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‘Croots 2’ epidemic delivers Universal 7th straight No. 1 at the box office with M3 million weekend
With its theatrical window deal signed by AMC and Cinemark, Universal and Focus features continue to plague the epidemic box office as “The Croots: A New Age” hits its third straight number 1 weekend and the studio’s seventh weekend from 2,115 screens. Ranked with 3 million. Overseas, the film added 6 6.6 million in China and 4 8.4 million in all overseas markets, including openings in Mexico and Ecuador. Globally, “Groots 2” now has a total of $ 76 million at the box office, and Universal is preparing to release the film next week as a premium video on-demand title as part of its theatrical window deal. The deal, which allows Universal and Focus films to hit the PVOD after three weekends in theaters, will be used in the remaining 2020 films in the studios: Paul Greengrass’s “World News” and Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman.” | Also Read: Disney’s B16 Billion-Plus Bet: The Avalanche of New Content for Streaming – and Movie Theaters Duos happened last weekend, the only film to gross over 1 million this weekend was “Croots 2”. Second place went to Focus’ “Half Brothers” with 90 490,000 in its second weekend, with a total of 3 1.3 million. In third place was the re-release of the Will Ferrell Christmas comedy “Elf” with 8,000 screens, 000 400,000. Universal / Bloomhouse’s “Freaky” is in fourth place with 5,000 315,000 and a total of $ 2.82 million, and 101 Studios’ “War with Grandpa” is close to $ 18 million this weekend with more than $ 260,000 in theaters over two weeks. Among the new limited releases this weekend was John Patrick Shanley’s “Wild Mountain Thyme” with 100,466 from 450 theaters. It was a tough week for theaters outside the box office as hopes for a congressional contagion package were once again shut down by the Senate majority as directors like Mitch McConnell, Christopher Nolan and Denise Villeneuve were at the forefront of the setback against Warner Bros. It decided to release all of its 2021 films simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max. Meanwhile, Disney announced at its Investors’ Day conference that “Pinocchio” and “Peter Bonn”, originally designed for theaters, will move to Disney +, while “Royal and the Last Dragon” will have a one-day and date release in theaters and PVOD in March. . The studio was reluctant to announce moves for other theatrical releases, such as “Black Widow”, but announced new theatrical titles, such as Pixar’s “Luca” for 2021. Read The Original Story ‘Groots 2’ Universal 7th Unleashed No. 1 With Un 3 At Pantomic Box Office Million Weekend At TheWrap