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Wakanda Forever Box Office Surpasses $400 Million – The Hollywood Reporter

December 11, 2022

Talk about no competition.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever had no trouble staying atop the box office charts in its fifth weekend, earning $11.1 million to become only the third film of 2022 so far to cross the 400 million mark. dollars at the domestic box office.

The Marvel and Disney pic’s domestic haul is now $409.8 million, while it grossed $767.8 million worldwide. In North America, it’ll soon drop another Marvel/Disney 2022 pic Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($411.3 million) to rank as the second highest-grossing title of the year so far behind Top Gun: Maverick ($718.1 million). And on a global scale, it will soon overtake the DCs The Batman to rank 5th for the year ($770.8 million).

Otherwise, it was a miserable weekend. Overall ticket sales were estimated at $37 million, the second-worst performance of the year after the Jan. 28-30 weekend ($34.9 million), according to Comscore. The reason? Hollywood is sitting on the sidelines in terms of rolling out commercial fare until James Cameron Avatar: The Way of the Water hits theaters December 16. There is also an ongoing lack of product due to post-production delays due to the pandemic.

There was good news, however, at the specialty box office.

Darren Aronofsky Award Nominee The whalefeaturing Brendan Fraser, pitching in six locations, earning $380,000 to score the best opening pitch average of the year so far – $60,000 – after beating fellow A24 Everything everywhere all at once. It’s also the best opening slot average since 2020.

Still, all was not well at the specialty box office. Sam Mendes Empire of Lightopening in 110 locations, grossed around $152,000 for a dismal average of $1,379.

Back in the top 10, Tommy Wirkola’s holiday-themed comedy-thriller violent night placed second behind wakanda forever with a solid $8.7 million in his second session for a tidy domestic total of $26.7 million after a 29% decline.

Disney entertainment strange world placed third with muted $3.6 million to a national tally of $30.5 and only $53.5 million worldwide.

Projector of The menu continued to stay at the top of the chart, placing fifth with $2.7 million. The specialty film has now grossed $29 million domestically and an impressive $57.7 million worldwide.

sony Dedication and Warner Bros.’ black adam were followed by Steven Spielberg The Fabelmans, which is keeping its theater count to less than 1,000 until the major award nominations are announced. The film earned an additional $1.2 million for a muted national tally of $7.3 million. The Fabelmans arrives on premium VOD next weekend.

In its second weekend, Michael Showalter’s romantic comedy spoiler alert grew from five theaters to 781 locations. The results weren’t great, with the film earning $700,000 to go No. 10 for Focus Features. The film’s domestic total is $800,000.

Overseas, Universal and DreamWorks Animation Puss in Boots: The Last Wish mewed with $8.9 million in its first 24 markets. The family photo opens early off to give him some respite from Avatar 2.

the last wish opens December 21 in North America as it continues its global rollout. Two days later, it will open in China, Universal announced on Sunday.