NEW YORK (AP) — David O. Russell’s star-studded Nineteen Thirties thriller “Amsterdam” flopped and the youngsters’s guide adaptation “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” debuted softly, permitting the horror thriller “Smile” to repeat atop the field workplace in U.S. and Canada theaters, based on studio estimates Sunday.
Neither new launch caught fireplace with moviegoers however the disappointment was most acute for “Amsterdam,” a poorly reviewed $80 million screwball romp starring Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington. The twentieth Century Studios manufacturing, co-funded by New Regency and launched by the Walt Disney Co., opened with simply $6.5 million — a stinging rebuke for the embellished filmmaker of “Silver Linings Playbook” whose splashy ensemble additionally consists of Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Pleasure and Taylor Swift.
Sony Footage’ “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile,” a musical primarily based on Bernard Waber’s kids’s guide that includes Shawn Mendes because the voice of a computer-generated reptile, fared higher, accumulating $11.5 million in ticket gross sales. However that also was a comparatively modest end result, particularly for the primary main household film to land in theaters for the reason that summer time. The movie, which price $50 million to make, may gain advantage from kids being out of faculty for Monday’s Columbus Day and little kid-movie competitors this month.
Every week after topping the charts with a $22-million launch, Paramount Footage’ “Smile” remained No. 1 with $17.6 million on the field workplace — a powerful second week for the modestly price range horror flick. Horror movies normally fall steeply of their second week of launch however “Smile,” a creepy thriller about trauma and evil spirits, dropped simply 22%. To maintain the momentum, Paramount on Sunday introduced a weeklong sequence of promotions, together with discounted tickets and a “Smile” NFT giveaway for some ticket-buyers on Thursday.
The very best information for Hollywood over the weekend was an indication that grownup audiences, after two pandemic-plagued seasons, could also be keen to return out for the autumn’s prime awards contenders. Todd Subject’s “Tár,” starring Cate Blanchett as a world-renown conductor, debuted with $160,000 in 4 New York and Los Angeles theaters, good for a stellar $40,000 per-theater common. After its premiere on the Venice Movie Pageant, Subject’s first movie since 2006′s “Little Youngsters” has drawn raves from critics and Oscar nomination predictions for Blanchett.
The promising begin will encourage an extended line of awards contenders coming within the subsequent few weeks, together with MGM’s Emmett Until drama “Until,” MUBI’s Park Chan-wook thriller “Resolution to Go away” and Searchlight Footage’ “The Banshees of Inisherin,” by writer-director Martin McDonagh.
On the identical time, a protracted sluggish interval in theaters could also be coming to a detailed. Not since “Bullet Prepare” opened in early August has a movie cleared $23 million, a downturn owed partially to a lightweight launch schedule. However subsequent week, Common Footage debuts “Halloween Ends” each in theaters and on Peacock. The next weekend sees the discharge of Warner Bros.′ “Black Adam,” with Dwayne Johnson.
Estimated ticket gross sales for Friday via Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, based on Comscore. Remaining home figures might be launched Monday.
1. “Smile,” $17.6 million.
2. “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile,” $11.5 million.
3. “Amsterdam,” $6.5 million.
4. “The Girl King,” $5.3 million.
5. “Don’t Fear Darling,” $3.5 million.
6. “Avatar,” $2.6 million.
7. “Barbarian,” $2.2 million.
8. “Bros,” $2.2 million.
9. “Ponniyin Selvan Half One,” $910,000.
10. “Terrifier 2,” $825,000.