Box Office: ‘Den of Thieves 2’ Opens to Winning $15.5M; ‘Moana 2’ Nears $1B Globally
In a win for Gerard Butler and Lionsgate, heist pic Den of Thieves 2: Pantera topped the domestic box office with a better-than-expected $15.5 million opening.
The male-fueled film, produced by Tucker Tooley, marks the first time in months that a Lionsgate title has come in No. 1. In more good news, the sequel performed on par with the first Den of Thieves, which was released by STX in 2018.
Overall, the greater L.A. market didn’t appear to be down in terms of moviegoing despite the historic fires raging across the region, according to studio distribution sources monitoring the situation. Only four smaller theaters were closed as of Friday; most were in the Altadena-Pasadena area.
In terms of the box office itself, the big casualty of the weekend was the Robbie Williams’ biopic A Better Man. The film, released by Paramount, opened in 13th place with $1.1 million from 1,291 locations.
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At the other end of the spectrum, multiple Golden Globes winner The Brutalist prospered as it expanded into 68 locations, grossing $1.4 million for an eye-popping per-theater average of $20,408. The movie came in eleventh place just behind Roadside Attractions’ awards contender The Last Showgirl, which earned $1.5 million as it expanded into 870 locations.
Back at the top of the chart, Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King stayed in second place with $13.2 million as the movie crossed the $540 million mark globally. The studio also claimed fifth place with Moana 2, which earned another $6.5 million domestically as it prepares to join the billion-dollar club globally. The animated blockbuster finished Sunday with an estimated $989.8 million in worldwide ticket sales.
Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 also celebrated a major milestone as it dashed past the $200 million mark domestically. The film came in third in North America with $11 million, followed by $6.8 million for Focus Features’ edgy vampire pic Nosferatu, which now sports a domestic total of $81.8 million.
Searchlight’s awards front-runner A Complete Unknown, coming in sixth with $5 million, jumped the $50 million mark domestically.
More to come.
