Nobody 2<\/a> despite solid exits of a B+ CinemaScore (the first one received an A-) and 4 stars and a 62% definite recommend on Comscore\/Screen Engine\u2019s PostTrak, is coming in softer than expected with a $9.25M opening after a $3.8M Friday and Saturday of $3.1M. The movie was cheap at net $25M before P&A spend, and clearly this is a Lionsgate model meat and potato action movie aimed at older dudes (the overall 45+ set who showed up at 40%). In fact, Lionsgate\u2019s winter action movies did better with Den of Thieves 2 at $15M and Flight Risk at $11.5M. However, what\u2019s unfortunate here is that the audience (at least from a dollar-wise perspective) for Nobody 2 didn\u2019t expand that much from the original\u2019s opening, which posted $6.8M. With moviegoers skittish about returning to cinemas after Covid when the first title opened in 2021, the following for this IP has only grown so much. No John Wick phenomenon going on here with this 87North production. The original John Wick, similar to the first Austin Powers, boomed on home entertainment fueling bigger theatrical openings and grosses for its part 2. It\u2019s unfortunate for Nobody as these movies are a great homage to Steve McQueen titles like The Hunter and Clint Eastwood movies such as Every Which Way But Loose. Nobody 2 has PLFs which are driving 29% of the weekend with an even play across the country, however, prominent in the West. AMC Burbank 16 is the single leading venue with just over $28K through Saturday night. Diversity demos for the overall 68% male leaning movie were 52% Caucasian, 21% Hispanic and Latino, 12% Black and 8% Asian American.<\/p>\n\n\tClearly, the fans were carrying the torch for Nobody 2 on social with RelishMix noticing overall positive sentiment and very little negative chatter. The social media universe for the sequel at close to 190M was 59% above action-drama genre norms across TikTok, Facebook, X, YouTube and Instagram combined. During Covid, the first movie\u2019s stats were 53% lighter. Interesting to note that the social media reach on Rami Malek\u2019s The Amateur was lower at 89M, but that movie opened higher at $14.8M.<\/p>\n
\n\tSunday box office numbers updated in bold:<\/p>\n
Weapons (NL) 3,450 (+248) theaters, Fri $7.4M (-59%) Sat $9.6M Sun $7.7M, 3-day $25M (-43%) Total $89M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n
Freakier Friday (Dis) 3,975 theaters, Fri $4.5M (-64%) Sat $5.8M Sun $4.2M, 3-day $14.5M (-49%), Total $54.7M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n
Nobody 2 (Uni) 3,260 theaters, Fri $3.87M, Sat $3.1M Sun $2.2M 3-day $9.25M\/Wk 1<\/p>\n
Fantastic Four: First Steps (Dis) 3,355 (-245) theaters Fri $2.4M (-47%) Sat $3.7M Sun $2.7M 3-day $8.8M (-44%), Total $247M\/Wk 4<\/p>\n
Bad Guys 2 (Uni) 3,380 (-480) theaters, Fri $1.96M (-38%) Sat $3.2M Sun $2.2M 3-day $7.5M (-29%), Total $57.2M\/Wk 3<\/p>\n
Superman (WB) 2,655 (-265) theaters, Fri $1.43M (-36%) Sat $2.2M Sun $1.65M 3-day $5.2M (-34%), Total $340.9M\/Wk 6<\/p>\n
The Naked Gun (Par) 3,027 (-336) theaters, Fri $1.39M (-42%) Sat $2M Sun $1.35M 3-day $4.8M (-42%), Total $41.9M\/Wk 3<\/p>\n
Jurassic World Rebirth (Uni) 2,270 (-421) theaters, Fri $770k (-44%) Sat $1.28M Sun $850K 3-day $2.9M (-40%), Total $332.1M\/Wk 7<\/p>\n
F1 (Apple\/WB) 1,172 (-179) theaters, Fri $680K (-11%) Sat $1.1M Sun $850K 3-day $2.66M (-9%), Total $182.8M\/Wk 8<\/p>\n
Coolie (Prath) 800 theaters, Fri $830K Sat $895K Sun $725K 3-day $2.45M, Total $6.4M\/Wk 1
Very good numbers for the Rajinikanth starring action movie about a man\u2019s relentless quest for vengeance since youth. Good ticket sales in NYC, LA, Dallas, San Francisco, Houston, Portland and Sacramento.<\/p>\n
