While Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is still making huge money in theaters, She Said flopped with its debut.
The Marvel sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has another very dominant weekend at the box office while She said flops with its theatrical premiere. Directed by Maria Schrader and written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, She said is inspired by real life New York Times investigation into the allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan play Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, respectively, the reporters who continued the story.
World premiere at the New York Film Festival last month, She said was a critical hit and even generated some early Oscar buzz. However, even with its status as an Oscar contender, audiences didn’t flock to see the film at its premiere this weekend. It opens with $2.25 million and is nowhere near making back its $32 million budget. It’s hard to say exactly why most moviegoers avoid the film, but it may be that many hope to find an escape from reality in something exciting like a superhero movie, rather than reenacting the real-life horrors of Weinstein’s crimes.
This weekend also debuted another movie that landed in a respectable place. The menu, from director Mark Mylod, premiered at No. 2 after raking in $9 million. The R-rated movie overcame the theatrical run of the first two episodes of The chosen one‘s third season, which was shown in theaters courtesy of Fathom Events; this raised $8.21 million. The Rock’s superhero epic Black Adam falls to No. 4 with its fifth weekend in theaters, earning another $4.4 million. The George Clooney and Julia Roberts rom-com Ticket to paradise rounds out the top five with grosses of $3.2 million in domestic theaters.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a huge hit
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever raked in another $67.3 million in its second weekend in theaters, staying firmly in the top spot position at the box office. It has now totaled nearly $288 million domestically after opening to an astonishing $181 million. Taking into account overseas ticket sales, the film is worth $496.8 million worldwide.
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- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – $67.3 million
- The menu – $9 million
- The Chosen Season 3: Episodes 1 & 2 – $8.21 million
- Black Adam – $4.48 million
- Ticket to paradise – $3.2 million
- She said – $2.25 million
- Lyle, Lyle, crocodile – $1.9 million
- Smile – $1.14 million
- Drishyam 2 – $1.05 million
- Prey for the devil – $935,000