'Novocain' leads at the domestically slow weekend at the domestic treasury

Five new films opened this weekend in North American theaters, including a star spy picture by Steven Soderbergh, an A24 thriller, a Looney Tunes film and a high action comedy with the “The Boys” star Jack Quaid. However, the countless options did not lead to gold treasurer. If the final income is achieved on Monday, it will probably be the lowest Gau weekend of the year with around $ 54 million in ticket sales.

“Novocaine” led the package with 8.7 million US dollars, according to Studio estimates on Sunday, which was somewhat lower than expected. The film with Quaid as a man who literally does not feel like having pain this weekend. The studio also had early access demonstrations on the weekend before.

The R-rating film, staged by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, generally received positive reviews on Rotten tomatoes with 82%. The exit surveys were a little more tempered with 4/5 on Post -Trak and a B Cinemascore. It also made 1.8 million US dollars of 19 international territories that received its total weekend to 10.5 million US dollars.

The Bong Joon Ho and Robert Pattinson Science-Fi “Mickey 17” and the spy picture “Black Bag” were the neck and neck for second and third place. Both reported $ 7.5 million on weekends.

“Black Bag”, the well rated Soderbergh film with Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender, was opened in 2,705 theaters. The audience distorts male (56%) and over 35 (59%). The film published by FOCUS Features currently contains 97% for Rotten tomatoes. It also has a B Cinemascore.

Other new openings were “the day on which the earth is in the air: a Looney Tunes film”, an animated film with Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, which was originally intended for the streaming service Max, and faith “The Last Supper”. Ketchup Entertainment headed the Looney Tunes Theatrial Release in 2,827 theaters, in which it earned 3.1 million US dollars. Pinnacle Peak Pictures published “The Last Supper” in 1,575 cinemas of up to 2.8 million US dollars. Both came behind Disney and Marvel's “Captain America: Brave New World” from Marvels, who earned 5.5 million US dollars in the cinemas on the fifth weekend.

The new A24 film “Opus” was opened outside the top 10 with an estimated 1 million US dollar of 1,764 screens. With Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich as a legendary pop star, who suddenly went back to the scene after decades, “Opus” was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival for generally bad reviews. It is the first film by the author and director Mark Anthony Green.