Sadness and joy in “Inside Out 2”
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Pixar Vice-Versa 2 remained atop the domestic box office charts in its third weekend with a generous $57.4 million, enough to scare off Paramount’s prequel. A quiet place: first day after a closer race than expected.
Moreover, Inside Out 2 celebrates passing the $1 billion mark in worldwide ticket sales in a record time for an animated film, 19 days. Directed by Kelsey Mann, the sequel introduces a whole new set of emotions that are brought to “headquarters” as the story’s young heroine, Riley, becomes a teenager. Joy, sadness, anger, fear and disgust are unsure of how to feel as anxiety, envy, boredom and embarrassment all enter the picture.
Amy Poehler leads the voice cast that also includes Maya Hawke, Kensington Tallman, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale, Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith, Ayo Edebiri, Lilimar, Grace Lu, Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green, Adele Exarchopoulos, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, Paul Walter Hauser and Yvette Nicole Brown.
Inside Out 2 makes life difficult for Illumination and Universal’s 4th of July tentpole Despicable Me 4, which is rolling out early in select overseas markets ahead of its domestic launch on the July 4 corridor, but has plenty of time to come together. The film, currently screening in 20 markets, grossed another $13.9 million this weekend, for an initial total of $25.3 million. DM3 is set to set off fireworks when it opens in the United States on June 3.
Arriving at number 2, A quiet place: first day has much to celebrate after posting the franchise’s best opening weekend with $53 million, well ahead of an expected $40 million-plus debut. The prequel’s performance is particularly impressive given that franchise creator John Krasinski didn’t direct this time around; Emily Blunt also didn’t play.
Instead, Michael Sarnoski (Pig) was appointed to the bar Day one, based on a story he and Krasinski came up with together. Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn star in this $70 million pic, which has generally rave reviews and a B+ CinemaScore, a good grade for a horror pic. The audience, aged 18 to 24, fuels the film, alongside an ethnically diverse audience. It also took over many large format Imax and premium screens from Vice-Versa 2which is now in its third weekend.
“THE Peaceful place “The franchise is alive and well,” said Chris Aronson, head of domestic distribution for Paramount. “We’ve given the film a fresh, new look, and it’s a great place in the series.”
The film directed by Krasinski A quiet place was a sleeper hit at the 2018 box office when it opened to $50 million despite virtually no dialogue. A Quiet Place: Part IIreleased theatrically on Memorial Day in 2022 while the box office was still in recovery mode from the COVID-19 pandemic, posted a four-day holiday gross of $57 million, including $47 million over the three-day weekend.
Day one continues Sony’s June box office rebound Bad Boys: Ride or Die and cemented by Inside Out 2.
Third at the national box office behind Inside Out 2 And Day one this weekend there was Kevin Costner’s expensive $100 million western, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One. The film bit the dust with an estimated opening of $11 million (overseas figures were not immediately available). The big question now is what this means for Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2which opens in mid-August.
Horizon is undoubtedly one of the biggest curiosity makers of the summer after Costner left behind a lucrative gig on Taylor Sheridan’s hit series Yellow stone and invested tens of millions of his own money to make his decades-long passion project a reality with four period Western films.
The hope was that Horizon The film resonated with older white men in middle America. Although it managed to reach its target audience (57% of the audience was male, while over 75% of ticket buyers were Caucasian), it did not reach the level hoped for. A CinemaScore of B- and mediocre reviews certainly didn’t help its cause. The best cinema was in Salt Lake City (Costner shot the film in Utah).
Warners has agreed to distribute and market the first two Horizon films For a fee in the United States, Costner – who tirelessly promoted the film – invested $38 million of his own money, while two mystery investors also put in equity. The rest of the budget comes from selling foreign rights with the help of sales company K5 International, which previewed the film at the Cannes Film Festival. (Horizon opens in many markets this weekend). Costner is also handling marketing.
Bad Boys 4 I almost did as much as Horizon In its 4th weekend, the film grossed $10.3 million, earning it 4th place. The film’s domestic total is $165.3 million. Overseas, it added $13.1 million from 66 markets for a worldwide total of $332 million, marking a notable comeback for Will Smith after his Oscar loss. Bad Boys The payout ended at $462 million worldwide in a less competitive market.)
Telugu Movie Kalki 2898 AD rounded out the top five with $5.4 million from just 1,049 theaters.
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