{"id":271183,"date":"2026-02-06T20:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/271183\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T20:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:16:07","slug":"markipliers-iron-lung-breathes-life-into-the-box-office-with-1-4m-in-admissions-during-a-quiet-prelude-to-super-bowl-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/271183\/","title":{"rendered":"Markiplier’s Iron Lung breathes life into the box office with $1.4M in admissions during a quiet prelude to Super Bowl weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the world waits to see the Seattle Seahawks square off against the New England Patriots on Super Bowl Sunday<\/a>, Hollywood hopes people aren\u2019t too busy to contribute to the box office. For what is a fun success story<\/a> of the little indie that could, Markiplier\u2019s feature video game adaptation, Iron Lung, is breathing life into the box office with $1.4 million against Send Help\u2018s $1.3 million.<\/p>\n

In addition to earning slightly more money on the box office chart, Iron Lung is putting more butts in seats with 1.9 million admissions for the week, and 1.3 admissions for the weekend against Send Help\u2018s 1.7 admissions and 1.2 admissions.<\/p>\n

More K-pop comes to theaters<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, indie films are making up the rest of the box office, including Bleecker Street\u2019s K-pop concert movie Stray Kids: The sominATE Experience, which grossed $900K from 351 IMAX screenings. While the Stray Kids event film does not yet have a critics\u2019 score, fans are flocking to Rotten Tomatoes to celebrate its release, giving it a 100% Fresh score. Raimi\u2019s Send Help should send out an S.O.S. for $8.6M over the weekend, but if positive word-of-mouth holds, fans could show up for Stray Kids, taking a bite out of Send Help\u2018s box office total.<\/p>\n

Solo Mio gives audiences the option of a delightful rom-com<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Angel Studios\u2019 Solo Mio, starring Kevin James as a reluctant bachelor after getting left at the altar in Italy, had a decent Thursday with $744K at 2,406 locations. The delightful rom-com could make as much as $5 million for the weekend at 3,052 theaters. While the film has a 77% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes, we gave the film a 7\/10 in our review<\/a>. We also interviewed<\/a> the directors and cast, a pleasant conversation that took us to Italy for a lively discussion about the film\u2019s production.<\/p>\n

The Strangers: Chapter 3 and Dracula stumble out of the gate<\/p>\n

Finally, The Strangers: Chapter 3 grossed $450K, while Luc Besson\u2019s Dracula earned the same amount. Renny Harlin\u2019s latest Strangers sequel hopes to pull $5 million, while Dracula\u2018s box office fate remains uncertain.<\/p>\n

What are you up to this weekend? Do you have Super Bowl plans? Will you sneak off to the movies before the game gets started? We\u2019ve got a massive snowstorm coming to our area here in Canada, so I\u2019ll be staying in and binge-watching Netflix\u2019s live-action adaptation of One Piece. If the weather calms down, I\u2019ll likely head to a friend\u2019s house to watch the game. Let us know what you\u2019re up to in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

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