K-pop legend BTS may be on hiatus, but the fans certainly aren’t. concert film BTS: come on hit No. 5 at the North American box office this weekend with $5.1 million from more than 1,100 screens, totaling more than $7.8 million since it first aired on February 1.
The band announced last year that they would be taking a break. In October, after their one-off live concert in support of Busan, Korea’s second largest city, for Busan’s promotion of the 2030 World Expo, BTS said the seven members intended to fulfill the Korean government’s mandatory military service and reunite with the group to meet in 2025. These concert recordings have been edited, remastered and remixed for the big screen.
“The members of BTS are currently moving forward with plans to complete their military service. After the phenomenal concert in support of Busan’s 2030 World Expo bid and with each individual embarking on solo endeavors, it is perfect timing and the members of BTS are honored to serve,” the group’s label, Big Hit music , said at the time. The Astronaut, the debut solo album by BTS Jin (Kim Seokjin), debuted last November.
Yet To Come (Die Mooiste Oomblik) is a song from their latest album. It’s about a Grammy Award in the Best Music Video category. The group is also in the running for My Universe for Best Pop Duo or Group Performance and Music of the Spheres for Album of the Year.
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2022 BTS Permission to Dance on Stage – Seoul: Watch Live broke the global event box office record with $6.84 million for North America and $32.6 million worldwide from live event-hungry viewers and global fans of the band. It was screened by Trafalgar and Hybe in 3,711 cinemas in 75 countries/regions for a limited one-day engagement. (Gross includes Japanese footage from Avex Pictures.)
2020 Breaking the Silence: The Movie took a worldwide gross of $12.7 million, a strong performance amid Covid. Presented by Trafalgar and Big Hit Entertainment (renamed Hybe in 2021).
2019 Bring the soul: the film (also from Trafalgar/Big Hit) grossed $24.3 million.
2018 Burning the stage: the film (Trafalgar/Big Hit) grossed $18 million worldwide.
Other openings: Fathom events The chosen season 3 finale grossed $3.6 million across 1,900 screens. The final two episodes of the season charted at #9 in North America. The series about the life of Jesus is in season seven.
Viva opens animated film Great Moritz at 1,546 locations for a $1.44M debut for a $934 PTA The distributor called the opening of the Sundance premiere an encouraging start for an indie animation and expects momentum to grow.
Crunchyroll open Sword Art Online – Scherzo from Deep Night at 892 spots for a $607,000 debut for $681 PTA. It is a second spin-off of the novel, manga, and TV anime franchise about two avatars trapped in Sword Art Online, a D&D-style online role-playing game.
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Just like that, Music Box opened full time on one screen – New York’s Quad Cinema – to $2.1K. Expands to LA, Chicago and San Francisco next week.
Leftovers: Worldwide hit Pathan by Yash Raj Film earned $2.77 million from 657 screens in its second week for a #10 North American and $14.3 million total.
A24s near by Lukas Dhont, an Oscar nominee for Best International Film, expanded to 20 screens in its second week and collected $118,000 over the weekend, for a total of $202,000. Will expand further during awards season.
Nice morning by Sony Pictures earned $18,000 on 12 screens (up from three last week) for a total of $49.3,000.
neons infinity pool added 85 locations for a total of 1,750 in week two and brought in $900,000 of $4.3 million through Sunday.
A24s Everything, everywhere, all at once had a solid second week of re-releases at 935 locations, earning $528.9K — for a domestic total of $72 million. The indie juggernaut was released in March.
skin amarin by IFC Midnight/Shudder grossed $36,000 in 62 theaters. The total for The Horror Phenomenon, a first feature directed by Kyle Edward Ball, which cost $15,000 to make, has a total of $1.98 million.
Vertical Perhaps reached the $1 million mark with an estimated three-day gross of $210,000 from 389 screens.
Other awards season extensions: UAR women talkgenerated sales of $533,000 from 707 locations for a total of $3.4 million.
A24s The whale saw $421.9K on 1,015 screens for a total of $15.76M.
The Fables by Universal, on 1,054 screens, made $275,000 for a total of $16.7 million.
focus functions’ tar Earned $90,000 at 439 locations for a total of $6.3 million. The Tod Fields film and Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees Of Inisherin, which will be shown on 410 screens this weekend, won top awards at the London Critic’s Circle Awards today.
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