Box Office: ‘The Bad Guys’ Set to Lead Again in Quiet Weekend Ahead of ‘Doctor Strange 2’
30.04.2022 - 19:11
/ variety.com
J. Kim Murphy With Marvel’s crimefighters still a week away, “The Bad Guys” should continue its reign as the domestic box office leader.
The second outing of the DreamWorks Animation heist film is easily leading the weekend’s charts, as theatergoing calms before “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” kicks off the summer season.As it turns out, the domestic box office did see a new wide release this weekend with “Memory,” the latest grizzled actioner from the grizzled practitioner Liam Neeson. The Briarcliff Entertainment and Open Road Films didn’t make much of an impression in its opening, taking in $1.09 million on Friday.“Memory” is projected to open in eighth, with a $3.24 million opening from 2,555 locations.
That’s more or less what Neeson’s last outing, “Blacklight,” made when it opened to $3.5 million in February. Do those uniformly low numbers represent fatigue? Or, more generously, a consistency in audience? Either way, “Memory” will probably find more eyeballs in the home entertainment market.
Universal’s “The Bad Guys” is projected to collected $14.42 million from 4,042 locations in its second weekend, representing a 40% drop-off from its initial $24 million outing. That’s more than enough to claim the weekend’s top spot, though it’s a sharper fall than one would hope for considering strong reception — from critics and audiences — and a dearth of animated competition.“The Bad Guys” is still on its way to becoming an out-and-out financial success.
The family-friendly creature feature carries a production budget of $70 million. Globally, the film should push to $100 million over the weekend.“The Bad Guys” follows a crew of animal outlaws as they attempt to reform themselves to become the opposite of
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