Monday Update: The Nun II barely beat out A Haunting in Venice for the top spot, $14.5M to $14.2M.
Both films came in slightly below their original Sunday estimates: Nun at $14.5M instead of $14.7M, Haunting at $14.2M instead of $14.5M.
Nun ultimately won out by +1.7%, slightly more than its +1.5% lead as of Sunday studio estimates.
The Nun II
Last weekend, Warner Bros. horror sequel opened with $32.6M in first place. However, that was -39% below 2018’s The Nun: $53.8M.
Now in its sophomore frame, it falls -55% to $14.7M to tentatively repeat in first place. That’s milder than the sophomore drop for The Nun: -66%.
Through 10 days, the sequel has earned $56.5M. That’s -33% below The Nun through the same point in release: $85.1M.
Overseas / global
This weekend, The Nun II fell -49% overseas in holdover markets, milder than its -55% domestic drop.
The Nun II has earned $102.3M overseas and $158.8M globally, or 64% from overseas.
The Nun earned $248.1M overseas and $365.5M globally, or 68% from overseas.
The sequel’s top five overseas market totals are:
- Mexico: $14.9M
- Indonesia: $7.6M
- Brazil: $7.2M
- Italy: $5.5M
- U.K.: $4.9M
A Haunting in Venice
20th Century Studios’ horror-mystery debuted with $14.5M, tentatively in second place.
The third installment in Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Hercule Poirot’ franchise, it opens:
- -49% below 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express: $28.6M
- +12% above February 2022’s Death on the Nile: $12.8M, during a shaky period in the post-pandemic recovery
Here’s how Haunting compares to Nile on several key metrics:
|
Metric |
A Haunting in Venice |
Death on the Nile |
|
CinemaScore |
B |
B |
|
Ages 45+ |
31% |
28% |
|
IMAX |
9% |
8% |
|
Premium Large Format |
27% |
24% |
Overseas / global
Haunting opened with $22.7M overseas and $37.2M globally.
That global opening is +11% higher than Nile: $33.5M. (Although, again it was a tenuous period in the post-pandemic recovery.)
Haunting’s top five overseas market totals are:
- U.K.: $2.6M
- China: $2.4M
- Italy: $2.1M
- France: $1.7M
- Spain: $1.2M
The Equalizer 3
Last weekend, Sony Pictures’ R-rated action sequel dropped a steep -65% in its sophomore frame, steeper than the sophomore drops for both the two prior installments:
- 2014’s The Equalizer: -45%
- 2018’s The Equalizer 2: -61%
Now in its third frame, it falls -40% to $7.2M and third place.
Through 17 days, it’s earned $73.6M. That’s below both of its two predecessors, through the same point in release, despite opening above the original installment:
- -7% below 2014’s The Equalizer: $79.8M
- -7% below 2018’s The Equalizer 2: also $79.8M
Overseas / global
This weekend, Equalizer 3 fell -32% in overseas holdover markets, milder than its -40% domestic drop.
The third installment has now earned $58.7M overseas and $132.4M globally, or 44% overseas.
That’s a similar percentage to the first two films, which earned $190M (47%) and $192M (46%) overseas.
Top five markets to date are:
- U.K.: $7.9M
- Germany: $5.7M
- France: $5.6M
- Australia: $4.9M
- Spain: $4.0M
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Last weekend, Focus Features’ comedy sequel opened to $10.0M in third place. That was -44% below 2016’s My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2: $17.8M.
Now in its sophomore frame, the third installment falls -53% to $4.7M and fourth place. That’s steeper than Its predecessor, which fell -37%.
Through 10 days, the third installment has earned $18.5M. That’s -49% below its predecessor through the same point in release: $36.5M.
Barbie
In its ninth frame, Warner Bros.’ comedy declines -30% to $3.9M and fifth place.
That’s its second-mildest percentage drop yet, steeper than only a -26% decline in its sixth frame.
Last weekend, falling -44%, marked its sharpest weekend decline to date.
All time, Barbie has now earned the:
- #20 opening weekend: $162.0M
- #7 sophomore weekend: $93.0M
- #11 third weekend: $53.0M
- #9 fourth weekend: $33.9M
- #11 fifth weekend: $21.0M
- #16 sixth weekend: $15.1M
- #28 seventh weekend: $10.2M
- #78 eighth weekend: $5.7M
Now on its ninth weekend, it finally drops out of the top 100 – though barely, and could crack the lowest rungs if its Monday actuals come in a bit higher than its Sunday estimate.
With $626.1M total through 59 days, it now ranks as the #11 biggest movie of all time domestically, between 2015’s Jurassic World with $653.4M and 2012’s The Avengers with $623.3M.
Overseas / global
Barbie has earned $790.6M overseas and $1.41B globally, or 55% from overseas.
Globally, that’s the #14 film of all time, ranking between 2019’s Frozen II with $1.45B and 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron with $1.40B.
Barbie’s top four overseas markets totals are:
- U.K.: $121.6M
- Germany: $57.5M
- Australia: $56.1M
- Mexico: $54.3M
It’s also earned $35.1M in China.
Jawan
In a surprise finish that many didn’t anticipate, Yash Raj Films’ Indian foreign-language action thriller Jawan opened with a $6.1M weekend last frame in fourth place.
Now in its sophomore frame, it falls -59% to $2.49M and sixth place.
