\u201cParasite\u201d filmmaker Bong Joon Ho\u2019s original science fiction film \u201cMickey 17\u201d opened in first place on the North American box office charts. According to studio estimates Sunday, the Robert Pattinson-led film earned $19.1 million in its first weekend in theaters, which was enough to dethrone \u201cCaptain America: Brave New World\u201d after a three-week reign. Overseas, \u201cMickey 17\u201d has already made $34.2 million, bringing its worldwide total to $53.3 million. But profitability for the film is a long way off: It cost a reported $118 million to produce, which does not account for millions spent on marketing and promotion. A week following the Oscars, where \u201cAnora\u201d filmmaker Sean Baker made an impassioned speech about the importance of the theatrical experience \u2013 for filmmakers to keep making movies for the big screens, for distributors to focus on theatrical releases and for audiences to keep going \u2014 \u201cMickey 17\u201d is perhaps the perfect representation of this moment in the business, or at least an interesting case study. It\u2019s an original film from an Oscar-winning director led by a big star that was afforded a blockbuster budget and given a robust theatrical release by Warner Bros., one of the few major studios remaining. But despite all of that, and reviews that were mostly positive (79% on RottenTomatoes), audiences did not treat it as an event movie, and it may ultimately struggle to break even. Originally set for release in March 2024, Bong Joon Ho\u2019s follow-up to the Oscar-winning \u201cParasite\u201d faced several delays, which he has attributed to extenuating circumstances around the Hollywood strikes. Based on the novel \u201cMickey7\u201d by Edward Ashton, Pattinson plays an expendable employee who dies on missions and is re-printed time and time again. Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo also star. It opened in 3,807 locations domestically where it performed best in New York and Los Angeles. Premium large format showings, including IMAX screens, also accounted for nearly half of its opening weekend. Internationally, it did especially well in Korea, where it made an estimated $14.6 million. Second place went to \u201cCaptain America: Brave New World,\u201d which added $8.5 million from 3,480 locations in North America and $9.2 million internationally. Its global total currently rests at $370.8 million. Walt Disney Studios is on track to become the first studio to cross $1 billion in 2025 sometime this week. Holdovers \u201cLast Breath,\u201d \u201cThe Monkey\u201d and \u201cPaddington in Peru\u201d rounded out the top five. The weekend also had several other newcomers in \u201cIn the Lost Lands,\u201d a fantasy film from Paul W.S. Anderson starring Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista, and Angel Studios’ \u201cRule Breakers,\u201d about Afghani girls on a robotics team. Neon upped the theater count for \u201cAnora\u201d to nearly 2,000 screens after it won five Oscars on Sunday, including best picture, best director and best actress. It earned an estimated $1.9 million (up 595% from last weekend), bringing its total grosses to $18.4 million. According to data from Comscore, the 2025 box office is up 1% from where it was last year as of this weekend and down 34.2% from the last pre-pandemic box office year of 2019. \u201cThat is the rollercoaster that is the box office,\u201d said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. \u201cYou have two or three down weeks; it can profoundly impact the bottom line and the percentage advantage. But it will come back again.\u201d Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday. 1. \u201cMickey 17,\u201d $19.1 million. 2. \u201cCaptain America: Brave New World,\u201d $8.5 million. 3. \u201cLast Breath,\u201d $4.2 million. 4. \u201cThe Monkey,\u201d $3.9 million. 5. \u201cPaddington in Peru,\u201d $3.9 million. 6. \u201cDog Man,\u201d $3.5 million. 7. \u201cAnora,\u201d $1.9 million. 8. \u201cMufasa: The Lion King,\u201d $1.7 million. 9. \u201cRule Breakers,\u201d $1.6 million. 10. \u201cIn the Lost Land,\u201d $1 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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