![]() “The Nun II” has been a lone bright spot in September as the supernatural sequel nears $70 million at the domestic box office and $204 million worldwide. “While ancillary income should be strong, it appears the film will have a hard time getting to profitability after marketing and distribution costs.”Įlsewhere, it was a quiet weekend at the box office as “A Haunting in Venice,” “The Equalizer 3″ and “Barbie” continue to round out domestic charts. “The movie was not cheap to make,” Gross adds. Scott Waugh directed “The Expendables 4,” which sees the teflon operatives attempting to stop a terrorist group that threatens to ignite a conflict between Russia and the United States. The fourth installment cost $100 million to produce, roughly the same as its predecessors. All three installments have earned at least $200 million globally. Though the “Expendables” series has declined in popularity at the domestic box office (the original ended up with $103 million in North America, while the most recent tapped out with a paltry $39 million), these films have been much bigger draws with international audiences. “Reviews are poor and audience ratings are dull.” Gross, who runs the movie consulting firm Franchise Entertainment Research. “The last two ‘Expendables’ have dropped sharply from the previous episodes, and the weekend figure is below average for the genre,” says David A. Without encouraging reviews or positive word-of-mouth, opening weekend figures weren’t anywhere close to its series predecessors of 2014’s “Expendables 3” with $15.8 million, 2012 sequel with $28.5 million and 2010’s original “Expendables” with $34.8 million. Instead, audiences felt the film was, well, expendable. Heading into the weekend, the Lionsgate and Millenium “Expendables” fourquel was expected to open to $15 million from 3,400 North American theaters. The Game Stop stock-inspired “Dumb Money” and Kenneth Branagh’s murder mystery “A Haunting in Venice,” both of which have ensembles filled with famous faces, have suffered because the A-list casts weren’t allowed to talk about or promote their work during the SAG-AFTRA strike. This would give stars the ability to promote their upcoming films, which in turn could goose box office returns. Studios may be close to a deal with the writers on strike, and there’s hope that means a similar agreement could be looming for the actors union as well. Even so, this weekend’s collective ticket sales resulted in the lowest-grossing box office frame of the year as not a single film managed to clear $10 million.ĭespite the abysmal results, there are reasons to be more optimistic about the future of theatrical. It’s possible the order could flip by the time the final tally is revealed on Monday. ![]() It landed in ever-so-slightly second place behind “The Nun II,” which collected $8.4 million in its third weekend. “ The Expendables 4,” an action-thriller starring Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham, misfired in its box office debut, tumbling to a franchise-low $8.3 million.
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