In its second weekend in U.S. cinemas, “Wonder Woman 1984” grossed about $ 5.5 million at the box office, according to studio estimates released Sunday. It’s a 6.7% drop for the superhero sequel, which is screened simultaneously on 2,151 screens and streamed for free to HBO Max subscribers.
“Wonder Woman 1984” has so far grossed $ 28.5 million in the United States, where about 39% of theaters are open and most major markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia. and San Francisco are closed.
Internationally, it totaled $ 10.1 million for a global total of $ 118.5 million.
Although $ 5.5 million would be a terrible second weekend for a film that costs $ 200 million to be produced in a pre-pandemic world, in the current circumstances it was enough to finish first in national level. . In second place was “The Croods: A New Age”, from Universal Studios, which recorded a 25% increase in the number of entries in the sixth week in cinemas. It has raised $ 34.5 million since its debut on Thanksgiving and is now available for rent for major online video services.
Disney and Pixar’s “soul”, which has bypassed US cinemas and is available for free to Disney + subscribers, has added another $ 16.5 million internationally, a 114% increase since its US premiere. the same markets last weekend. The film, which features the voices of Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey, did particularly well in China, where it doubled the award amount and added another $ 13.7 million this weekend. The study attributes the gains of positive feedback on social media and word of mouth recommendation.
Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic “Alien” also premiered this weekend at Disney’s 20th Century Studios. He raised $ 75,000 in 505 locations.