New York (AP) – In an unexpected upheaval, the thriller Jason Statham “A worker” took the n ° 1 at the box office, beating the rapid drop “Snow White,” According to the studio estimates on Sunday.
Even after A dull startThe live remake of Walt Disney Co. should remain the best film of theaters and Canadians during the weekend. Instead, “Snow White”, tormented by Bad Buzz and Backlash, was a death in his second weekend and fell 66%.
At the same time, “A Working Man” by Amazon MGM Studios, directed by David Ayer, Beat Awischs with a start of $ 15.2 million. Co-written by Sylvester Stallone, “A Working Man” Reams Statham and Ayer after “The Beekeeper” from last year ($ 162 million worldwide). This time, Statham plays a construction worker with an elite military past.
While the criticisms have been mixed and the public only gave “a man who works” a “B” Cinemascore, showing that Statham has cut something rare in the cinema industry today: Bankability. “A worker” opened in the same way as “the beekeeper”, which was launched with $ 16.5 million.
The biggest title, however, could have been the rapid erosion of the appetite of ticket buyers for “Snow White”. The film, directed by Marc Webb and with Rachel Zegler, had hoped to lift cinemas after a painful start until 2025. Produced for more than $ 250 million, the film has become a poisoned apple, with a world transport of two weeks of 143.1 million dollars.
Next weekend, Warner Bros. “” A Minecraft film “should win the weekend and, like” Snow White “, targets the family public.
A trio of newcomers – “Death of a Unicorn” by A24, “The Woman in the Yard” by Universal and Blumhouse, and “Chosen: The Last Supper” by Fathom – also opened this weekend, although no one had a big impact.
“The elected official: the last supper,” managed the best, with $ 11.5 million in 2,235 theaters. The Christian television series, now in its fifth season, regularly led ticket sales before streaming. More episodes will be deployed in theaters until April.
“The death of a unicorn”, a horror comedy with Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd, portrayed a father and a girl who struck a unicorn on the road during their conduct. The film collected a modest $ 5.8 million in 3,050 theaters.
The simpler weekend horror competitor, “The Woman in the Yard” by Blumhouse, with Danielle Deadwylermade its debut with $ 9.4 million in 2,842 cinemas. In the film of the director of “Black Adam”, Jaume Collet-Serra, a mysterious woman continues to appear in the courtyard of a family. Although it cost little to do, with a production budget of $ 12 million, it was criticized by criticism.
One of the biggest successes of the weekend was the classic of the 1997 Ghibli studio “Princess Mononoke”. The film Hayo Miyazaki reported $ 4 million on only 347 IMAX screens. The GKIDS distributor presented this result as a victory for humanity rather than technology. Earlier in the week, a new version of Chatgpt allowed users To make images in Ghibli Studio type animation.
“The Penguin Lesson” by Sony Pictures Classic, with Steve Coogan and Jonathan Pryce, opened with $ 1.2 million in 1,017 theaters. Coogan plays an English teacher in Argentina in 1976 who saved a penguin from a oil spill.
With sales ticket sales overall, Hollywood scored the first quarter of 2025 with an important box office deficit. Sales are down 11% compared to the same point in 2024 and almost 40% compared to 2019, according to Comscore.
“I hope that” Minecraft “can help the market to go up because after a few disappointing weekends at the box office, we have to recover a momentum in the multiplex,” said Paul Dergarabedian, analyst of the senior media for comscore.
Top 10 films at the national ticket office
With the national national figures due on Monday, the following list is invoiced in the sales of estimated tickets from Friday to Sunday with us and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:
1. “A worker”, $ 15.2 million
2. “Snow White”, $ 14.2 million.
3. “The elected official: last supper”, $ 11.5 million.
4. “Woman in the courtyard”, $ 9.5 million.
5. “Death of a unicorn”, $ 5.8 million.
6. “Princess Mononoke”, $ 4 million.
7. “Captain America: Brave New World”, $ 2.8 million.
8. “Black bag”, $ 2.2 million.
9. “Mickey 17”, 1.9 million dollars.
10. “Novocaine”, 1.5 million dollars.
