'Bohemian Rhapsody' is the box office champion

"Bohemian Rhapsody" exceeded most expectations with a total estimated at $ 50 million. This is the lowest opening number of the first weekend of November since 2013, but it is a fantastic result for this movie. It's also the fifth title to open at more than $ 40 million since Labor Day. That's three more than last year, which had only "It" and "Thor: Ragnorok" (even if they exceeded $ 100 million).

While this weekend has opened lower than last year – unsurprisingly – since 2017, "Thor: Ragnorok" – people who have gone to the cinema have seen a wider variety of films. "Thor" accounts for more than two-thirds of total activity and only two films yield more than $ 7 million. This year we had six.

In the debits column, two major publications have recorded shortfalls with "Nutcracker and the Four Kingdoms" and the last "Will have an idiot" by Tyler Perry. However, their struggles were more internal.

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Given his production problems, including Dexter Fletcher's replacement of Bryan Singer as a director late in the shoot, the $ 52 million budget for "Rhapsody" seems frugal. This production was a real risk: although Queen remains a leading band in sales 27 years after the death of Freddie Mercury, adapting any rock act to the film has never been an easy success.

It's rare: the $ 50 million opening weekend is already 67% of the total gross (adjusted) for the greatest biopic rock of all time – The Doors of Oliver Stone in 1991. The failure of this film (which costs more than its national film) has prevented the studios from investing in most projects focused on rock. Since then, the most popular popular music hits have been either a country ("Walk the Line") or African-Americans ("Straight Outta Compton", "Ray", "What love has he to do with that ")?

Nostalgia played a role (52% of participants were over 35), but another useful factor could be the success of another film on performance and drama in a singer's life. "A star is born" is a fiction, but its constant response has made the timing of this release ideal – especially during a rare weekend after Halloween without a franchise film.

It's a populist success. In addition to the praise for the performance of Rami Malek, the analyzes were negative. But it had an A Cinemascore, the same as the critically acclaimed "A Star Is Born". Saturday, it's gone better.

For Singer, this is his biggest opening outside of his "X-Men" and "Superman" efforts. It should reach at least 125 million US dollars, with the next rise of Thanksgiving, which could make it skyrocket. To date, international investment is $ 92 million. The UK opened last week and fell by only 13%. (Strange fact: Fox had the biggest opening ever organized in the Netherlands.) Japan and Italy remain the two largest remaining territories. This could represent a total of $ 300 million worldwide before the end, with the likelihood of a long life after the theater.

Laurie Sparham

"Rhapsody" cost about half of "The Nutcracker and the Four Kingdoms". Disney no longer looks screened. Their first publication in three months should lead to a loss of money, as well as "Solo: A Star Wars Story" and "A Wrinkle in Time". This is the only release of eight publications of this period; their primacy in terms of distribution is preserved by partners Marvel (three smashes) and Pixar (one).

"Nutcracker" looks like a Disney movie; it recreates a family classic with visual effects and other upscale. But if the cast has more class than draw (Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman), or if production problems defeat him (Lasse Hallstrom is the credited director, but Joe Johnston has achieved 32 days of reprogramming) , the movie is not a movie the 'beast', which made more than half a billion servants last year. It will be difficult to do much more than $ 50 million.

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"Nobody's Fool" is Tyler Perry's 19th film as director, and the first not released by Lionsgate. He does not mention his name in the title and has the rating R (some of his dramas are rated R, but the comedies are not). It's the lowest opening for any of his films since 2014, and his third lowest in his history. That does not necessarily make a flop: it cost $ 19 million, jumped 17% Saturday and A-Cinemascore. However, expectations were greater for the combination of Perry and Tiffany Hadish a year after "Girls Trip". "Uncle Drew", which put her in a supporting role, opened up a little better last June via Lionsgate, while the recent "Night School" is twice as good.

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Despite a range of new openings, three holdings managed to sell less than 30%. No surprise what movie has paved the way: "A star is born" has had its smallest drop so far, as it exceeds $ 165 million. We had forecast a probable gross of $ 200 million, with a weekly fall of 30 to 35%. However, this weekend was only 21%. It could reach $ 200 million by Thanksgiving here.

"Smallfoot" weathered even better, with Warner Animations' surprise success losing only 20%. It could approach 90 million US dollars, 250 million US dollars worldwide, with a budget lower than many cartoon titles.

Marvel's "venom" also holds up well, down 26% and will soon reach 200 million US dollars, with more than $ 600 million worldwide.

For its part, the passage of October 31 had an impact on "Halloween" (-65%) and the family comedy "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween" (49%) from Sony. The first will not live up to the adjusted totals of the original, while "Goosebumps" seems to lack $ 30 million compared to the initial effort and the future of its franchise seems fragile .

Last week's first game, "Hunter Killer" (Lionsgate), dropped 47% from its low start, with a final tally of just over $ 15 million.

The top ten

1. Rhapsody of Bohemia (20th Century Fox) NEW – Cinemascore: A; Metacritic: 49; Is. budget: $ 55 million

$ 50,000,000 in 4,000 theaters; APT (per theater): $ 12,500; Cumulative: $ 50,000,000

2. The Nutcracker and the Four Kingdoms (20th Century Fox) NEW – Cinemascore: B +; Metacritic: 38; Is. budget: $ 120 million

$ 20,000,000 in 3,766 movie theaters; PTA: $ 5,311; Cumulative: $ 20,000,000

3. The crazy person (Paramount) NEW – Cinemascore: A-; Metacritic: 38; Is. budget: $ 19 million

$ 14,000,000 in 2,468 movie theaters; PTA: $ 5,673; Cumulative: $ 14,000,000

4. A star is born (Warner Bros.) Week 5 – Last Weekend # 2

$ 11,100,000 (-21%) in 3,431 movie theaters (-473); PTA: $ 3,235; Cumulative: $ 165,365,000

5. Halloween (Universal) Week 3 – Last Weekend # 1

$ 11,015,000 (-65%) in 3,775 movie theaters (-215); PTA: $ 2,918; Cumulative: $ 150,409,000

6. venom (Sony) Week 5 – Last Weekend # 3

$ 7,850,000 (-26%) in 3,067 movie theaters (-500); PTA: $ 2,560; Cumulative: $ 198,663,000

7. little foot (Warner Bros.) Week 6 – Last Weekend # 8

$ 3,805,000 (-20%) in 2,002 movie theaters (-660); PTA: $ 1,901; Cumulative: $ 77,484,000

8. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (Sony) Week 3 – Last Weekend # 4

$ 3,700,000 (-49%) in 2,828 movie theaters (-895); PTA: $ 1,308; Cumulative: $ 43,832,000

9. hunter killer (Lionsgate) Week 2 – Last Weekend # 5

$ 3,525,000 (-47%) in 2,720 movie theaters (no change); PTA: $ 1,296; Cumulative: $ 12,965,000

10. Hate U Give (20th Century Fox) Week 5 – Last Weekend # 6

$ 3,400,000 (-33%) in 1,507 movie theaters (-868); PTA: $ 2,256; Cumulative: $ 23,461,000

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