Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is dominating the US box office, but DC is not satisfied

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom It was the highest-grossing film that weekend in theaters in the United States and Canada. The DC and Warner Bros. film hit Starring Jason Momoa, it grossed $28.1 million in its first three days in North America, according to estimates released Sunday.

According to Tellam, despite taking first place, this film is shaping up to be one of the lowest-grossing debuts in the history of the DC Cinematographic Universe.

Unlike the first Aquaman Debuting to $67 million in 2018, James Wan's film cost $205 million and stands out as the fourth of four DC films this year that didn't do well at the box office: flash It debuted with $55 million, Shazam!: Wrath of the Godswith 30 million and Blue beetle With $25 million.

According to the specialized website Variety, the second film Aquaman is also behind the recent box office disaster of its $46.1 million premiere Wonders From its competitor Marvel Studios. It is expected that by Monday it will have raised about $40 million domestically.

Other releases at the box office

According to specialists, this was a weekend with relatively little attendance in cinemas, despite the premieres of films such as Immigration, Anyone but you, Iron claw And We are all strangers.

This is partly due to the Christmas weekend. Likewise, the last time Christmas was on a Monday was in 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi It commanded a total of $71.5 million in its second weekend of release.

On Monday there will be other releases, such as the new version of Violet, Ferrari And Boys in the boat. Everything is likely to be very big between Christmas and New Year's, a traditionally profitable time for movie theaters.

it is expected that Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Its production cost was approximately $200 million, not including marketing and promotional costs. The first release debuted in 2018 to a total of 67.8 million and eventually received 1.2 billion worldwide.

Wonka continues to climb in theaters

The same studio, Warner Bros., has the second highest grossing film, Wonka And also Violet, at a time when theaters are thirsty due to the absence of new films from Walt Disney or Paramount. By Monday, Warner Bros. will likely have Three of the five highest-grossing films.

On his second weekend, Wonka It earned $17.7 million and is expected to take in $26.1 million on Monday, bringing its domestic total to $83.6 million.

In third place was Immigration, from Illumination and Universal, an animated film starring Kumail Najiani, Elizabeth Banks, and Awkwafina. It grossed about $12.3 million in 3,761 theaters, and that will likely rise to $17.1 million by Monday afternoon. Its global total as of Sunday is estimated at $34.3 million, and could rise further as children take time off from school.

Anyone but youThe romantic comedy with Glen Powell and Sidney Sweeney came in fourth place with $6.2 million in its first three days and nearly $9 million if Monday is included, according to expectations.

Iron clawfrom A24, about wrestling and starring Zac Efron, premiered at 2774. It is expected to collect $5.1 million over three days, and will rise to $7.5 million when Monday is included.

The same studio contains six cinemas Area of ​​interestWritten by Jonathan Glazer which raised $89,931.

We are all strangers, from Searchlight Pictures and starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, opened in four theaters in New York and Los Angeles to a per-theater average of $33,034. Black comedy Bad thingsdirected by Yorgos Lanthimos, expanded to 800 theaters and grossed $2.1 million.