The horror film “When Evil Stalks”, by Demián Rugna, became the fourth best local premiere of the genre in our country by selling 40,391 tickets in its first weekend on the screen, and placing itself in third place at the box office general, according to data from the consulting firm Ultracine. With these figures, the winning film at the Sitges International Film Festival, which had already done a great job with its exhibition in 800 theaters in the United States, is currently in fourth place among the most viewed films in the history of cinema. local horror, below “You will not sleep”, from 2018; “Cold Sweat”, 2011; and “Resurrection”, from 2015.
At the overall box office for the weekend, locally, “When Evil Stalks” was only surpassed by “The Marvels,” with 108,200 tickets sold (a film that, internationally, was a flop), and “Five Nights at Freddys ”, with 95,483 and a cumulative total of 987,649. In fourth place was “Trolls 3: the gang was assembled”, with 36,527; followed by “The Assassins of the Moon”, with 9,807; and “Hypnosis: invisible weapon”, with 7,096. In seventh place appears another Argentine production, “Puán”, which added 5,354 admissions and has already accumulated 102.35 since its premiere. Completing the top 10 of the weekend, “The Exorcist: believers”, with 4,111; “Attack in the air”, with 3,971; and “El Justiciero: final chapter”, with 3,894.
“The Marvels,” as it was said, led the worst premiere of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe in the United States in its 15-year history with just $47 million. To date, only two other films in the extensive series (“The Marvels” is the 33rd installment in 15 years) have opened with less than $60 million: “The Incredible Hulk,” from 2008, with $55.4 million. dollars, and “Ant-Man”, from 2015, with 57.2 million. “The Marvels,” directed by Nia DaCosta, is the sequel to the 2019 billion-dollar box office hit “Captain Marvel.” The follow-up film didn’t come close to its predecessor’s $153 million debut. However, “Captain Marvel” premiered advantageously between two of the biggest films of all time, 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity War” and 2019’s “Avengers: Infinity War.”
In second place at the box office, “Five Nights at Freddy’s” fell to second place with $9 million in 3,694 theaters in its third weekend. The adaptation of the Universal and Blumhouse video game has been generating around $127 million in the United States. In third place, Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” added another $5.9 million in 2,484 theaters in its fifth weekend of release. The concert film has grossed $172.5 million in the United States, surpassing hits such as “Mission: Impossible – Death Sentence – Part One” ($172 million) and “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” ($157 million). ). Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley biopic, “Priscilla,” remained in fourth place with $4.79 million from 2,361 theaters, and “Killers on the Moon” came in at number five with $4.6 million. dollars in 3,357 theaters in its fourth week.
Source: Ambito
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