10-21-2019, 06:51 PM
Box Office Report: Maleficent 2 Is Disney's Worst Opening Of 2019
<p>The latest box office numbers have arrived, and Disney's Maleficent sequel, Mistress of Evil, was a disappointment. <a href="https://ew.com/movies/2019/10/20/maleficent-mistress-of-evil-opening-weekend-box-office/">Entertainment Weekly </a>reports that the film made an estimated $36 million in the Friday-Sunday period in the US and Canada, which is below the $40 million it was predicted to make.</p><p>Additionally, that's just over half of the $69.4 million that the first Maleficent movie made over its first weekend back in 2014.</p><p>At $36 million, Mistress of Evil had the lowest opening weekend for for any Disney movie so far in 2019. The film pulled in a further $117 million from overseas markets over the weekend to push its total to $153 million. Still, the movie had a budget of $185 million (before marketing), so this shows "audiences weren't invested in a sequel," EW said.</p><p>Mistress of Evil has a <a href="https://www.cinemascore.com/">very good A rating on Cinema Score</a>, which is a measurement of audience scores. The movie stars Elle Fanning and Angelina Jolie. It was directed by Joachim Ronning, who previously made Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.</p><p>Mistress of Evil did well enough to unseat Joker from the No. 1 position its held since it debuted on October 4. The Todd Phillips/Joaquin Phoenix movie made $29.2 million at the box office in the US/Canada this weekend. The movie has made more than $730 million globally so far, which makes it a huge success given it was <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/joker-movie-director-had-to-campaign-for-his-r-rat/1100-6469513/">made on a $55 million budget.</a></p><p>Another new movie that premiered this weekend was Zombieland 2: Double Tap. It earned $26.7 million in the domestic market, which is ahead of the $24.7 million that the first movie made over its opening weekend in 2009 (not adjusted for inflation).</p><h2><strong>October 18-20 US/Canada Box Office:</strong></h2><ol><li>Maleficent: Mistress of Evil -- $36 million</li><li>Joker -- $29.2 million</li><li>Zombieland 2: Double Tap -- $26.7 million</li><li>The Addams Family -- $16 million</li><li>Gemini Man -- $8.5 million</li><li>Abominable -- $3.5 million</li><li>Downton Abbey --$3 million</li><li>Judy -- $2.06 million</li><li>Hustlers -- $2.05 million</li><li>It Chapter Two -- $1.5 million</li></ol>
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<p>The latest box office numbers have arrived, and Disney's Maleficent sequel, Mistress of Evil, was a disappointment. <a href="https://ew.com/movies/2019/10/20/maleficent-mistress-of-evil-opening-weekend-box-office/">Entertainment Weekly </a>reports that the film made an estimated $36 million in the Friday-Sunday period in the US and Canada, which is below the $40 million it was predicted to make.</p><p>Additionally, that's just over half of the $69.4 million that the first Maleficent movie made over its first weekend back in 2014.</p><p>At $36 million, Mistress of Evil had the lowest opening weekend for for any Disney movie so far in 2019. The film pulled in a further $117 million from overseas markets over the weekend to push its total to $153 million. Still, the movie had a budget of $185 million (before marketing), so this shows "audiences weren't invested in a sequel," EW said.</p><p>Mistress of Evil has a <a href="https://www.cinemascore.com/">very good A rating on Cinema Score</a>, which is a measurement of audience scores. The movie stars Elle Fanning and Angelina Jolie. It was directed by Joachim Ronning, who previously made Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.</p><p>Mistress of Evil did well enough to unseat Joker from the No. 1 position its held since it debuted on October 4. The Todd Phillips/Joaquin Phoenix movie made $29.2 million at the box office in the US/Canada this weekend. The movie has made more than $730 million globally so far, which makes it a huge success given it was <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/joker-movie-director-had-to-campaign-for-his-r-rat/1100-6469513/">made on a $55 million budget.</a></p><p>Another new movie that premiered this weekend was Zombieland 2: Double Tap. It earned $26.7 million in the domestic market, which is ahead of the $24.7 million that the first movie made over its opening weekend in 2009 (not adjusted for inflation).</p><h2><strong>October 18-20 US/Canada Box Office:</strong></h2><ol><li>Maleficent: Mistress of Evil -- $36 million</li><li>Joker -- $29.2 million</li><li>Zombieland 2: Double Tap -- $26.7 million</li><li>The Addams Family -- $16 million</li><li>Gemini Man -- $8.5 million</li><li>Abominable -- $3.5 million</li><li>Downton Abbey --$3 million</li><li>Judy -- $2.06 million</li><li>Hustlers -- $2.05 million</li><li>It Chapter Two -- $1.5 million</li></ol>
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/box-of...0-6470712/