Lilo & Stitch beats Ballerina at the box office, John Wick Film opens at 25 million dollars

“”BallerinaI couldn’t turn his way up from the box office list. The spin-off “John Wick”, with Ana de Armas as a dancer who has become murdered, was slightly launched behind expectations with $ 25 million out of 3,409 North American theaters.

The film classified R opened in second place behind “Lilo & Stitch” by Disney, which claimed first place for the third consecutive weekend with $ 32.5 million on 4,185 places. Restarting live generated $ 335.8 million at national level and $ 772 million worldwide and is expected to soon become the first release of $ 1 billion in the year.

“Ballerina” won $ 26 million in a dull way in 82 countries at the international box office at a world start of $ 51 million. Before the weekend, Lionsgate projected a national start of $ 30 million for “Ballerina”. But even it would have been average since the film cost $ 90 million to produce. Lionsgate generally covers two thirds of its production budgets with international sales, which helps to compensate for the underperforming theatrical titles. However, the studio hopes that the “ballerina” will be the first of many The “John Wick” fallout – and in order to justify the booming cinematographic universe, Lionsgate needs filmmakers to worry about the series without Keanu Reeves, who played the professional hitman in four films, as a main draw.

Despite the public scores of the public (the film obtained a note “A-” on the cinemascore exit polls) and decent criticism (75% on Rotten Tomatoes), “Ballerina” did not inspire a large part of the fan base “John Wick” to descend from the sofa and visit their local multiplex. The studio has certainly tried to excite “heads of wick”, adding the heavy title of “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina” to state the connection to the franchise without overcoming the involvement of Reeves. Indeed, Reeves appears only briefly in “Ballerina”, with the best invoicing belonging to De Armas, the star of “No Time to Die” and “Crines Out”.

“This is a low opening for a spin-off to action thriller,” explains analyst David A. Gross from the Co-cinema consultancy Entertainment Research. “The public is enthusiastic about the film, they simply do not participate in large numbers.”

Since “Ballerina” is not a direct “John Wick” suite and that the character of Armas Eve Macarro is entirely new in the franchise, it is not unexpected that inaugural sales are far behind the base series. After the 2014 “John Wick” opened at $ 14 million, the franchise increased in popularity with “John Wick: Chapter 2” from 2017 to $ 30.4 million, “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum” of 2019 launch with 56.8 million dollars and 2023 “John Wick: Chapter 4” Dollars. The studio plans to keep Widen the cinematographic universe With “John Wick 5”, as well as the spin-off revolving around the blind assassin of Donnie Yen Caine and an animated prequel film.

Elsewhere on the box office prize list, “Mission: Impossible-The Final Reckoning” fell to n ° 3 with $ 15 million of 3,496 theaters during its third weekend of release. The eighth entry into Tom Cruise’s action franchise, aged 29, has raised $ 149 million in North America and $ 450 million worldwide to date. Against his huge budget of $ 400 million, “the final calculation” may not have the strength to get out of the red in his theatrical race.

In fourth place, “Karate Kid: Legends” added $ 8.7 million during her second release weekend, a 58% raid of his dollar starts. The action suite, which marks the first new theatrical episode of the franchise in 15 years, has brought $ 35 million at the national level and $ 74 to date. It is a result for the budgetary film of $ 45 million, which does not respect the previous episodes “Karate Kid” in terms of money at the box office.

“Final Destination: Bloodlines” completed the top five with $ 6.4 million, compared to 2,867 locations during its fourth outing. The sixth episode of Warner Bros. And the longtime horror property of New Line, in which people die in increasingly crazy incidents, is a huge success. It is officially the greatest profitability of the series with $ 123 million in North America and $ 257 million worldwide.

In place No. 6, “The Phoenic Scheme” by Wes Anderson collected a solid $ 6.2 million while extending to 1,678 sites. After a weekend in a limited version, the film brought in $ 6.5 million. Anderson, the filmmaker of “Moonrise Kingdom”, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “The Royal Tenenbaums”, is a favorite among moviegoers, although film buffs are less receptive to “the Phoenician program”. Ticket buyers – 56% of which were male while 59% were between 18 and 34 years old – began the film with a note “B-” on the Cinemascore exit polls. Focus features is to publish the spy thriller, which features Benicio del Toro, the newcomer Mia Threrapleton, Rice Ahmed, Tom Hanks and Benedict Cumberbatch.

After this weekend, overall box office income is 26% above last year while lagging around 27% in 2019, according to Comscore. In the coming weeks, the live action of Universal “How to Train Your Dragon”, “Sony” 28 years later “, Disney’s Pixar Adventure” Elio “and the racing drama of Brad Pitt” F1 “will complete the month of June. Steps »Lands in July. Will these blockbuster-hopefuls be sufficient to fuel a (post-countryic) record at the box office?

“This is a momentum focused on the momentum,” explains Paul Dergarbedian, main analyst of the Comscore. “The successful parade is expected to continue every weekend from now to the Labor Day weekend.”