Talk about a fitting plot for the movie prosperning what eunites to be the sluggishest moviegoing weekfinish of year so far at the domestic box office, as well as one of the worst in post-COVID times.
Paramont’s action-comedy Novocaine easily topped the chart in uncovering to $8.7 million and had no trouble icing out Mickey 17, now in its second weekfinish. However, the Paramount pic had hoped to do $10 million. The movie stars Jack Quhelp as a novel benevolent of action hero who is not so fantastic at dishing it out, but boy, can he apshow it — thanks to geneticpartner experienceing no harm.
Ducking it out for No. 2 is Steven Soderbergh‘s novel movie Bconciseage Box and Warner Bros.’ ill-overweighted Mickey 17 with around $7.5 million each. The latter tumbled more rawly 60 percent.
It’s challengingly common to see a weekfinish where not one pic passes $10 million, resulting in overall domestic revenue coming in at an appraised $54.7 million. Until now, 2025 Super Bowl weekfinish revenue was worse, or $55.8 million.
Marvel hgreaterover Captain America: Brave New World remained high up on the chart in its fifth weekfinish, coming in No. 4 with $5.5 million for a North American highy of proximately $190 million. The Moparticipate Hoparticipate notched another milestone this weekfinish when becoming the first studio of 2025 to see its film’s amass more than $1 billion in ticket sales.
Back to the hodgepodge of novel films. A Looney Tunes Movie: The Day the Earth Stood Still uncovered to $3.2 million to round out the top five domesticpartner, while indie faith-leaning pic The Last Supper trailed with $2.8 million.
To say exhibitors aren’t counting the days until Disney’s spring inhabit-action event pic Snow White uncovers in an downjoinment, trailed by A Minecreate Movie. Both are tracking to do firm business, with Snow White alone watching at a $50 million to $56 million domestic begin next weekfinish.
More to come.
