“Him” by Universal made its debut in second place on Friday at the national box office, just a bit behind the Smash Anime last weekend “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba-Infinity Castle”. Meanwhile, the cosmic romance of Sony “a big daring journey” turns out to be a theatrical bust with a start outside the top five.
“Him” traveled $ 6.47 million during its opening day (including $ 2 million in preview projections) from 3,168 locations in North America. The film also shares Imax and other premium auditoriums in large format with “Demon Slayer”, which means a boost from the prices of higher tickets. The Faustienne Football Fable, produced by Justin Tipping and produced by the banner of Jordan Peele, Monkeypaw Productions, now projects an opening weekend of $ 15 million. “Demon Slayer.” However, this is not a non-starter given the relatively modest production budget of $ 27 million in the film.
More disturbing, it is how difficult the buzz is difficult and how it could have an impact on its theatrical perspectives in the future. The film was refused by criticism and the general public is not warmer, the cinematographic investigation company, Cinema Score Survey of a bad grade among the first viewers. Horror tends to be a more divisor, but this type of response hardly presses strong power. “Him” will also face a genre competition next weekend when “The Strangers – Chapter 2” of Lionsgate will open.
With a timed release in the starting weeks of the NFL season, “Him” follows a quarter-back up (Tyriq Withers) which weighs the sale of his soul for the status of goat, attempted by his mentor (Marlon Wayans).
Much further in the charts, “A Big Bold Beaual Journey” was tightened at $ 1.4 million to every Friday and preview projections of 3,330 locations. The original fantasy classified R, which features Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie, will have the chance to hit even half of his pre-week-end projections for a northern start of $ 8 million.
This is a difficult outing for Sony, which had not won a large domestic opening all year round until its anime Crunchyroll label marked with the “Demon Slayer” license release last weekend. Sony spent $ 45 million to acquire global rights to “a big daring journey” on the European film market 2024. It is almost certain that the film will not recover these expenses in theaters.
Accessories in Sony to bet on originality. The film must have appeared an attractive perspective, with Farrell Attaché and Robbie with his first theatrical follow -up of Megasmash “Barbie”. “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” also started as a script of the blacklist and drew the Criur Author Critique Kogonada (from the “Kogonada Summer” cry by Charli XCX) for the director’s first stab at a large theatrical outing. But the package was not even critical, landing largely negative criticisms. The public is also relatively cold, questioning a grade B from the cinema score. It seems unlikely that “a big daring journey” will remain in theaters for a long time.
Sony can at least gain comfort in “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle” in the running for first place. As expected, the epic length r class Rassed R is faced with a large song of its opening weekend, while most of the fans took place in the first possible projections. However, with $ 4.56 million on Friday and projections for a second year outing of $ 16.3 million (which would mark a drop of 77%), “Infinity Castle” is ready to lead the national charts again. The film of the event, intended for the first in a trilogy with the deductible of franchise for the property, will cross $ 100 million in domestic dollars this weekend – only the 15th film of 2025 to notify this important stage. On Thursday, he exceeded “Pokémon: the first film – Mewtwo Strikes back” ($ 85 million) to become the most profitable anime film ever released in North America.
Warner Bros. Seeking to take third place with “The Conjuring: Last Rites”, which exorcised an additional $ 3.7 million from the public on Friday, marking a decrease of 56% compared to its total daily last week. During its third release weekend, the new line presentation is now 141.9 million national dollars. He should soon let his Warner horror “weapons” pass ($ 148.9 million) and take rank like the 12th outing of the year.
Friday, “The Long Walk” of Lionsgate, fourth place, moving to an additional $ 1.8 million. It provides a second weekend of $ 6.3 million for a drop of 46% compared to its modest opening. The national total on the adaptation of Stephen King seeks to reach $ 22.7 million in the first 10 days.
Focus presents “Downton Abbey: The Grand Final” in fact on Friday with 1.9 million dollars, although planned for fifth with $ 6 million in its second weekend – a 66% drop in its opening. Just like with “Demon Slayer”, it seems that many fans of “Downton” prioritize the first projections for it. “The grand finale”, meant a shipment for the British TV series, should move up to an internal total of $ 31.4 million after its second outing.
Also opening this weekend alongside “Him”, Angel Studios has its own function of football with the “The Senior” with Michael Chiklis in 2,405 locations. The film, based on the true history of a 59 -year -old man who returns to university sports, won $ 1.25 million across Friday and previewed projections and plans to open in seventh place. The cinema score has transformed a brilliant note.
