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‘Captain America’ dives in second weekend, ‘The Monkey’ provides to Neon’s successes

Editorial Board Published February 24, 2025
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By Jake Coyle | Related Press

NEW YORK — “Captain America: Brave New World” soared on opening weekend, however crash-landed in its second go-around with audiences.

“Brave New World,” the newest signal that the Marvel machine isn’t fairly what it was, remained No. 1 on the field workplace in its second body with $28.2 million in ticket gross sales, in keeping with studio estimates Sunday. However after a debut of $100 million over 4 days and $88 million over three days, that meant a steep drop of 68%.

Whereas blockbusters usually see important slides of their second weekends, solely two earlier MCU titles have fallen off so quick: 2023’s “The Marvels,” which fell 78%, and 2023’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which dropped 70%.

The Anthony Mackie-led “Captain America” installment has been slammed by critics, and audiences even have graded it poorly, with a “B-” CinemaScore. “Brave New World,” which followers had hoped would proper the Marvel ship, has been largely met as one other instance of a as soon as impenetrable model struggling to recapture its pre-“Avengers: Endgame” aura of invincibility.

Nonetheless, “Brave New World” has rapidly grossed $289.4 million worldwide, with worldwide gross sales practically reaching $150 million. And with few big-budget choices arriving in theaters within the coming weeks, it should have scant competitors via a lot of March.

The most important new launch of the weekend was Oz Perkins’ “The Monkey,” the director’s follow-up to his 2024 horror hit, “Longlegs.” Tailored from a Stephen King brief story, “The Monkey” opened with $14.2 million for Neon, the second-best debut for the indie distributor. One of the best? “Longlegs,” which launched with $22.4 million.

Neon had a lot to rejoice over the weekend. Its high awards contender, “Anora,” by Sean Baker, continues to collect momentum into subsequent Sunday’s Academy Awards. One of the best-picture favourite added wins on the Unbiased Spirit Awards on Saturday.

Perkins, Neon and Blumhouse, which partnered within the launch of “The Monkey,” have discovered a productive low-budget collaboration, with extra on the way in which. Even when “The Monkey” doesn’t attain the heights of “Longlegs” ($126.9 million globally), Perkins and Neon return with “Keeper” this October.

“The Monkey,” starring Tatiana Maslany and Theo James, revolves round an previous monkey toy present in an attic. Evaluations have been good (77% contemporary on Rotten Tomatoes), although audiences have been much less impressed, giving it a C+ CinemaScore. Horror movies, although, usually grade low.

Because it did with “Longlegs,” Neon leaned into cryptic promotion for “The Monkey,” together with some macabre advertising and marketing. A funeral premiere was held Los Angeles’ Immanuel Presbyterian Church, and fan screenings occurred at Hollywood Cemetery. The movie, produced by James Wan, value $10 million to make.

Lionsgate’s “The Unbreakable Boy” opened with a paltry $2.5 million in 1,687 theaters. The Christian-themed Jon Gunn-directed movie starring Zachary Levi and Meghann Fahy, is about mother and father who be taught their son is autistic and has brittle bone illness.

“Paddington in Peru,” the third installment of the marmalade-mad bear, fell to 3rd place in its second weekend. It grossed $6.5 million in 3,890 areas, bringing its two-week whole to $25.2 million. “Paddington in Peru” has been hottest abroad, the place it’s collected $125 million so far.

“Ne Zha 2,” the animated Chinese language juggernaut, took in $3.1 million from 800 theaters in its second weekend. In China, the sequel has grossed $1.7 billion this month, setting quite a few box-office information. These totals put “Ne Zha 2″ past “Inside Out 2” ($1.66 billion) because the highest-grossing animated movie ever.

High 10 films by home field workplace

With last home figures releasing Monday, this listing elements within the estimated ticket gross sales for Friday via Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, in keeping with Comscore.

1. “Captain America: Brave New World,” $28.2 million.

2. “The Monkey,” $14.2 million.

3. “Paddington in Peru,” $6.5 million.

4. “Dog Man,” $5.9 million.

5. “Ne Zha 2,” $3.1 million.

6. “Heart Eyes,” $2.9 million.

7. “Mufasa: The Lion King,” $2.5 million.

8. “The Unbreakable Boy,” $2.5 million.

9. “Chhaava,” $1.5 million.

10. “One of Them Days,” $1.4 million.

Initially Printed: February 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM PST

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