Disney’s ‘Free Guy’ Is Only Playing in Theaters. Can That Help Ticket Sales?

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Free Guy” grabbed a convincing win at the top of the China box office, marking the end of a Hollywood drought and was earned despite difficult conditions.The family-friendly comedy earned $23.8 million in three days, according to data from Artisan Gateway. That was fully 56% of the nationwide theatrical haul between Friday and Sunday.It earned $3.77 million of its total from Imax screens.

Refresh for latest…: One of the only Hollywood titles to recently be granted a China release date, Disney/20th Century Studios’ Free Guy flew into the market with a $23.9M start. This is a solid launch in the Middle Kingdom, particularly in the current climate, and helped push the Ryan Reynolds-starrer past $100M at the international box office. The full offshore weekend was $37.3M in 47 markets, a slight 23% drop from last session, and the total overseas cume is now $100.3M for $179.6M global.

After a two-month blackout period in China for Hollywood movies, Disney/20th Century Studios’ Free Guy is looking to lead all pics in the country at the weekend B.O. with a $18M+, possibly $20M take. That’s a promising start for one of the first big movies from Hollywood after a long-hiatus, besting the $15M opening weekend of A Quiet Place Part II, and the $7.8M first weekend of Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway. 

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic“Free Guy,” starring Ryan Reynolds as a minor character in a video game who breaks out of his drone existence, is one of the fizziest movies you’ll ever see that has a bona fide brain. At first, it may remind you of a lot of other films — it’s like “The Truman Show” crossed with “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” sprinkled with “The Lego Movie” and “Groundhog Day.” But it turns into a rollicking, candified head trip.

Four new films with major stars from Hugh Jackman to Michael Keaton opened in North American movie theaters this weekend and only the one with animated puppies fared well. But it wasn’t enough to beat out Ryan Reynolds’ action-comedy “Free Guy,” which topped the charts for the second weekend running.“PAW Patrol: The Movie,” a Paramount release targeted at very young kids that’s also streaming on Paramount+, earned $13 million in ticket sales according to studio estimates Sunday.

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Ryan Reynolds is praising his wife, Blake Lively, for making this one major moment in happen. In a new post on his Instagram Story Monday, Reynolds thanked Lively for making the film what it became." wouldn’t be the movie it is without @blakelively," Reynolds captioned the selfie of the cute couple. «She was essential in every part of the making of this film, creatively and emotionally, and the cameo everyone is talking about was entirely her idea.

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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDisney may have a new film franchise on its hands after “Free Guy” beat box office expectations. For theater owners, however, the victory comes at a time when moviegoing remains severely hindered by the pandemic.“Free Guy,” a sci-fi comedy adventure that takes place within a video game, collected $28.4 million at 4,165 North American theaters over the weekend.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDespite concerns the delta variant would keep moviegoers at home, Ryan Reynolds’ sci-fi action comedy “Free Guy” had a better-than-expected start at the domestic box office.The movie, from Disney and 20th Century Studios, collected $26 million from 4,165 North American theaters.

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“Free Guy,” in theaters Aug. 13, revolves around a world within a world — the video game Free City.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Gift of Fire,” a fact-based drama film about Japan’s secret nuclear bomb program, will play in U.S. cinemas from November this year.

Jordan Moreau “Free Guy,” the video-game action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds, opened to $2.2 million in Thursday night previews.The movie is projected to take home around $15 million to $18 million after it opens Friday in 4,165 North American theaters this opening weekend, with some projections showing ticket sales could reach $20 million.

Blake Lively wants fans to see husband Ryan Reynolds' new movie, .The 33-year-old actress took to her Instagram Stories on Thursday to promote the film with a cheeky pic.

Ryan Reynolds — don’t worry, his shtick works here — plays Guy, a rudimentary bystander (a “non-playable character”) in a “Grand Theft Auto”-style game called “Free City.” His dumb catchphrase? “Don’t have a good day — have a great day!” Players from the real world descend on the CGI metropolis as sunglasses-wearing avatars and shoot, steal and cause untold destruction. The next day, it starts over.

Joe Keery didn't have a cheat code to getting cast in. Despite having starred in three seasons of — which is executive produced and frequently directed by Shawn Levy — the 29 year old still had to audition the old-fashioned way for Levy's newest big screen blockbuster.