Disney will continue their No. 1 2024 YTD domestic box office domination this weekend and show that’s there’s still flash in their inherited 20th Century Studios logo with the latest rendition of the Ridley Scott produced sci-fi franchise Alien: Romulus.
That movie per industry sources is expected to do $40M in U.S./Canada. Together with a $35M overseas outlook, Alien: Romulus could reach a $75M global start.
No. 2 is bound to be the fourth frame of Disney/Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine with $30M; the pic crossed the half billion mark yesterday ($506.9M) in its 19th day of release, becoming the fifth fastest MCU title to cross that mark after Avengers: Endgame (8 days), Spider-Man: No Way Home (12 days) Avengers: Infinity War (15 days), and Black Panther (17 days) Disney leads all major motion picture studios at the domestic box office with $1.378 billion year-to-date.
They’re the first studio this year to pass the $3 billion notch. Reviews are still coming in, currently at 85% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, but judging from the response at Monday’s Hollywood Chinese Theatre premiere, Don’t Breathe director Fede Alvarez has delivered an edgy, sophisticated expansion of the 45-year old universe here which centers around a last woman standing warrior (played by Civil War‘s Cailee Spaeny) against a slew of vampire-like extraterrestrial beasts with a synthetic, trouble-causing android by her side.
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