Since there wasn’t the traditional post-Oscars surge of interest in winning films – this year’s winners were the biggest non-grossing films in Oscar history – the encouraging box office in North America (US and Canada combined) remained this weekend behind a double release from last year of the week – action Mortal Kombat (Mortal Kombat) and cartoon for adults Demon Slayer: Train “Infinite” (Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train), both of which collected more than 20 million dollars at the box office last weekend and gave new hope to cinemas .
This weekend, Demon Slayer , which added additional screens, swapped the top two spots with Mortal Kombat , taking the top spot with $6.42 million from 1,905 theaters — including several large-format IMAX screens that were “taken over” from Mortal Kombat . The R-rated dragon slayer cartoon has now grossed $32.22 million after 11 days of release.
The picture of the studio Warner Bros. Mortal Kombat earned 6.24 million in second place. It should be noted that this amount was collected from 3,114 screens, which shows a lower attendance per hall than that of the cartoon winner of the weekend. The reboot of the popular video game has now collected $34.09 million after ten days of release.
Demon Slayer and Mortal Kombat’s significant second-weekend declines shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, as both films belong to genre movies that always count on a big opening and then a very possible slump. Godzilla vs. Kong is still holding steady in third place with $2.74 million this weekend, down just 36% from last weekend. The fourth place was taken by the Open Road/Briarcliff Separation horror film (no Russian release yet), which debuted with a disappointing $1.83 million from 1,751 screens.
In fifth place is also a stable cartoon Ryan and the last dragon from “Disney”. In its ninth weekend, the film grossed $1.34 million, bringing the animated film’s total to $41.58 million. On the sixth place is the picture of the studio Universal Nobody (Nobody), which brought in 1.26 million dollars in the sixth weekend after its release. In the action of the Russian director Ilya Naishuller, with the popular American actor Bob Odenkirk in the lead role, the collection in North America to date is 23.36 million dollars.
And as always lately, foreign distribution, even with the exception of the still closed important markets – such as France and Germany – continues to be a big help for Hollywood. Outside of North America, Mortal Kombat grossed $3 million in 36 countries, bringing its overseas total to $32.8 million and a worldwide total of $66.9 million. Godzilla vs. Kong brought in $2.7 million from 42 countries, bringing the film’s overseas total to $325.1 million, including $185.5 million in China, and $415.5 million worldwide.