{"id":486161,"date":"2026-06-06T13:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/486161\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T13:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:03:33","slug":"the-amazing-digital-circus-leads-thursday-box-office-with-7-8-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/486161\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Amazing Digital Circus’ Leads Thursday Box Office With $7.8 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fathom\/Glitch\u2019s \u201cThe Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act\u201d was the top grossing film at the box office on Thursday night, just edging out Paramount\/Miramax\u2019s \u201cScary Movie\u201d with $7.8 million grossed from preview screenings at 2,221 locations. <\/p>\n

While \u201cScary Movie,\u201d which made $7.7 million from previews, will be dueling with A24\/Chernin\u2019s \u201cBackrooms\u201d for the No. 1 spot this weekend as \u201cCircus\u201d heads for more frontloaded results within the weekend, Fathom has joined A24 in filling movie theaters with younger audiences via fresh new IP, as fans of Glitch\u2019s cult hit animated miniseries showed up to see its ninth and final episode two weeks ahead of its release on YouTube. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Amazing Digital Circus\u201d follows a group of people trapped in a colorful virtual circus run by a cheerful but corrupted program named Caine. The series has gained a global following thanks to its mix of dark humor, psychological drama and existential horror. \u201cThe Last Act\u201d is projected to earn around $12 million through this Sunday. <\/p>\n

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\u201cScary Movie\u201d could be headed for much bigger things, as it was projected before release for a $50 million-plus opening weekend. Its $7.7 million preview total is just a notch below the $7.8 million for the latest installment of one of the horror franchises it parodies, \u201cScream 7,\u201d which went on to a $63.6 million opening. <\/p>\n

Whether \u201cScary Movie\u201d can get that high will depend on how word-of-mouth affects walk-up ticket sales. Like previous installments in its 2000s heyday, critics dismissed the film with a 29% Rotten Tomatoes score.<\/a> Audiences were much more positive after Thursday\u2019s screenings, but not overwhelmingly so with a 69% audience score. <\/p>\n

Also opening this weekend is Amazon MGM\u2019s \u201cMasters of the Universe\u201d with $4.4 million. The Travis Knight adaptation of the 80s fantasy franchise is looking like it will be a big-budget dud with a projected opening of around $35 million against a production budget of at least $170 million. <\/p>\n

Reception for \u201cMasters\u201d has been its saving grace, holding Rotten Tomatoes scores of 69% critics and 88% audience<\/a>. But it is difficult to say whether that will be enough to expand the film beyond its core audience of Gen X male audiences and families with dads from that demo taking their teenage sons, especially with more Gen Z and Gen A-appealing fare like \u201cBackrooms\u201d and \u201cDigital Circus\u201d currently on the marquee. <\/p>\n

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