It was a battle of at the North American box office this weekend, with the family friendly film 鈥淕翱础罢鈥� edging out the R-rated
Sony Pictures Animation鈥檚 took in $17 million, while Warner Bros.鈥� 鈥淲uthering Heights鈥� earned $14.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Both films are in their second weekend.
Overall, it was a quiet weekend at movie theaters around the country, with new offerings all opening under $10 million. Those results applied to the faith-based sequel 鈥淚 Can Only Imagine 2,鈥� the Glen Powell black comedy and the horror film 鈥淧sycho Killer,鈥� which currently has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. One bright spot in theaters was immersive documentary 鈥淓PiC: Elvis Presley in Concert,鈥� which earned $3.3 million from only 325 locations in its limited IMAX release. That film expands to nationwide distribution on Feb. 27.
鈥淭hese somewhat slower weekends can be a land of opportunity,鈥� said Paul Dergarabedian, the head of marketplace trends for Comscore.
鈥淕翱础罢鈥� dropped a slim 38% in its second weekend in theaters, which the studio attributed to positive word-of-mouth. The Stephen Curry-produced movie, about a small goat with big sports dreams (voiced by 鈥淪tranger Things’鈥� Caleb McLaughlin) has made over $58.3 million. Globally, its running total is at $102.3 million.
鈥淲uthering Heights鈥� meanwhile fell 57% from its opening last weekend, bringing its domestic total to $60 million. Internationally it added another $26.3 million, pushing its global total to $151.7 million against an $80 million production budget. The movie’s top international market continues to be the U.K., where it has made $22.5 million alone.
Third place for the weekend went to Lionsgate and Kingdom Story鈥檚 鈥淚 Can Only Imagine 2,鈥� a follow-up to the 2018 Dennis Quaid movie that made $86 million against a $7 million budget. The sequel opened with $8 million, a far cry from the first film鈥檚 $17 million launch, though that was in line with expectations. It did score a rare A+ CinemaScore.
Amazon and MGM鈥檚 鈥淐rime 101鈥� fell 59% in its second weekend, bringing in $5.8 million to take fourth place. The Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo heist thriller has now made $24.7 million against a reported $90 million budget. 鈥淪end Help鈥� rounded out the top five with $4.5 million.
鈥淗ow to Make a Killing鈥� landed in sixth place with $3.6 million. A24 released the StudioCanal movie in 1,600 North American theaters. The film, loosely inspired by 鈥淜ind Hearts and Coronets,鈥� stars Powell as a man who, in a quest to acquire a $28 billion inheritance, decides to kill off his family members. Directed by John Patton Ford (鈥淓mily the Criminal鈥�), 鈥淗ow to Make a Killing鈥� was not well-received by critics: it鈥檚 sitting at a 鈥渞otten鈥� 47% on Rotten Tomatoes.
鈥淧sycho Killer,鈥� released by 20th Century Studios, fared much worse and opened outside of the top 10. The horror-thriller written by Andrew Kevin Walker ( ) and directed by Gavin Polone (a notable television and film producer in his directorial debut) tanked in its first weekend in theaters with $1.6 million in ticket sales from 1,110 theaters. Audiences were not any happier with it than critics; According to PostTrak, only 31% of ticket buyers would 鈥渄efinitely recommend鈥� it.
The year’s box office is running about 5% ahead of last year and Dergarabedian expects things will start to pick up when 鈥淪cream 7鈥� opens next weekend.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been a kind of rollercoaster ride at the box office,鈥� he said.
Top 10 movies by domestic box office
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:
1. 鈥淕OAT,鈥� $17 million.
2. 鈥淲uthering Heights,鈥� $14.2 million.
3. 鈥淚 Can Only Imagine 2,鈥� $8 million.
4. 鈥淐rime 101,鈥� $5.8 million.
5. 鈥淪end Help,鈥� $4.5 million.
6. 鈥淗ow to Make a Killing,鈥� $3.6 million.
7. 鈥淓PiC: Elvis Presley in Concert,鈥� $3.3 million.
8. 鈥淪olo Mio,鈥� $2.6 million.
9. 鈥淶ootopia 2,鈥� $2.3 million.
10. 鈥淎vatar: Fire and Ash,鈥� $1.8 million.
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