 million.
- “The Unbearable Weight of Huge Talent,” $ 3.9 million.
- The Lost City, $ 3.9 million.
- Memory, $ 3.1 million.
- Father Stu, $ 2.2 million.
- Morbius, $ 1.5 million.
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