Led by “Captain America: Brave New World” . With over half ($ 88.5 million) of this weekend’s cash contacts for the latest Marvel edition, the theaters took about $ 156 million. It is 50 percent better than any weekend so far this year.
It is considered double relief for theaters. The necessary strong total raises the number of years to 22 percent before last year so far, and it also comes with confirmation that Marvel will remain decisive.
With its B-Cinemascore, the worst for a MCU filmLike mostly bad reviews, there were real anxiety as the first of three franchise release (compared to just one, “Deadpool & Wolverine” last year) in 2025 can fall flat. What it applies remains to be seen, but despite headwinds that it seemed to meet, its gross is on or above expectations. This restart took some risks, with Anthony Mackie who replaced Chris Evans as a title hero. All over the world, production at $ 180 million initially took $ 192 million.
Although “Captain America” dominated, the weekend helped by a diverse line -up, including two other new wide editions that go with the head with Marvel, not something often done. And Valentine’s Day also reinforced other titles, including an almost unknown second weekend increase for No. 3 “Heart Eyes” (Sony).
Sony, who has been on a role of late (their sleeping comedy “one of them days” also gives them three of the top eight this weekend) has second place with “Paddington in Peru” with $ 13 million. The third item in the family series (the two previous distributed by Miramax and Warner Bros.), but not initially as strong as hoped, is compared well with the two previous films (the other opened to $ 11 million in 2016). The British based series Skew’s popular Overseas (“Paddington” was released until Christmas 2024 in most territories). Like its predecessors, the third “Paddington” received an A Cinemascore, so it has the potential to have a strong multiple forward.
Even new, at No. 5, is the Chinese Smash ”Ne zha 2“(CWC). In only 660 theaters, it collected $ 7.3 million, a fantastic $ 11,000 per theater. The animated film collected an astonishing $ 1.1 billion during his first week in China before expanding somewhere else. It is easily the biggest film of the year so far, a position that will probably not be taken over for months. Peaks for 2024 were “Inside Out 2” to $ 1.7 billion.
“Heart Eyes” was one of two more open last weekend that seemed, if it had a normal drop, to fall into the disappointing category. But with a budget of $ 18 million, it remained to wait and see. With the help of its valentine day, the snappy hybrid slasher/comedy/Rom-com movie increased $ 10 million. It was a risky decision, but especially with its smart positioning (released the week before to speed up), it is another nice boost for Sony’s increasing efforts to make original films with a lower budget.
The rest of the world saw the rapid release of “Bridget Jones: Mad about the boy.” The working title/Miramax/Studio Canal production was distributed in most of the world by Universal and collected $ 32.3 million in several territories. But in the United States, it premiered on Thursday at the peacock and skipped theatrical.
Even more than “Paddington”, the success of the “Bridget Jones” franchise has come from foreign interest. The last “Bridget Jones” movie 2016 collected $ 24 million in the US/Canada, only 11 percent of its international sum.
The cost of marketing for a domestic broad edition like this is usually within $ 20 million or higher. It is probably more than Universal would have come back in film rental. It is a disappointment for theaters (each new edition even with modest results helps), but a larger blow for exhibitors is what seems to be the priorities of the studio. The very successful “Nosferatu” of the Focus features debuted on Peacock less than two months after it was first opened in theaters. It is warpical vessel; Three months are taken into account above average.
Universal is hardly absent from screens. “Dog Man” during his third weekend is No. 4 with $ 9.7 million, a decrease of 30 percent. “Love hurts”, even though it was disappointed in its opening, managed to keep its second weekend dropping to 25 percent for sixth place, by $ 4.4 million.
Just behind “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Disney, $ 4.2 million) and “one of them days” ($ 3 million) both rose four percent. “Companion” (WB) and the second weekend of “Becoming Led Zeppelin” (Sony Pictures Classics) round off the top 10.
The specialized front saw decent openings for two films. The annual package of Oscar -nominated short films made $ 840,000 in 320 theaters, about the same as last year. The Canadian “Universal language” (Oscilloscope) did well with $ 41,000 in two locations in New York/Los Angeles.
Otherwise, the specialized measure is mainly dividend oriented. “A complete unknown” (Searchlight) added $ 1.1 million, now a total of $ 71 million. “Brutalist” (A24) and “I’m still here” (Sony Pictures Classics) both gathered just over $ 400,000.
