Across North America amid the worsening COVID situation, three new premieres – Disney’s Jungle Cruise, A24’s The Green Knight and Focus Features’ Stillwater – were widely released domestically, with Jungle Cruise predictably taking the top spot with $34.18 million from 4,310 screens. Speaking of Disney+, the studio reported streaming revenue of more than $30 million worldwide — the second time it’s reported those numbers since Black Widow.
In second place with $6.78 million from 2,790 screens was A24’s Legend of the Green Knight , a fantasy adventure film.
In third place at the box office was Universal’s horror Time (Old), which collected $6.76 million. That’s down 60% from its $16.85 million debut. Black Widow fell to fourth place in its fourth weekend of release with $6.43 million, down 45% from last weekend…
Notably, the streaming simulcast situation last week inspired Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson to sue Disney, claiming that her contract promised an exclusive theatrical release and that by streaming the film, the studio deprived her of tens of millions in potential revenue. related to the theatrical release of the film.
The final new wide release of the weekend, Matt Damon’s drama The Silent Pool debuted in fifth place with $5.12 million from 2,531 screens, more or less matching expectations.
Overseas: Jungle Cruise grossed $27.6 million in 47 countries, including openings in Italy, Russia, Australia and Mexico, for a weekend total of $68.1 million. In China, the release date has not yet been determined. Space Jam: A New Legacy brought in $8.3 million in 67 countries, bringing its overseas cume to $57.9 million and a global cume of $118.6 million. F9 collected $8.05 million in 60 countries, bringing the total overseas to $473.2 million and a global gross of $641.74 million.
Chas grossed $7.52 million in 44 countries, bringing the Universal horror film to $18 million overseas and $48.6 million worldwide. And last but not least: the long-awaited sequel Suicide Squad: Suicide Squad from Warner Bros. collected $ 7 million in 5 foreign countries, including Great Britain, where the picture brought in $ 4.7 million and $ 1.6 million in France, where the introduction of “covid passports” reduced cinema income by 70 percent. The film opens in the US and Canada next weekend.