NEW YORK — The Marvel sequel “Thor: Love & Thunder” dropped a hefty 68% in its second weekend of launch however nonetheless held the highest spot on the field workplace, in keeping with studio estimates Sunday, whereas the bestseller adaptation “Where the Crawdads Sing” debuted with a better-than-expected $17 million.
Taika Waititi’s “Love and Thunder” led all movies with an estimated $46 million, bringing its two-week international complete to $498 million. The sizable decline is greater than most Marvel movies however consistent with latest releases from the Walt Disney Co. superhero studio, together with “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (68%), “Black Widow” (68%) and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (67%).
“Love and Thunder” additionally confronted a trio of newcomers, although none got here near toppling Chris Hemsworth’s god of thunder.
Best amongst them was Sony Pictures’ “Where the Crawdads Sing,” Olivia Newman’s adaptation of Delia Owens’ 2018 North Carolina-set novel. It opened effectively regardless of weak critiques (36% contemporary on Rotten Tomatoes).
The Reese Witherspoon-produced thriller stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as a girl who raised herself within the coastal Carolina marshlands and focuses on a homicide investigation of an area movie star. Moviegoers appreciated it higher than critics, giving it an A- CinemaScore.
It was a very good end result for a page-to-screen drama, and one other signal that grownup audiences — who’ve additionally helped gas the success of “Top Gun: Maverick” (nonetheless in fourth place with $12 million in its eighth weekend) and “Elvis” (as much as $106.2 million after 4 weeks) — are almost all the way in which again to pre-pandemic ranges after going largely absent for a lot of the final two-plus years.
Appealing to an identical demographic, Focus Features’ “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” starring Lesley Manville as a London cleaner who pines for a Dior gown, additionally opened strongly, with $1.9 million in 980 theaters. Said Focus distribution chief Lisa Bunnell: “Older movie-goers are returning to enjoy the in-theater experience.”
Meanwhile, the Illumination animated sequel “Minions: The Rise of Gru” held the second spot with $26 million in its third weekend of launch. The Universal Pictures launch has to this point grossed $262.6 million domestically and $532.7 million worldwide, setting box-office data alongside the way in which.
The Minions made it tough for a brand new household entry: “Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank.” The Paramount Pictures animated launch, loosely tailored from Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles,” launched with a modest $6.3 million.
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