WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: No Time to Die Debuts With $ 56 Million Domestic, Takes Additional $ 89.5 Million Abroad; Venom: Let There Be Carnage drops 64% to $ 32 million in year two

Following Bond’s longest-ever installment gap during the Daniel Craig era of the franchise – the result of four release date delays amid the pandemic – No time to die, the actor’s final tour as 007, debuted in theaters this weekend with high expectations.

First of all, the good news. While it didn’t fail to break Venom: let there be carnagethe debut of the pandemic record of $ 90.03 million last weekend (as some analysts predicted), No time to die had a strong opening, debuting around $ 56 million from 4,407 locations (36% of the film’s weekend gross came from IMAX and PLF screens). It is the fifth-largest arc of the pandemic to date after Let there be carnage, Black Widow ($ 80.37 M), Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings ($ 75.39 M) and F9 ($ 70.04 million), as well as the fourth-biggest Bond film debut after Fall from the sky ($ 88.4M), Spectrum ($ 70.4M) and Quantum of Consolation ($ 67.53 million).

On the decline, No time to dieThe performance of can’t help but feel like a disappointment after follow-up skyrocketed in the days leading up to release, with some indications pointing to a start north of $ 100 million. It was admittedly a major long shot, however Let there be carnageThe oversized opening of ‘s had raised hopes of a nine-digit opening. Expectations were also being met by the full press behind the film, with the studio going out of their way to praise Craig’s story conclusion. Not to mention that the reviews were an improvement over those of Spectrum, who had a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 63% – more than 20 points lower than No time to dieis average.

That said, comparisons between No time to die and Let there be carnage in terms of the box office is not quite fair. Although the audience for the Sony sequel is significantly older than the first Venom (71% of the audience that turned out for the original was under 25, compared to 55% for Let there be carnage), the point is that the Bind the franchise is much older. Example: 57% of No time to dieopening weekend audiences were over 35, while 36% were over 45. As has been shown during the pandemic, moviegoers over 35 – especially women – tend to be more cautious than younger ones. demographics when it comes to returning to the cinema. In addition, at 2 hours and 43 minutes, No time to die is almost an hour longer than Let there be carnage, which makes it possible to reduce the number of hours of performance – and therefore reduce income – each day.

The studio cites “preliminary internal poll data” which indicates that 25% of moviegoers who showed up in North American theaters this weekend returned to theaters for the first time since the start of the pandemic, offering a tour hope on No time to dieability to attract recalcitrant to the multiplex after more than a year and a half. If this statistic holds true, it may also bode well for the film’s long-term box office prospects. In addition to getting a good A- Cinemascore and a solid 88% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, No time to die is only available in theaters, leaving audiences with no alternative to seeing the film at home. Strong word of mouth could help keep it afloat in the face of competition ahead, including next weekend Halloween kills and The last duel and the highly anticipated sci-fi epic the following weekend Dune.

Falling to second place in his second frame is Venom: let there be carnage, which fell 64% to around $ 32 million. This is a steeper drop on the second weekend than the one we saw for the first Venom, which fell 56%, although this movie didn’t have a monster like Bond was following it so quickly. However, Let there be carnage has $ 141.67 million to date – less than 1% behind the first Venom at the same time of its run, although the studio anticipates the sequel will overtake the original installment tomorrow, Indigenous Peoples Day, a holiday many Americans are taking time off from work.

In the absence of other alternatives adapted to families currently in wide distribution, The Addams Family 2 held its second weekend well, dropping 42% to around $ 10.02 million for a total of $ 31.14 million so far. It’s actually a better take than the first Addams Family, which fell 46% in its second frame – although, of course, this film debuted almost $ 13 million more, a difference at least partially due to the availability of the day and date of more on PVOD.

Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings finished at No.4 with an estimated $ 4.2 million in its sixth weekend release, bearing the title Disney / Marvel – the only film to cross the $ 200 million mark during the pandemic – to a total of $ 212.5 million to date.

After opening at $ 4.65 million last weekend, Warner Bros. ‘ The Many Saints of Newark fell to fifth place with an estimated $ 1.45 million, a pretty steep drop of 69%. The Soprano prequel, which debuted day and date on HBO Max, went for $ 7.41 million after 10 days of release.

Disney / 20^e Century Studios’ free guy finished in sixth place with roughly $ 1.3 million in its ninth weekend release, bringing Ryan Reynolds’ action comedy total to $ 119.68 million.

A24 horror film debuted in limited version Lamb, which made its way into the top 10 with $ 1,000,079 on 583 screens – good enough for an estimated seventh place finish.

Universal Dear Evan Hansen finished by a hair in eighth place with an estimated $ 1,000,000 in its third weekend, bringing the total for the Broadway musical adaptation to $ 13.7 million.

Finally, Universal fellow finished at No.9 with around $ 700,000 in its seventh weekend, while Disney’s Jungle cruise completed the top 10 with an estimate of $ 214,000 at weekend number 11. Their totals stand at $ 60.07 million and $ 116.55 million, respectively.

ABROAD

Despite a softer-than-expected start in North America, No Time to Die continued to clean in its second overseas setting, where it grossed $ 89.54 million in 66 markets. Bond’s installment, which was released largely by Universal internationally (along with some MGM territories), grossed the north $ 257.27 million overseas and $ 313.28 million globally. The film debuted at No. 1 in France with an estimated $ 10.1 million, the highest start of the pandemic in the country to date. In the UK and Ireland, it grossed around $ 20.5 million, a slight drop of 28% from its first weekend in the territory. Its total now stands at $ 70.9 million, making it the fourth highest-grossing Universal Title of all time on the market. No time to die opens in China on October 29 and in Australia on November 11.

Venom: let there be carnage received approximately $ 24.8 million from 13 overseas markets, including $ 20 million in Latin America. Sony’s international sequel total is now $ 43.9 million, and its worldwide total is $ 185.6 million.

Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings crossed the $ 400 million mark worldwide this weekend after earning an additional $ 4.9 million from 46 territories. The international total for the MCU tranche is now $ 189.1 million, and its worldwide total is $ 401.6 million. Disney reports that its releases will surpass the global collective bar of $ 2 billion tomorrow for 2021, making it the first MPA studio to hit that figure this year. In total, seven Disney films topped $ 100 million worldwide this year: Shang-Chi, Black Widow, Free Guy, Cruella, Jungle Cruise, Raya and the Last Dragon and Soul.

Warner Bros. ‘ Dune grossed an additional $ 8.8 million in 32 international markets over the weekend, bringing its overseas total to $ 117.1 million. It opens in North America on October 22.

Studio Sunday Weekend Estimates: October 8-10, 2021