by Nathaniel R
Tom Holland and Channing Tatum both proved continued drawing power this weekend as the video game adaptation Uncharted opened strong with $51 million over the long weekend and the original comedy Dog opened to $17 million. Meanwhile international feature Oscar nominees Worst Person in the World and Drive My Car continued their arthouse dominance. Full "estimates" chart after the jump...
| Weekend Box Office February 18-21 HOLIDAY WEEKEND 🔺 = new or expanding |
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| OVER 800 SCREENS | UNDER 800 SCREENS |
 UNCHARTED |
 WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD |
| 1 🔺 UNCHARTED $51.3 NEW |
1 WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD $598k (cum. $1.2) |
| 2 🔺 DOG $17.3 NEW | 2 DRIVE MY CAR $268k (cum. $1.5) |
| 3 SPIDER-MAN NO WAY HOME $9.2 (cum. $772.1) | 3 BELFAST $248k (cum. $8.3) |
| 4 DEATH ON THE NILE $7.7 (cum. $26.4) | 4 PARALLEL MOTHERS $146k (cum. $1.7) |
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5 JACKASS FOREVER $6 (cum. $47.5) |
5 REDEEMING LOVE $118k (cum. $9.1) |
| 6 MARRY ME $4.3 (cum. $17.4) | 6. THE KING'S MAN $107k (cum. $37) |
| 7 SING 2 $3.8 (cum. $148.3) | 7 DUNE $104k (cum. $108) |
| 8 SCREAM $2.2 (cum. $77.3) | 8 AMERICAN UNDERDOG $50k (cum. $26.4) |
| 9🔺 CURSED $2 NEW | 9 BELLE $60k (cum. $3.8) |
| 10 BLACKLIGHT $2 (cum. $7.3) | 10 NIGHTMARE ALLEY $53k (cum. $11.1) |
Despite a lack of stars, the new werewolf horror film with the ultra-generic title Cursed performed decently opening wide to $2 million. Overall the weekend was a hopeful sign that people are starting to go back to the movies. Maybe the summer season will be strong?
One interesting note that you don't see on the top ten charts here is that Encanto, which is already streaming added over a 1000 theaters back in its 13th weekend in the hopes of inching towards $100 million domestic. It won't get there given the Disney+ factor (it's currently at $94.8 and this long holiday weekend didn't move the needle much with only an extra $400k) but we are confident that it would have blossomed into a genuine theatrical blockbuster if Disney weren't so intent on cutting their theatrical profits off at the knees with rushed streaming releases. Remember that while Frozen opened big on a holiday it still took it a month or so before it was clear that it was going to have major legs with very small drops each week.
Next week's box office will probably be a little slower since the movies, like Cyrano and Studio 666, have a lower profile than this weekend's newbies.
What did you see? I went to Jackass Forever with friends (so much fun) and then spent the weekend watching 1957 movies for a podcast appearance.