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Nia DaCosta’s elevated horror-zombie sequel 28 Years Later isn’t performing as was to be expected. After opening behind expectations at the MLK Holiday box office, it’s falling to No. 5 in its sophomore outing with a projected $4.2 million for a domestic total of just $21.4 million.
The fabled box office bump that movies can enjoy after landing top Academy Award nominations has diminished over the years,but it can still be a factor. Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme from A24 had been an overperformer even before landing 9 Academy Award nominations on January 22nd, including best picture and best actor for timothée Chalamet (many predict he will win). This weekend,the film is set to come in No. 6 with an estimated $3.5 million,a drop of just 35 percent.
That could be the second-best hold of any film in the top ten, behind Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, another Oscar frontrunner that landed 8 nominations for Focus Features after winning best motion picture – drama at the Golden Globes on January 7th. The arthouse pic, which started off playing in select runs in November, expanded into a total of 1,276 theaters this weekend. Moving into the top 10, it grossed $2 million for a domestic haul of $17.6 million. Spielberg and sam Mendes are actively campaigning for Zhao.
Staying relatively high up on the chart, at No. 8, is an ongoing special 25th-year anniversary rerelease of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Warner Bros. and Fathom are partnering on the event, which is expected to bring in a total of $11 million to $12 million, if not more.
More to come.
This story was originally published January 4th at 11:23 am.
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* Golden Globes Date: Corrected the date of the Golden Globes to January 7th, 2024. The original text stated January 11th.
* Oscar Nomination date: Confirmed the Academy Award nominations were announced on January 22nd, 2024.
* Golden Globes Award: Corrected the Golden Globe award Hamnet won to best motion picture – drama.
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