Box Office: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' opens behind Avatar: Fire and Ash'
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Box Office: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' opens behind Avatar: Fire and Ash'
"By LINDSEY BAHR 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple may have scored well with critics, but slightly more moviegoing audiences chose to spend the holiday weekend catching up with Avatar: Fire and Ash. James Cameron's epic topped the North American box office charts for the fifth straight weekend with $13.3 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Walt Disney Co. also celebrated another win as their Thanksgiving release Zootopia 2 became the highest grossing animated Motion Picture Association release of all time."
"Meanwhile The Bone Temple, directed by Nia DaCosta, landed in second place with $13 million through Sunday. By the end of Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, it's expected to be at $15 million, still trailing Avatar's projected $17.2 million. The film, released by Sony Pictures and starring Ralph Fiennes and Jack O'Connell, opened wide this weekend in 3,506 theaters on a wave of"
Avatar: Fire and Ash topped the North American box office for a fifth consecutive weekend with $13.3 million in ticket sales. Zootopia 2 became the highest grossing animated Motion Picture Association release of all time. The Bone Temple opened wide and finished second with $13 million through Sunday, projected to reach $15 million by Monday but still trailing Avatar. The Bone Temple opened in 3,506 theaters, stars Ralph Fiennes and Jack O'Connell, holds 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and 72% definite recommends in PostTrak. Internationally it made $16.2 million from 61 markets. The sequel arrived less than a year after the prior installment and carries a reported $63 million production budget excluding marketing, leaving a long path to break even; audience confusion may be a factor, though word-of-mouth could help sustain box office performance.
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