So this is the new year, and the numbers at the weekend box office look no different. Well, it looks a little different, in the sense that there are a few names that weren’t there the last time we registered, but everything still feels about the same as in recent months. For those in need of refreshment, here’s how this has worked since US cinemas began reopening: a new movie comes out every week and makes good money that is still not nearly as big as a pre-pandemic movie could make, while any other movie falls Waaayyy down. If no new movies appear, the top movie from the previous week is maintained while earning significantly less money. Basically, it’s an extremely unbearable situation where studios are reluctant to release too many big movies, people are reluctant to risk their lives and the lives of others by going to see movies that aren’t a big deal, and the theater industry needs people keep watching movies to stay afloat. Each side receives only what it wants, depriving another side of what it wants (aka capitalism).
That brings us to The Wonderful Woman 1984, which is technically the first film to appear under Warner Bros. ‘ Christoper Nolan defiantly I plan to simultaneously releases all of his new films in 2021 on HBO Max and in theaters (keeping everyone happy in theory, if not in practice). this was The Wonderful Woman 1984The second week in the charts after it was launched at Christmas and, so far, has already earned $ 28.5 million relatively impressive. Without knowing how many people broadcast HBO Max, this seems to indicate that – although it is the only example in the books – Warner Bros. ‘the scheme seems to work. The film is available for playback without endangering anyone’s life, and yet it has succeeded. good money. And get a sequel!
Elsewhere on the charts we have The Croods: A new era, which earned $ 2.1 million (for a total of $ 34 million) and World News, who joined Wonder Woman on the list last week and earned a total of $ 5.4 million. Then we have Monster hunter, which has the unique task of being a video game movie that is only in theaters during a pandemic, so it should praise the movie gods for doing anything ($ 1.2 this week, $ 5.4 million dollars in total). Completing the first five is front, which added just $ 700,000 to a total of $ 3 million.
For a more detailed breakdown of last weekend’s ticket numbers, is heading towards Box Office Mojo.