Weekend Box Office: Magic Mike and James Cameron
By Ben Miller
Super Bowl weekend has never been a hotbed of film dollars, and this weekend was no different. Magic Mike's Last Dance, the third and final entry in Steven Soderbergh's male stripper series, won the weekend with a sub-$10 million opening. That doesn't happen very often in the world of big budgets. In fact, in the 21st century (excluding COVID openings), only Bangkok Dangerous and Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star had a worse opening and still managed to top their weekends. That being said, the film only opened on 1,500 screens, so the per-screen average was pretty solid. Second and third both belonged to director James Cameron. Avatar: The Way of Water continues to work its way up all-time charts, but the re-release of Cameron's 1997 Oscar-winner Titanic added a respectable total for a 25-year-old film.
Weekend Box Office (actuals) Feb 10th-12th 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = Recommended / = Oscar Nominated |
|
WIDE (Over 800 Screens) | LIMITED / PLATFORM |
1 🔺 MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE $8.3 *NEW* 1,500 screeens |
1 PATHAAN $976k (cum. $15.9) 492 screens |
2 ★ AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER $7.2 (cum. $647.2) 3,065 screens |
2 🔺 CONSECRATION $329k *NEW* 762 screens |