\n\tFRIDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: Currently, New Line\u2019s original horror movie Weapons is seeing a second weekend -49% decline with $22M after a second Friday of $6M at 3,450 sites. The ten-day on the Zach Cregger directed, written and produced movie is bound to hit $86M by Sunday.<\/p>\n
\n\tDisney\u2019s Freakier Friday is seeing a $4.5M second Friday, with a $14M-$15M second frame at 3,975 and -48% decline for a ten-day of $55M. That total will be -6% behind the end of second weekend cume of the original 2003 movie which ended its run at $110.2M. <\/p>\n
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\n\tUniversal\u2019s Nobody 2 is right now standing at a $9.25M opening after a first Friday plus previews of $3.8M at 3,260 sites. <\/p>\n
\n\tDisney\/Marvel Studios\u2019 Fantastic Four: First Steps at 3,355 theaters has a fourth Friday of $2.3M, fourth weekend of $8M, -49% for a running cume by Sunday of $246.1M. <\/p>\n
\n\tThird weekend of Uni\/DreamWorks Animation\u2019s Bad Guys 2 is $5.7M, -46%, for a running total of $55.4M at 3,374. That total will be pacing -3% behind Bad Guys through 17 days. Today is $1.6M. <\/p>\n
\n\tFRIDAY AM: Summer is ratcheting down and the only major studio wide entry this box office frame is Universal\u2019s Bob Odenkirk action movie Nobody 2, which did $1.3 million from previews Thursday at 2,800 theaters that began at 2 p.m. The $25M 87North feature production is eyeing a $10M+ start in a marketplace where New Line\u2019s Weapons is expected to rule with $20M+.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Zach Cregger-directed Weapons ends its first week with $64M, which is 17% behind Sinners\u2019 first week of $77.5M but 29% ahead of Get Out\u2018s $49.8M first week. Sinners ended its run at $278.5M and Get Out finaled at $176M. Whether Weapons has a slight dip ala Get Out\u2018s second frame (-15%) or Sinners (-5%) we\u2019ll know when we get into the thick of Saturday. Sinners saw a spike in its second Saturday over its first by 14%, while Get Out\u2018s second Saturday dipped 9%. Weapons\u2018 Thursday was $4.06M, off 9% from Wednesday\u2019s $4.4M.<\/p>\n
\n\tThere weren\u2019t any previews on the first Nobody as major New York City and Los Angeles cinemas had just reopened roughly two weeks prior from Covid; that movie opened to $6.8M and finaled at $27.5M domestic. Previews here on Nobody 2 are right in line with Lionsgate\u2019s Den of Thieves: Pantera, which posted $1.35M in its Thursday before a $5.7M Friday and $15M opening. Russian director Ilya Naishuller directed the first Nobody installment, while Timo Tjahjanto has taken over helming reins on part 2 here. Derek Kolstad and Aaron Rabin wrote the screenplay based on the former\u2019s characters.<\/p>\n
\n\tGreat grades on Nobody 2: 82% certified fresh critics and 92% audience on Rotten Tomatoes. That\u2019s not far from the first installment, which respectively did 84% and 94% with critics and audiences.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe rest of top 5 for the week is as follows:<\/p>\n
Weapons (NL\/WB) 3,202 theaters, Thu $4.06M (-9%), Wk $64M, Wk\/1<\/p>\n
Freakier Friday (Dis) 3,975 theaters Thu $2.1M (-13%), Wk $40.2M\/Wk 1<\/p>\n
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Dis) 3,600 (-525) theaters, Thu $1.45M (-12%) Wk $23.2M (-59%), Total $238.2M\/Wk 3<\/p>\n
Bad Guys 2 (Uni) 3,860 (+8) theaters, Thu $1.1M (-17%) Wk $16.7M (-49%), Total $49.7M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n
Naked Gun (Par) 3,363 (+19) theaters, Thu $867K (-12%), Wk $12.5M (-49%), Total $37.1M\/Wk 2 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUNDAY AM WRITETHRU: After Saturday post\u2026 Summer is now in its August sleep with the overall weekend for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337,43907,8725],"class_list":{"0":"post-76676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-nobody-2","13":"tag-weapons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}