EXCLUSIVE: Searchlight’s absurd genre comedy The menu is off to a promising start with more than $1 million in Thursday night previews, we hear. This number is up there with newer compositions like barbarian, which made $850,000 for a $10.5 million Thursday night opening, and The Normananother Anya Taylor-Joy film that earned $1.35 million for a $12.2 million opening.
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Director Mark Mylod’s estimate for the opening weekend The menu, which also stars Ralph Fiennes, Nicholas Hoult, John Leguizamo and others, costs about $8 million. If this movie hits $10 million, it will be a nice haven for counter-programming given Disney and Marvel Studios’ giant sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,which is expected to make a second weekend in the series of $70 million. This sample number for The menu includes some cash from Wednesday and previews that started Thursday at 5 p.m. The image is certified 91% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and currently has a solid rating of 83%.
Wakanda forever posted $7.5 million Thursday, down 8% from Wednesday, for a first week of $220.7 million. The pic has passed $400 million worldwide as of Wednesday.
she said, Universal’s film about the New York Times Reporters who exposed movie mogul Harvey Weinstein probably won’t be doing much this weekend, in the low single digits. Screenings in 1,600 theaters starting at 5:00 PM cost just $160,000. Keep in mind that despite the meager returns of these arthouse-style films in the post-pandemic era, their awards season chances aren’t going to be dampened. I mean, some of the big prize contenders don’t even disclose their box office earnings. she said is an 85% certified fresh critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has a 92% viewer rating from the few who have seen it.
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