Summer’s penultimate weekend. As the heat simmers down so does the box office. Newcomer ‘Barbarian’, a horror flick starring Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgard and Justin Long, easily conquered with a mere $10 million.
Has Hollywood given up?
The short-term makes it seem like it.
‘Barbarian’ was able to take top spot on the Weekend Box Office Top 5 by relying heavily on word of mouth. Advertising seemed nil for the most part.
Likewise, in second place is Bollywood feature ‘Brahmastra Part One: Shiva’. A fantasy adventure playing on only 810 screens across the U.S. The film was able to muster $4.4 million, enough to pull ahead of holdover ‘Bullet Train’.
The Brad Pitt action flick ‘Bullet Train’ chugged into third with $3.3 million, taking point from Tom Cruise war adventure ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, which flew in with $3.2 million.
Rounding out the Weekend Box Office Top 5 is animated ‘DC League of Super-Pets’ dragging its leash to bite into $2.8 million.
One more lazy summer weekend ahead before a quietly slow start to autumn. Will awards season kick out the jams for the last quarter of the year?
Best to temper expectations.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE TOP 5 (September 9 – 11, 2022)
- ‘Barbarian’ – $10 million – horror (debut)
- ‘Brahmastra Part One: Shiva’ – $4.4 million – fantasy (debut)
- ‘Bullet Train’ – $3.3 million – action-adventure (drop $4.2 million, 56% down)
- ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ – $3.2 million – war (drop $4.7 million, 59% down)
- ‘DC League of Super-Pets’ – $2.8 million – animated (drop $3.9 million, 58% down)
Total for summer’s penultimate Weekend Box Office Top 5 comes to $23.7 million. This is a drop of $11 million, a 32% decrease, from last weekend’s four-day holiday total of $34.7 million.