‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ isn’t silent at theaters, making the film No. 1 at box office

It’s gonna take more than a few kidney stones to keep Kevin Costner down.

“A Quiet Place: Day One” is making noise at the box office. The prequel earned an estimated $53 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.It’s both a franchise best and significantly more than expected.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “A Quiet Place: Day One” is making noise at the box office, collecting a roaring $53 million in its domestic opening weekend. It added $45.5 million internationally for a global tally of $98.5 million Those ticket sales are especially impressive because spinoff stories usually don’t bring in as much business as direct sequels. Yet “A Quiet Place: Day One” — a prequel story in Paramount’s post-apocalyptic horror series — landed the biggest debut in the franchise, exceeding the original 2018 “A Quiet Place,” ($50 million to start) and the 2021 sequel, “A Quiet Place Part II” (a $48 million debut during COVID).

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic It’s an old saw in Hollywood that you shouldn’t put your own money into a movie. But I’ve always had a powerful respect for anyone who does. Clearly, it’s a sign of their commitment — that they care enough about what they’re doing to have some skin in the game.

Kevin Costner is weighing in on the pressure he feels for Horizon: An American Saga to do well at the box office.

SPOILER WARNING: This story discusses plot points from “A Quiet Place: Day One,” now playing in theaters. Audiences watching “A Quiet Place: Day One” might find themselves rooting for an unlikely hero: Frodo the cat. That’s because director Michael Sarnoski wanted the black and white kitty to feel like a real character. “We managed to get through the whole movie without creating a CG cat, which was a big victory for us,” he declares, proudly.

“Horizon: An American Saga.” “I make movies for men. That’s what I do,” Costner remarked on the June 27 episode of “Happy Sad Confused.” “But I won’t make a movie unless I have strong women characters, and that’s how I’ve conducted my career. I think that’s why I have a good following,” he added.

Kevin Costner has hit back at critics who have complained about the representation of Native Americans in his new film Horizon: An American Saga.The movie is the first of four planned chapters, which tells a number of stories over the course of 12 years in the American West. But some critics have noted that the beginning of the film appears to perpetuate certain stereotypes about Indigenous people, initially representing them as brutal “savages” who attack the white townsfolk.However, as the film progresses, it delves deeper into the lives of the Native characters and the struggles imposed upon them by the white settlers.In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Costner, who stars in, directs and co-writes the western epic, expressed his frustration with the critics who have been too impatient to see how the story unfolds.“I’m just so tired of everybody trying to be so delicate about things,” he said.

Paramount‘s prequel A Quiet Place: Day One is heading to a franchise record preview night between $5M-$6M, several sources inform us. Showtimes began at 3 PM.

The A Quiet Place franchise is officially expanding with prequel movie Day One now in theaters!

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Kevin Costner recently joined his “Horizon: An American Saga” cast for a live recording of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, and he said his planned four-movie saga differs from many Western films that have come before in that its female characters “drive the story in every plot line.” Costner, who co-wrote the franchise with Jon Baird, said he “couldn’t conceive of a scene that didn’t involve a woman” while shaping the story. “Horizon” chronicles the journey of several characters during and after the Civil War as they settle the American West. Kevin Costner stars in the film opposite a sprawling ensemble cast, which includes Sienna Miller, Jena Malone, Isabelle Fuhrman, Abbey Lee and Ella Hunt.

Kevin Costner made a bold choice. He departed the most popular TV show in the country and decided to tell the sweeping story of American Western expansion in four interconnected films before anybody knew if the first one was any good. Well, by the end of “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1,” which clocks in at more than three glacial hours, I could not fathom committing another 540 minutes of my time to this bloated ego trip.

It’s Disney/Pixar’s weekend to lose with the third session of Inside Out 2, which is expected to do $55 million-$60 million at the domestic box office — and maybe even more. At the pace it’s going, many believe it will blow past the final domestic of Illumination/Universal’s Super Mario Bros Movie which wound up with $574.9M.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Will audiences care about the world of “A Quiet Place” without John Krasinski or Emily Blunt? That’ll be the presiding question as “A Quiet Place: Day One,” a prequel story in Paramount’s post-apocalyptic horror series, hits theaters on Friday. The film, which takes place a while before the Abbotts (the family at the center of the prior two movies) were forced into hiding from terrifying, sound-hunting creatures, is expected to collect a solid $40 million to $50 million in its opening weekend. The prequel cost $67 million to produce.

will soon be starring as a lovelorn widow in Kevin Costner’s multi-part throwback western, Horizon: An American Saga. The actor spends most of the film—if the is to be trusted—wandering the vast plains of Utah in ruffled saloon gowns with big woven baskets hooked over her arm. She looks forlorn, worried and sometimes confused at the terrible events that have befallen her homestead.She shouldn’t, though, because the film’s costuming seems to have been built on Miller’s own blueprint.

Naman Ramachandran Disney’s “Inside Out 2” added a further £7.7 million ($9.8 million) in its second weekend at the U.K. and Ireland box office, remaining in pole position, according to numbers from Comscore. The smash hit sequel now has a running tally of £23.2 million.

Stop the speculation: Kevin Costner‘s time on “Yellowstone” is over. Deadline reports that the actor took to social media to confirm he won’t appear in the final six episodes of Taylor Sheridan‘s hit Paramount Network series.  Costner’s news comes on the heels of the network announcing the premiere date for “Yellowstone” Season 5 Part Two, November 10, with a new teaser yesterday.

on Instagram on Thursday to break the news to fans after much speculation ahead of the second half of the show’s 5th season.Costner revealed he’s shifting his focus on making his western movie “Horizon: An American Saga” in a video shared with his 1.5 million followers on the platform.“I just want to reach out and let you know that after this long year and a half of working on Horizon and doing all the things that that’s required,” he said in the clip. “Thinking about Yellowstone, that beloved series that I love, that I know you love.

Kevin Costner has officially confirmed that he will not return to Yellowstone.

Kevin Costner has disputed the idea that his son is a ‘nepo baby’ despite casting him in his latest project.The Waterworld actor stars in and directs Western epic film series Horizon: An American Saga, with its first part set to release on June 28.Speaking on the Today Show earlier this week, Costner opened up about his son’s involvement in the project, and how he’s aware of how it might look. “I have not shoved my children into the business,” he said.“I realize there’s so many young actors out there that would just kill to be in this movie.