SATURDAY AM UPDATE: The first weekend of 2022 for all movies is looking at $100.6M, an amount that’s 700% ahead of New Year’s weekend 2021 when most theaters where closed due to Covid, but behind 29% two years ago in 2020 when Covid didn’t seem to be a threat stateside.A handful of adult-skewing and family titles saw upticks on New Year’s Eve over Christmas Eve in ticket sales, i.e.
The King’s Man, West Side Story, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Nightmare Alley and Licorice Pizza, while the alpha movie Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home recessed with $15.45M, -21%.
Sony is expecting $48M for weekend 3 of the MCU title, while industry estimates are higher between $50M-$60M, based on moviegoing powering back today.
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