Sleepy Oscar Weekend At The Box Office With ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Holding No. 1, Thriller ‘Last Breath’ Looking For Oxygen
deadline.comThough no major studio ever planned this, the Oscar ceremony over the last three years post Covid fell on a weekend when there’s was a No.
1 film to brag about at the box office. Last year Oscar weekend had Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 4 opening to $57.9M, while 2023 had Paramount/Spyglass’ Scream VI opening to a franchise domestic record of $44.4M, while 2022 (when the ceremony fell on a March 27) saw the return of the rom com with Paramount’s Sandra Bullock-Channing Tatum movie Lost City posting a $30.4M start.
At a time when we want people to return to movie theaters, while also watching the Oscars, having a solid No. 1 opening assists in propping and highlighting the motion picture industry.
But not this year. Get a blankie and a pillow, for here’s how the weekend is going to shake out: The third weekend of Disney/Marvel Studio’s Captain America: Brave New World is set to do around $14M, -50%.
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