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UPDATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON: Sony/Stage 6 Films/Blumhouse’s Insidious: The Red Door want to scare Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny removed from #1 after presenting the franchise’s best previews last night with $5 million. It looks like it at the moment $13.25M Today (including previews) for the fifth horror quel starring and directed by Patrick Wilson $26 million to be seen in 3,188 cinemas. indy sees $8M in its second Friday, -66%, for a weekend swing in between $24 to $26 million at 4,600 locations, -59%. For both studios, it’s too close to tell as of this writing: “Insidious” is at the forefront and “Indy” could be a hit with families on Saturday (however, many competitors are already calling Red Door the winner). Still, even as Red Door falls to No. 2, this is another great start to a post-pandemic horror film, especially for Sony, which hasn’t had a major genre win in quite some time, let alone a beefy cash cow in the face The production cost of the Wilson and Rose Byrne picture was $16 million before P&A.
At the high end of his forecast, Indy’s running total could now climb to $120.7 million from EOD Sunday.
The newcomer from Lionsgate took 6th place Joy Ride with a low tank capacity $2.6 million today (including $1.1 million in previews) and estimated $5.6 million 3 days for 2,820. This is despite the great reviews, with 91% rated fresh right after the SXSW premiere.
“Sound of Freedom”, Yessica Borroto Perryman, Courtesy Everett Collection
Angel Studios Jim Caviezel Thriller, sound of freedomrings $4.75 million on the fourth day of release, a 3 day $15Mand 6-day transportation from $36.3 million in 2,850 cinemas. Hollywood may have a problem with right-wing groups snagging tickets and handing them out to moviegoers, but the exhibition is over the moon with the money.
Disney/Pixar Elementary sees a fourth Friday of $2.6 million-24%, for a fourth weekend of $8.4 million-31% and running total through Sunday $107.9 million.
Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has an estimated sixth Friday of $2.3 million-32%, for 3 days $7.5 million-38%, so a running total of $357.1 million.
FRIDAY AM: Sony/Stage 6 Films/Blumhouse’s fifth chapter Insidious: The Red Door Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny almost got locked out at the box office yesterday. Starring and directed by Patrick Wilson, the PG-13 horror film was terrifying $5 million in previews at 2,806 locations, which began showing at 4:00 p.m. That amount of money is very close to what Indy earned, according to early estimates $5.2 million for the day in a terrible week that ended at $94.5 million for the Disney/Lucasfilm finale sequel, which grossed over $300 million. Insidious is big on women under 25, Indiana Jones on older men.
Red Door released the best previews ever for an Insidious film, beating 2018’s Insidious: The Last Key ($1.98 million) and the $1.6 million that Insidious: Chapters 2 and 3 brought in each.
According to industry estimates, Indy’s PLFs and Imax screens are expected to drop by around -60% $24 million – but don’t underestimate the living power of The Red Door’s shipment tracking $22M. It’s going to be a fun Fourth of July hangover weekend before Paramount/Skydance ignite Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One on Wednesday. However, keep in mind that horror movies are released ahead of time and are likely to come out on Saturdays. However, “Insidious: The Last Key” saw its first Saturday down -13% from Friday (including previews).
2013’s Insidious Chapter 2 has the highest opening price for a film in the 13-year-old horror franchise at $40.2 million. However, the fourth source work, Insidious: The Last Key, performed brilliantly at a $29.5 million start with its $10 million production cost.
Indiana Jones’ first week in 4,600 theaters is ahead of No Time To Die at $75.2 million (the film ended at $160.8 million). Keep in mind that the 007 finale began at a time when everyone was hesitant to return to theaters during the pandemic.
Critics have never been particularly fond of Insidious films: the first film was 66% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, but the most recent, 2018’s “Insidious: The Last Key,” scored 33%. Still, the franchise has never been so critically cursed that it can no longer be a cash cow; Red Door costs $16 million before P&A. Critics gave the latest chapter here, which also stars series star Rose Byrne, a 45% Rotten rating, while RT audiences currently give it a 72% rating – which is higher than the original film (62%) and Last Key (50th %).
From left: Sabrina Wu, Ashley Park, Sherry Cola and Stephanie Hsu in “Joy Ride” Ed Araquel/Lionsgate
Lionsgate and Point Grey’s Joy Ride Previews also took place last night and Wednesday at 6pm, which totaled: $1.1M. Directed by Adele Lim, the raunchy, R-rated Asian-American comedy is available in 2,820 locations for $7-9 million. Comps: R-rated ‘Girls Trip’ grossed $1.7 million in 2017 preview – but ‘Joy Ride’ is unlikely to follow the box office success of that film, which opened for $31.2 million. Joy Ride’s expanded preview is higher than last summer’s Asian-American Jo Koy comedy “Easter Sunday,” which was in its 13th run and grossed $500,000 for a $5.4 million opening weekend.
“Sound of Freedom,” Amazon Prime Video/Courtesy Everett Collection
What’s Else: Angel Studios’ Jim Caviezel thriller “Sound of Freedom” fell like a stone on Wednesday to hit $3.6 million, down 69% after opening at 11 on July 4 .5 million on Thursday with an estimate $3.5 million in 2,634 cinemas, -5% compared to Wednesday, Tuesday to Thursday total $21.3 million. It wouldn’t be shocking if the picture’s grand total reached $30 million by Sunday. The phenomenon at the box office is that a lot of money from right-wing groups flows into the crowdfunded film and the cinema-goers get free tickets. Still, it’s a business for cinemas.
Disney/Pixar’s Elemental was third on Thursday with $3,650 and $2 million, up 4% from Wednesday, but second of the week with a $22 million season 3 (ahead of Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse week five at $21.2 million). . Elemental is at $99.4 million on Running Cume, while Spidey is at $349.6 million. The latter cost $1.75 million on Thursday, down 6% from Wednesday in 3,405 theaters.
On the fifth Thursday, Sony’s R-rated comedy, Jennifer Lawrence’s No Hard Feelings, ran for an estimated $970,000, down 11% from Wednesday, for a second week of $13.3 million for a total of 35.1 million dollars. The film has already surpassed the domestic box office of Sony’s R-rated rogue comedy, Scarlett Johansson’s Rough Night, which grossed $22.1 million.