{"id":415109,"date":"2026-02-08T19:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/415109\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T19:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:48:08","slug":"send-help-shows-staying-power-in-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/415109\/","title":{"rendered":"Send Help shows staying power in week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Super Bowl weekend is notoriously bad at the box office, and the issue was compounded this year by the arrival of the Winter Olympics. As such, moviegoers didn\u2019t exactly flock out to see anything in theaters this weekend, paving the way for Sam Raimi\u2019s\u00a0Send Help\u00a0to retake the top spot \u2014 just as we predicted earlier this week<\/a>. With a $10 million second weekend (a decline of only 48% \u2014 which is great for a horror\/thriller) and a $35 million total, this is proving to be a nice little sleeper hit for the director (it\u2019s his first R-rated movie since\u00a0The Gift\u00a0way back in 2000) and for 20th Century Studios, which tends to send most of its films to Hulu.<\/p>\n

You can also chalk up another impressive opening for faith-based Angel Studios, with their Kevin James movie\u00a0Solo Mio opening better than expected with $7.2 million. The studio has had mixed results with its less religious movies, but the Kevin James-led romance did well, posting the same $7.2 million figure (and earning a solid A-minus CinemaScore). The Markiplier-led\u00a0Iron Lung\u00a0had a steep drop in week two, pulling in a $6 million weekend for a 67% decline. However, with a $31 million total, don\u2019t feel too bad for Markiplier, who\u2019s more than proven he has an audience willing to support him theatrically, and the film will likely net him a nice chunk of change.<\/p>\n

Another unexpected entry into the top five is the K-pop concert movie\u00a0Stray Kids: Dominate, which is being distributed domestically by Crosswalk, a division of Bleecker Street. It made an excellent $5.5 million stateside and led the global box office with a huge $19 million haul. The top five was rounded out by Vertical\u2019s\u00a0Dracula<\/a>, directed by Luc Besson. Despite bad reviews, it\u2019s still posting Vertical\u2019s best opening ever and is well-poised for a successful streaming run.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Disney\u2019s\u00a0Zootopia 2\u00a0cranked out another $4 million (there\u2019s not much competition out there for family audiences), bringing its domestic total to $414 million.\u00a0Avatar: Fire and Ash\u00a0is slowly closing in on $400 million, making $3.5 million this weekend for a $391 million domestic total (and sitting just under $1.5 billion worldwide). Lionsgate\u2019s\u00a0The Strangers: Chapter 3\u00a0had a disastrous weekend, earning only $3.5 million while pulling in terrible reviews (including one from our own Tyler Nichols<\/a>) and a deadly D CinemaScore. Ouch.<\/p>\n

Another movie bombing badly is the Jason Statham-led\u00a0Shelter, which made $2.4 million with a $890 per-screen average and a $9.9 million total, meaning that outside of\u00a0Operation Fortune, it\u2019s one of the star\u2019s lowest-grossing vehicles. Part of this may be due to the fact that it comes from Black Bear, a nascent distributor that\u2019s had trouble opening movies wide (their Sydney Sweeney-led\u00a0Christy\u00a0was a disaster, though she bounced back with the ultra-successful\u00a0The Housemaid). They seem to be trying to compete in Lionsgate\u2019s space when it comes to modestly budgeted action movies, but they don\u2019t yet have the marketing apparatus that studio does.<\/p>\n

Finally, the top ten was rounded out by\u00a0Melania, which fell a massive 67% in week two to just $2.3 million, proving it was very front-loaded, with a $13.3 million domestic total.<\/p>\n

While this weekend was quiet, expect plenty of fireworks next weekend with two new releases,\u00a0GOAT\u00a0and\u00a0Withering Heights, both of which have a shot at cracking $30 million.<\/p>\n

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