Box Office: Tom Holland’s ‘Uncharted’ Swinging to $30 Million-Plus Debut
17.02.2022 - 01:51
/ variety.com
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterThese days, Tom Holland is never too far from the top of box office charts.The “Spider-Man: No Way Home” actor is returning to theaters this weekend as a different kind of vigilante in Sony’s “Uncharted,” an action adventure based on the popular video game. The film is expected to make $27 million between Friday and Sunday and $30 million through President’s Day on Monday. Some box office prognosticators believe “Uncharted” could reach $35 million in its first four days in theaters.
Those receipts will be enough to easily glide to the No. 1 spot over last weekend’s champion, “Death on the Nile.”“Uncharted” cost $120 million to produce, so it will need to sell tickets — and lots of them — to turn a profit for the studio. Reviews have been mixed, at best, so Holland’s charisma will be key at filling seats in otherwise spottily attended cinemas.
As the dashing treasure hunter Nathan Drake, Holland is attempting to test his big-screen appeal out of his alter ego as Peter Parker a.k.a. Spider-Man. Earlier this week, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” officially unseated director James Cameron’s 2009 science-fiction epic “Avatar” to become the third-highest grossing domestic release in history.
Can he sell tickets when he’s not donning his signature Spidey suit? Ahead of its domestic debut, “Uncharted” opened at the international box office to a solid $21.5 million from 15 overseas markets. Along with the U.S. and Canada, the film opens this week Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico and South Korea.Directed by Ruben Fleischer (“Venom”), the globe-trotting “Uncharted” follows Nathan Drake and his wisecracking partner Sully (Mark Wahlberg) as they embark on a death-defying quest
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