Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with 바카라바카라 regaining No. 1 at the , strong sales for 바카라바카라 and an overall USD9 billion in ticket sales that improved on 2022's grosses but fell about USD 2 billion shy of pre-pandemic norms.
The New Year's weekend box office this year lacked a true blockbuster. (This time last year, 바카라Avatar: The Way of Water바카라 was inundating theatres.) Instead, a wide array of films 바카라 among them 바카라Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,바카라 바카라The Boys in the Boat,바카라 바카라Migration,바카라 바카라,바카라 바카라The Iron Claw바카라 and 바카라Anyone But You바카라 바카라 sought to break out over the year's most lucrative box-office corridor.
The top choice, though, remained 바카라Wonka,바카라 Paul King's musical starring as a young Willy Wonka. In its third weekend, the Warner Bros. release collected an estimated USD 24 million Friday through Sunday and USD 31.8 million factoring in estimates for the Monday holiday. That brings the film's domestical total to USD 142.5 million.
That bested Warner Bros.' own 바카라Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,바카라 which, like previous DC superhero films, is struggling. James Wan's 바카라Aquaman바카라 sequel starring Jason Momoa took in USD 19.5 million in its second weekend to bring its two-week haul to a modest USD 84.7 million including New Year's Day estimates.
The original 바카라Aquaman,바카라 which ultimately surpassed USD 1.1 billion worldwide, had grossed USD 215.4 million over a similar period in 2018 바카라 more than double that of the sequel. Internationally, 바카라Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom바카라 added USD 50.5 million.
Weekend sales only tell part of the story this time of year. From Christmas through New Year's, when kids are out of school and many adults aren't working, every day is like Saturday to film distributors.
바카라The Color Purple,바카라 Blitz Bazawule's adaptation of the 2005 stage musical from Alice Walker's novel, debuted on Monday and led all movies on Christmas with USD 18 million. Through the week, the Warner Bros. release has grossed USD 50 million, including USD 13 million Friday through Sunday. That's a strong start for the crowd-pleaser starring Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks. Audiences gave it an 바카라A바카라 CinemaScore.
The roughly USD 100 million production, which boasts Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Quincy Jones (all from the 1985 film) as producers, should play well through awards season. It's nominated for several Golden Globes and expected to be in the Oscar mix.
바카라We saw this opportunity to go wide at Christmas since there were so few movies and we were confident the movie would be well received,바카라 said Jeffrey Goldstein, distribution chief for Warner Bros. 바카라Going into the competitive landscape that's so thin in January and February, the excitement of awards season could really help ignite a bigger box office.바카라
Despite a blockbuster-less holiday frame, the last weekend of the year pushed the industry past USD 9 billion in box office for the year in U.S. and Canadian theatres for the first time since before the pandemic. Ticket sales on the year were up 21 per cent from 2022, according to data firm Comscore.
Still, it was a mark that seemed more easily within reach during the summer highs of Barbenheimer when both 바카라Barbie바카라 and 바카라Oppenheimer바카라 were breaking box-office records.
The enormous success of those two films changed the trajectory of Hollywood's 2023, but so did the monthslong actors and writers strikes. Those forced the postponement of some top films (most notably 바카라Dune: Part Two바카라 ), diminishing an already patchwork fall lineup with few guaranteed ticket-sellers. One exception was the last-minute addition of 바카라Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,바카라 which set a new record for concert films.
This year, Hollywood needed Swift and every penny to reach USD 9 billion. It crossed that threshold Saturday, with one day to spare. That total, though, still doesn't come close to the USD 11 billion-plus years that preceded the pandemic. The number of wide releases in 2023 came about 20 films shy of those released in 2019.
The production delays caused by the strikes could have an even greater impact on 2024. Several top releases have already been postponed until at least the following year, including 바카라Mission: Impossible바카라 and 바카라Spider-Verse바카라 sequels. After a rocky year for Marvel and a string of less predictable hits, Hollywood will have to hope it can adapt to changing audience tastes 바카라 and that another 바카라Barbie바카라 is lurking somewhere.
"It's an USD 11 billion business. We're climbing our way back," said Goldstein. 바카라This next year is going to be a big challenge because of the strikes. But we're seeing very clearly in 2023, when there are movies out there that people want to see, they come.바카라
Meanwhile, a host of releases sought to capitalise over the holidays 바카라 and most succeeded.
바카라This crop of seven wide releases at the end of the year, they got us over the hump of USD9 billion,바카라 said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for data firm Comscore. 바카라This final push of the year provided great insight into what audiences are looking for. It's movies big and small. It's different types of movies."
Though 바카라Wonka바카라 won out as the family movie choice for the holidays, Universal Pictures' 바카라Migration바카라 is attracting young audiences, too. The animated movie from 바카라Minions바카라-maker Illumination notched USD 17.2 million in 3,839 theatres in its second weekend, and USD 59.4 million since opening.
바카라The Boys in the Boat,바카라 the George Clooney-directed sports drama, grossed USD24.6 million since opening Dec. 25. The Amazon MGM Studios release, about the U.S. men's crew in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, wasn't a smash with critics (58 per cent 바카라fresh바카라 on Rotten Tomatoes) but audiences gave it an 바카라A바카라 CinemaScore. 바카라The Boys in the Boat,바카라 which cost about USD40 million to make, could hold well in coming weeks.
Though romantic comedies have largely migrated to streaming platforms, Sony Pictures' 바카라Anyone But You바카라 is proving the genre can still work in theatres. The film, starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, collected USD9 million in its second weekend to bring its total to USD 27.6 million through Monday.
Sean Durkin's wrestling drama 바카라The Iron Claw" is also performing well. The A24 film, starring Zac Efron, Holt McCallany and Jeremy Allen White, has grossed USD18 million since opening December 22, including USD 5 million on the three-day weekend. The film dramatises the tragic story of the Von Erich family.
Michael Mann's 바카라Ferrari," a project the director sought to make for three decades, took in USD 10.9 million since launching in theatres on Monday, including USD 4.1 million for the weekend. While that ranks as one of the biggest debuts for indie distributor Neon, it's nowhere near what a movie that cost close to USD 100 million to make needs to turn a profit.
The film, starring Adam Driver as Enzo Ferrari, has been celebrated by critics, but appears likely to follow Mann's previous film, 2015's 바카라Blackhat바카라 (USD 19.6 million worldwide against a USD 70 million budget), as a commercial disappointment.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. 바카라Wonka,바카라 USD 24 million.
2. 바카라Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,바카라 USD 19.5 million.
3. 바카라Migration,바카라 USD 17.2 million.
4. 바카라The Color Purple,바카라 USD 13 million.
5. 바카라Anyone But You,바카라 USD 9 million.
6. 바카라The Boys in the Boat,바카라 USD 8.3 million.
7. 바카라The Iron Claw,바카라 USD 5 million.
8. 바카라Ferrari,바카라 USD 4.1 million.
9. 바카라The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,바카라 USD 2.9 million.
10. 바카라The Boy and the Heron,바카라 USD 2.5 million
