What did you see this past weekend?
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 2:41PM by Nathaniel R
Proving once again that the public will turn out for movies with superpowers and little else, Morbius opened to $39 million despite terrible buzz and unfriendly reviews. Of course it helped that the studios are hardly releasing any big movies of late so there wasn't much competition for eyeballs. But the big story this weekend was what was happening in limited release...
| Weekend Box Office April 1st-3rd 🔺 = new or expanding |
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| WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS) | PLATFORM RELEASES |
 MORBIUS |
 EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE |
| 1 🔺 MORBIUS $39 NEW |
1 EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE $1 (cum. $1.8) |
| 2 THE LOST CITY $14.7 (cum. $54.4) | 2 🔺 THE CONTRACTOR $560k NEW |
| 3 THE BATMAN $11 (cum. $349.2) |
3 🔺 YOU WON'T BE ALONE $124k NEW |
| 4 UNCHARTED $3.5 (cum. $138.9) | 4 🔺 WATERMAN $63k NEW |
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5 JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 $1.9 (cum. $29.6) |
5 WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD $45k (cum. $3) |
| 6 RRR $1.6 (cum. $11.1) |
6. LICORICE PIZZA $35k (cum. $17.3) |
| 7 SPIDER-MAN NO WAY HOME $1.4 (cum. $802.7) |
7 ALICE $19k (cum. $364k) |
| 8 DOG $1.3 (cum. $60.1) |
8 THE AUTOMAT $16k (cum. $121k) |
| 9 X $1 (cum. $10.3) |
9 PARALLEL MOTHERS $16k (cum. $2.2) |
| 10 SING 2 $878k (cum. $161.7) | 10 MOTHERING SUNDAY $14k (cum. $29k) |
One million is a very impressive second weekend haul for the delighful and totally original Everything Everywhere All At Once directed by The Daniels; it's only on 38 screens! We've loved Michelle Yeoh forever so seeing her headline such a wild picture at age 59 that's going over so well with critics and audiences was a dream. Adventurous moviegoers are having a blast -- so much laughter and enthusiasm and post-movie chatter here in Manhattan. The question is whether or not the general public will latch on once it goes wide? It does feature super-powers (of sorts) so... maybe?
What did you see? We went to the theater for Everything Everywhere All At Once (more on that one soon) and rented With Six You Get Eggroll for our Doris Day centennial tribute and finished up Dopesick at home. Can now confirm that Michael Keaton definitely earned that SAG award.
Reader Comments (16)
I saw Nitram which was somewhat disappointing. As well made as it is, I really don't know why it exists. The 4 main actors are fine, but I gained no insight into the killer, and the movie wasn't intense enough to make that issue irrelevant. The only scenes that packed much punch were the darkly comic scenes of Nitram dragging a duffel bag to a gun store and buying lots and lots of rifles. The final notes about gun control seemed too little too late. And really, the issue of mental health seemed just as pertinent to this story. The whole movie should have been more resonant.
I also caught Writing with Fire on PBS. An excellent documentary and a worthy Oscar nominee.
I saw Two Minute Warning with Charlton Heston,Cathy's Curse a laughably bad campy Canadian horror movie,A Joan Crawford Documentary,Scream 2022 appallingly bad.
In terms of streamers, HBO is killing it with excellent content.
DEATH ON THE NILE (okay, but not my favorite Christie novel anyway)
Patty Jenkins' episode of ONE PERFECT SHOT (cool, if you like short docs about filmmaking)
WINNING TIME (up to date, super enjoyable, and I know nothing about basketball, except that living in Boston I am supposed to hate the Lakers)
MINX (entertaining, the penis montage in the first episode is kind of hilarious)
JULIA (up to date, loved everything about this, and for folks who say "no one but Meryl and Stanley..." they are dead-ass wrong)
THE GILDED AGE (the last 2 eps of this season were the only ones I really liked, otherwise, it was a hate-watch because hells-bells, even with all that talent there is NO SINGING!)
Monthly deal allowed me see Morbius for buttons. I want a refund. Terrible mess.
Went out to the suburbs to see the bonkers RRR, great fun.
Same place had James (Kannada), which was more typical Bollywood fare. It was fine.
Saturday was my biggest day at the French Film festival, with four films knocked off. FULL TIME (a week in the life of a working single mother that plays out like an action thriller) and PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT (co-written by Jacques Audiard and Celine Sciamma, directed by Audiard) were the highlights - both fantastic, THE KITCHEN BRIGADE wasn't bad, if a bit cliched, and LITTLE NICHOLAS' TREASURE was very average.
Also saw THE KING'S MAN (not as funny as the predecessors, but still good), and did a rewatch of NIGHTMARE ALLEY (still the best of the Best Picture nominees).
The Velvet Underground on Apple TV+. Incredible documentary and everyone needs to have the first album in their collection. Shit, their 4 studio albums as well as the VU and Another View outtakes are essential.
I saw After Yang and loved it. Such a great part for Colin Farrell, and I'm happy that there's a director out there who likes to cast Haley Lu Richardson.
Excited for EEAAO.
So no post-Oscar push for anyone?
Everything Everywhere All At Once:
The pace is kind of frenetic, so it took me a bit to adjust. Wonderful to see so much of Michelle Yeoh. Really good supporting cast, including James Hong, veteran of 600+ films (time for his honorary Oscar). I actually found parts of it extremely sad, so it’s not just all comedy.
The Lost City:
Four professionals who know how to amuse (Bullock, Tatum, Pitt, Radcliffe).
Anything Goes:
The filmed production of the live musical at the Barbican theatre in London. I love musicals, Sutton Foster, Cole Porter, and especially musicals with lots of dancing. Sutton Foster is like the platonic ideal of a P.G. Wodehouse showgirl (he co-wrote the original book).
I saw this THREE times this week in the movie theatre. It felt both incredibly indulgent and incredibly satisfying.
Peggy Sue -- what do you mean? at the box office? No. cuz the winners were already out of theaters or were streaming titles.
Everything Everywhere All At Once was an absolute blast. The crowd I saw it with was having too much fun. Really happy for Michelle Yeoh and I hope people don't sleep on how great Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu are as well.
McGill -- i'm so happy Sutton did this for the folks in London too. She was so great on Broadway in that show. Sadly i only saw it once though.
Saw "The Bubble" (huge disappointment in which I only save Harry Trevaldwyn, Maria Bakalova and Pedro Pascal), and rechecked the whole "The Naked Gun" trilogy (so much fun)
Eager to see Everything Everywhere All at Once, and honestly it seems the kind of film that I would love to sweep the Oscars. Dreaming of nominations for Yeoh, Quan and Curtis (finally!) and maybe some win? This has a "Moulin Rouge!" kind of vibe, so I think it really can make it to the finals.
Re pro-shot of ANYTHING GOES, it will be on PBS in May as part of their Great Performances series.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/great-performances-anything-goes-about/13609/
Pam -- ooh, good to know. thanks.
Jesus -- at first i thought Jamie Lee Curtis was going to be a cameo. Imagine my delight that she's in so much of it and is so hilarious throughout.
I was remiss in only listing 4 actors I liked in The Lost City. My apologies to Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who is also in this movie, and is tremendous fun. I also liked Hector Anibel, who gave his small part a whole backstory with just a few lines.