Chapter Two "Stays # 1," The Scammers "sets a new record for STX and Jennifer Lopez

It's a great weekend for STX and a decidedly mixed mix for Warner Bros since both studios released their first films from the Toronto festival: "Hustlers" and "The Goldfinch".

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Hustlers

For STX, this weekend was a turning point as "Hustlers" became their best opening weekend with $ 34 million on 3,250 screens, easily beating the previous record of $ 23 million set by "Bad Moms" in 2016. The crime film Lorene Scafaria is also the best opening live of star Jennifer Lopez, who has surpassed the $ 23 million opening of the 2005 movie "Monster in Law" even after adjusting to the 'inflation.

"Hustlers" arrived at this point thanks to a mixture of rave reviews from its premiere in Toronto – it has a score of 87% of rotten tomatoes – and social media marketing by movie stars including Cardi B and Lizzo , which play a minor role at the beginning of the decade. movie. While public reception was not as strong with a B-on CinemaScore and a 3.5 / 5 on Postrak, "Hustlers" still has an opportunity to present themselves in October as a unique offering for women at the cinema while that the macho "Rambo": Last Blood "and the vicious" Joker "title the next edition.

And if "Hustlers" can earn more than $ 100 million in the domestic market, STX will have for the first time in its history two grossers of more than $ 100 million in a calendar year, after reaching this level at the beginning of the year. Year with the Bryan Cranston / Kevin The Hart movie "The Upside", which brought in $ 108.2 million.

As for Warner Bros., there is good and bad news. The good news is that New Line's "It: Chapter Two" is still # 1 this weekend with a strong second weekend of $ 40.7 million. While the horror sequel is 30% below the pace of the first "it", neither WB analysts nor those at the box office expected this movie to be at the height of the success of this record film. "Chapter Two" totals $ 153 million over 10 days and a global total of $ 323.3 million. Over $ 200 million in national production and over $ 500 million in global production against a $ 70 million budget would be a great success for the studio.

On the other hand, the WB price expectation, "The Goldfinch", has completely collapsed at the box office after receiving bad reviews in Toronto. Expectations were already low for this $ 45 million film with a score of 26% Rotten Tomatoes. Analysts had forecast an opening of $ 8-11 million this weekend. Instead, there will be only 2.6 million dollars out of 2,542 screens.

The financial success of WB will be reduced thanks to a co-financing agreement with Amazon Studios, which holds the worldwide rights of streaming on "The Goldfinch". But it's still another tough defeat for WB in the third quarter, which has already seen the series "The Kitchen" and "Blinded By The Light" at the box office. It is interesting to note that WB finds itself bending backwards on an intense and violent R-Rated tariff on its slate of 2019. With "It: Chapter Two", the studio has met with success with "Annabelle Comes Home" and the month Next will see the release of "Joker", a film that could not only set a new opening record for the month of October, but also become the prize contender. WB had hoped that "The Goldfinch" would be.

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