'Many Saints' Likely 'Misfired' at Box Office Due to HBO Max: Analyst
Global movie theaters started Q4 “with a bang,” led by Venom: Let There Be Carnage “ravaging” the U.S. box office at over $90 million, topping industry expectations by $30 million, Colliers analyst Steven Frankel wrote investors Monday. Venom’s $90 million…
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North America opening weekend was the No. 2 domestic opening of an October movie in cinema history, reported AMC Entertainment Monday. The nearly 3.9 million Thursday-Sunday attendance at all AMC locations globally set a post-reopening weekend high, said the chain, with more than 2.4 million in the U.S. Imax, meanwhile, also benefited from No Time to Die, The Battle at Lake Changjin and Dune, which combined with Venom to deliver a $30 million weekend globally, said Frankel. The Addams Family 2 opened to a better-than-expected $18 million, said the analyst, but The Many Saints of New York “misfired,” collecting $5 million, “likely impacted by the film’s simultaneous release on HBO Max.” Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings added $6 million, contributing to a domestic total of $206.1 million with the top 10 releases 11% below 2019 levels, Frankel said. In the U.K., the Saturday box office for No Time to Die was the highest for any James Bond movie since the franchise launched in 1962, said AMC.