In its second weekend in U.S. cinemas, “Wonder Woman 1984” grossed about $ 5.5 million at the box office, according to estimates from studies released Sunday. It’s a 6.7% drop for the superhero sequel, which is projected simultaneously on 2,151 screens and streamed for free to HBO Max subscribers.
“Wonder Woman 1984” has grossed $ 28.5 million to date in the United States, where approximately 39% of theaters are open and most major markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and San Francisco, they are closed.
Internationally, it totaled $ 10.1 million for an overall total of $ 118,500,000.
Still $ 5.5 million would be a terrible second weekend for a film with a production cost of $ 200 million in a pre-pandemic world, under current circumstances it was enough to end in the main place nationally. In second place was “The Croods: A New Age,” from Universal Studios, which had a 25% increase in tickets in its sixth week in theaters. It has raised $ 34.5 million since Thanksgiving premiered and is now also available for rent on major online video services.
Disney and Pixar’s “Soul,” which did not pass through U.S. theaters and is available for free to Disney + subscribers, totaled another $ 16.5 million internationally, an increase of 114% since its premiere in the same markets last weekend. The film, which features the voices of Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey, has gone particularly well in China, where it more than doubled the amount of the premiere and added another $ 13.7 million this year. of the week. The study attributes the gains to the positive reaction on social media and word-of-mouth recommendation.
Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic “Alien” also premiered this weekend through Disney’s 20th Century Studios. He amassed $ 75,000 in 505 locations.