The film industry could finally breathe a sigh of relief after Paramount’s sequel A Quiet Place Part II collected $57 million in the US and Canada over the 4-day extended Memorial Day weekend, which included Monday, May 31. For comparison, the original A Quiet Place grossed $50.2 million in its three-day opening in 2018. It’s a sign that cinemas are returning to normal after more than a year of closures in an era of pandemics, limited capacity and nervous audiences. But the situation in the fight against the COVID-19 virus is changing dramatically, at least in the United States, and this inspires optimism for Hollywood studios.
More than 60% of the US adult population has received at least one vaccination and 70% of Americans can be vaccinated by the beginning of summer. Last week, movie theater chains AMC, Regal and Cinemark announced that they would no longer require fully vaccinated moviegoers to wear masks while watching.
For Cruella, the Disney studio chose the currently popular “hybrid” release strategy. The film can be watched on the streaming platform Disney Plus for $30, and it is also shown in 3,892 theaters. The Emma Stone-starrer, set in the fashion world of London in the 1970s, grossed $26.5 million over the four-day weekend, which is solid considering that the film’s online availability drew a significant portion of potential audiences away from theaters. .
Lionsgate’s Saw: The Spiral , the sixth in the Saw franchise starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson, came in third with $2.77 million, bringing its North American total to $20.3 million after three weeks in theaters in cinemas.
The Wrath of Man, directed by Guy Ritchie and co-starring Jason Statham, MGM/Miramax’s The Wrath of Man took fourth place in the US and Canada (combined) with $2.75 million. Thus, the “domestic” collection of the picture is now 22.8 million dollars.
Disney’s Ryan and the Last Dragon took fifth place with $2.7 million over the four-day weekend. The box office collection of this fantasy animation was $51.6 million in 13 weeks of theatrical release.
Overseas, A Quiet Place 2 grossed $22 million, of which $14.9 million came in China, where the thriller opened in third place. In the same China, the action film F9 reduced its collection by 85% due to bad reviews. Universal’s racing action film is expected to finish its run in China with $211 million. That’s a really big amount, but it’s only slightly more than half of what the previous film in this popular franchise earned in China in 2017.