Top 10 (3 days gross)
1. Captain America: Brave New World (Disney) NY-CINEMASCORE: B-; Metacritic: 42; Est. Budget: $ 180 million
$ 88,500,000 in 4,105 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $ 21,559; Cumulative: $ 88,500,000
2. Paddington in Peru (Sony) New – Cinemascore: A; Metacritic: 65; Est. Budget: $ 90 million
$ 13,000,000 in 3,890 theaters; PTA: $ 3,342; Cumulative: $ 13,000,000
3. Heart eyes (Sony) week 2; Last weekend no 2
$ 10,000,000 (+20%) in 3 102 (no change) theaters; PTA: $ 3,224; Cumulative: $ 21,531,000
4. Dog man (Universal) week 3; Last weekend no 1
$ 9,730,000 (-30%) in 3,334 (-553) theaters; PTA: $ 2 918; Cumulative: $ 66,816,000
5. Ne zha 2 (CMC) New – Metacritic:; Est. Budget: $ 83 million
$ 7,300,000 in 660 theaters; PTA: $ 11,061; Cumulative: $ 7,300,000
6. Love hurts (Univerral) week 2; Last weekend no 3
$ 4,370,000 (-25%) in 3,055 (no changes) theaters; PTA: $ 1,430; Cumulative: $ 12,289 000
7. Mufasa: Lion King (Disney) week 9; Last weekend #4
$ 4,158,000 (+4%) in 2,240 (-705) theaters; PTA: $ 1,856; Cumulative: $ 240,800,000
8. One of them days (Sony) week 5; Last weekend #6; Also on Pvod
$ 2,975,000 (+4%) in 1,357 (-694) theaters; PTA: $ 2,192; Cumulative: $ 43,511 000
9. Subjects (WB) week 3; Last weekend #5
$ 1,870,000 (-38%) in 1,022 (-2 223) theaters; PTA: $ 1,761; Cumulative: $ 18,760,000
10. Become LED zeppelin (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 2; Last weekend #7
$ 1,817,000 (-30%) in 1,039 (+670) theaters; PTA: $ 1,749; Cumulative: $ 5,494,000
Other specialized/independent titles
Movies (limited, enlargements of limited) are listed after week in the release, start with those that were opened this week; After the first three weeks, only movies with gross tones are listed over $ 5,000. Metacritical points and initial film festivals recorded when available. After week two, per theater average listed only to expand films with under 100 theaters.
OPENING (platform)
Universal language (Oscilloscope) New – Metacritic: 84; Festivals include: Cannes, Toronto, New York 2024
$ 41,120 in 2 theaters; PTA: $ 20,560
OPENING (wide)
Oscar nominated short films (Shorts) new
$ 840,445 in 320 theaters; PTA: 2 626 $
Transition
Parthenop (A24) Week 2
38,551 $ in 14 (+10) theaters; PTA: $ 2,754; Cumulative: $ 70 457
Armand (IFC) Week 2
40,025 dollars in 230 (+228) theaters; PTA: $ 174; Cumulative: $ 65 975
A woman is a woman (Rialto) re -publishing week 2 1
$ 15 779 in 1 (no change) theater; PTA: $ 15 779; Cumulative: $ 34,545
No other country (no distributor) week 3
$ 62,975 in 27 (+5) theaters; Cumulative: $ 267,579
Presence (Neon) week 4
$ 56,000 in 32 (-554) theaters; Cumulative: $ 6,870,000
I’m still here (Sony Pictures Classics) week 5
$ 406 160 on 469 (-235) theaters; Cumulative: $ 3,370,000
The last showgirl (Road attractions) Week 6
$ 43,480 in 30 (-53) theaters; Cumulative: $ 4,681,000
A complete unknown (Searchlight) Week 8
$ 1,080,000 in 730 (-575) theaters; Cumulative: $ 70,807,000
Nosfer (Focus) Week 8 Also on PVOD
$ 76,000 in 90 (-377) theaters; Cumulative: $ 95 501 000
Babygrirl (A24) week 8; Also on Pvod
92 751 $ in 262 (+110) theaters; Cumulative: $ 28,060,000
Brutalist (A24) Week 9
412 301 $ in 348 (-767) theaters; Cumulative: $ 14,139 000
The room next door (Sony Pictures Classics) week 9
23,831 $ in 20 (-32) theaters; Cumulative: $ 2,383,000
The seed from the holy figs (Neon) week 11
$ 15,000 in 12 (-75) theaters; Cumulative: $ 802 971
Flow (Janus/Sideshow) Week 12; Also on vod
$ 56,400 in 73 (-88) theaters; Cumulative: $ 4,154,000
Conclave (Focus) Week 17; Also on vod and streaming
$ 38,000 in 200 (-34) theaters; Cumulative: $ 32,132 000
Aor (Neon) week 18; Also on vod
$ 57,000 218 (-9) theaters; Cumulative: $ 15,423 000