Compared to some other prominent Indian action films of recent years, that’s steeper than:
- 2016’s Dangal: -35% on New Year’s weekend
- 2022’s RRR: -47%
And milder than:
- January’s Pathaan: -61%
- 2017’s Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (-67%)
- 2022’s Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva (-76%)
Dumb Money
In the first step of a three-week expansion, Sony Pictures’ comedy opened with $217K in eight locations, for a $27,080 per-theater average.
That marks the #10 per-theater average of 2023 so far, behind six similar limited openings and three wide ones: Barbie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Money will expand to a moderate release next weekend, September 22, and reach a wide release on September 29.
Read Boxoffice PRO’s interview with Dumb Money director Craig Gillespie here:
Weekend comparisons
Total box office this weekend came in around $61.3M.
Here’s how this weekend compares to last weekend, the same weekend last year, and the same weekend in the last pre-pandemic year of 2019:
|
Weekend |
Total |
This weekend is: |
Leader |
|
Last weekend |
$88.3M |
-30% |
The Nun II: $32.6M |
|
Same weekend in 2022 |
$51.4M |
+19% |
The Woman King: $19.0M |
|
Same weekend in 2019 |
$110.7M |
-44% |
It: Chapter Two – $91.0M, second frame |
YTD comparisons
Year-to-date box office stands around $6.89B.
Here’s how that compares to last year and the last pre-pandemic year of 2019, through the equivalent point:
|
Year |
YTD total |
2023 YTD now: |
2023 YTD after last weekend: |
Trend |
|
2022 |
$5.43B |
+26.9% |
+26.1% |
Up |
|
2019 |
$8.13B |
-15.1% |
-14.9% |
Down |
Top distributors
Grouped by parent company, the YTD leaders are:
- Disney + 20th Century + Searchlight + Star: $1.64B
- Universal + Focus Features: $1.53B
- Warner Bros.: $1.10B
- Sony Pictures + Sony Classics + Crunchyroll: $829.6M
- Paramount: $703.4M
Sunday’s Studio Weekend Estimates:
| Title | Estimated weekend | % change | Locations | Location change | Average | Total | Weekend | Distributor |
| The Nun II | $14,730,000 | -55% | 3,743 | 15 | $3,935 | $56,523,000 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| A Haunting in Venice | $14,500,000 | 3,305 | $4,387 | $14,500,000 | 1 | 20th Century Studios [Disney] | ||
| The Equalizer 3 | $7,235,000 | -40% | 3,528 | -437 | $2,051 | $73,679,930 | 3 | Sony Pictures |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 | $4,700,000 | -53% | 3,678 | 28 | $1,278 | $18,572,000 | 2 | Focus Features [Universal] |
| Barbie | $3,965,000 | -30% | 3,012 | -269 | $1,316 | $626,122,000 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| Jawan | $2,493,986 | -59% | 776 | -50 | $3,214 | $12,193,700 | 2 | Yash Raj Films |
| Blue Beetle | $2,475,000 | -35% | 2,386 | -400 | $1,037 | $67,281,000 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story | $2,350,000 | -33% | 2,202 | -563 | $1,067 | $39,422,852 | 4 | Sony Pictures |
| Oppenheimer | $2,100,000 | -32% | 1,799 | -292 | $1,167 | $318,639,000 | 9 | Universal |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | $2,000,000 | -28% | 2,066 | -434 | $968 | $114,148,000 | 7 | Paramount |
| Bottoms | $1,201,885 | -41% | 1,182 | -83 | $1,017 | $9,872,000 | 4 | MGM |
| Meg 2: The Trench | $695,000 | -43% | 976 | -598 | $712 | $81,732,000 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| Talk To Me | $567,472 | -35% | 570 | -350 | $996 | $46,923,334 | 8 | A24 |
| Haunted Mansion | $515,000 | -22% | 650 | -175 | $792 | $66,247,443 | 8 | Walt Disney |
| Strays | $380,000 | -55% | 761 | -739 | $499 | $23,616,000 | 5 | Universal |
| The Hill | $356,000 | -41% | 805 | -403 | $442 | $7,175,000 | 4 | Briarcliff Entertainment |
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | $340,000 | -39% | 356 | -210 | $955 | $171,999,000 | 10 | Paramount |
| Dumb Money | $216,000 | 8 | $27,000 | $217,000 | 1 | Sony Pictures | ||
| The Inventor | $201,061 | 700 | $287 | $201,061 | 1 | Blue Fox Entertainment | ||
| Elemental | $100,000 | -69% | 255 | -455 | $392 | $154,341,946 | 14 | Walt Disney |
| Amerikatsi | $91,932 | 62% | 3 | $30,644 | $168,598 | 2 | Variance Films | |
| Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | $32,329 | -86% | 95 | -430 | $340 | $373,363 | 2 | Blue Fox Entertainment |
| Catvideofest 2023 | $30,870 | -52% | 20 | -67 | $1,544 | $502,001 | 7 | Oscilloscope |
| Fremont | $28,139 | -21% | 28 | 4 | $1,005 | $174,773 | 4 | Music Box Films |
| Theater Camp | $25,000 | -47% | 45 | -25 | $556 | $3,960,123 | 10 | Searchlight [Disney] |
| Canary | $8,350 | 3 | $2,783 | $8,350 | 1 | Oscilloscope | ||
| Radical Wolfe | $8,270 | 1 | $8,270 | $8,270 | 1 | Kino Lorber |
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