China News Agency, San Francisco, August 29. This week, "Candyman" continued the excellent performance of horror movies during the epidemic and topped the North American weekend box office list with unexpected results.
The film is also the only new film to enter the top ten list this week.
Previously, the industry expected the box office for the premiere weekend of "Candy Man" to be 15 million U.S. dollars.
With the end of this weekend, this horror film with a production cost of $25 million has won $22.37 million in box office from 3,569 theaters in North America.
Because "Candy Man" has not yet been released on streaming media platforms like many recent blockbusters, it is expected that its box office will maintain a good momentum in the next few weeks.
Data from the North American box office statistics website "boxofficemojo.com" shows that as a sequel to the 1992 classic horror film of the same name, "Candy Man" has earned US$5.2 million in 51 markets outside North America, and its global box office reached US$27.6 million in its first week.
As of the evening of August 29, "Candy Man" had 228 reviews on the review site "Rotten Tomatoes", which received 85% freshness, and more than 1,000 viewers gave 74% ratings.
On the review site "CinemaScore", the film received a "B" rating.
At the premiere weekend, the film’s African-American audience accounted for 37% of ticket buyers, and audiences between the ages of 18 and 34 accounted for 69% of ticket buyers.
The sci-fi film Free Guy, which won the North American weekend box office champion last week, dropped 26.7% in box office this weekend. It received more than $13.5 million from 3940 theaters in North America and fell to second place on the charts.
In the three weeks since its release, the North American box office of "Out of Control Players" has reached 79.3 million US dollars, and the global box office has exceeded 179.6 million US dollars.
In the second week of its release, Paramount Pictures' "Paw Patrol: The Movie" (Paw Patrol: The Movie) received $6.6 million from 3,189 theaters in North America, a drop of 49.6%, and ranked among the North American weekend box office charts. third.
At present, the total North American box office of the film is 24.1 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office reached 61.9 million U.S. dollars.
This weekend, "Jungle Cruise" received $5 million from 3,370 theaters in North America, and its box office fell 20.9%, ranking fourth in the North American weekend box office rankings.
Five weeks after its release, the North American box office of "Jungle Cruise" exceeded 100 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office reached 187 million U.S. dollars.
This week's North American weekend box office No. 5 is the horror film "Don't Breathe 2" (Don't Breathe 2) released by Mubao Films. In the third week of its release, the film received $2.8 million in box office from 2,703 theaters in North America, a drop of 43.9%. Currently, "Hold Your Breath 2" with a production budget of 15 million US dollars has earned nearly 24.6 million US dollars in box office in North America and 35.3 million US dollars in global box office. (over)