Alex Garland's "Civil War" fended off incursions from new movies to retain its box office title for the second weekend in a row. The provocative film, from independent A24, is expected to generate about $11.1 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada through Sunday, bringing its total domestic box gross to $44.9 million, according to Comscore. The R-rated dystopian thriller, also written by Garland, stars Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny and Wagner Moura as journalists in a near-future time...
OPENINGS: ABIGAIL (Universal) launched at the low end of expectations with $10.2M, lower than the $11.8M for Night Swim and virtually the same as the $9.9M for Imaginary. Those films are respectively at $32.5M and $28M in the US, which is the likely range for Abigail. However, the new film reportedly cost $28M before […]
Alex Garland’s latest topped the box office with $25.7 million, making A24 history.
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OPENINGS: CIVIL WAR (A24) marked its studio’s biggest swing to date, with costs that will approach $100M for production and worldwide marketing. (A24 limited its risk by pre-selling some overseas territories to subdistributors.) The early results were promising, with a studio-record $25.7M weekend, alhough tepid audience surveys and the fact that the audience was […]
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Civil War dropped 56.4% from last weekend's $25.5 million debut to win for a second straight weekend with an estimated $11.1 million, via Box Office Mojo. It managed to hold off Universal's Abigail, which debuted in second place with an estimated $10.2 million. Given how close both films are, it's possible they may switch places when the final numbers are released on Monday
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