‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ Earns $1.2 Million at Thursday Box Office

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKorean-made action film “Escape From Mogadishu” overcame new release “Jungle Cruise” and holdover “Boss Baby 2” to dominate the South Korean box office over the weekend.“Mogadishu,” directed by the consistently successful Ryoo Seung-wan, played on 1,688 screens nationwide and earned $4.93 million between Friday and Sunday.

The adventure film starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt also opened in 27 markets this weekend, grossing $27.6 million to bring its global box office opening to $61.8 million. When Disney+ numbers are included, the total rises to just over $92 million.

“Jungle Cruise,” Disney’s adventure film starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, earned $2.7 million at the box office in Thursday night previews that began at 6 p.m. It opens on over 4,310 screens this weekend.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Jungle Cruise” sailed into port with $2.7 million after opening in Thursday evening previews.The Disney film is armed with substantial star power in the form of Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, but it also faces fierce headwinds given that the public health situation is worsening as the highly contagious Delta variant appears to be making moviegoers skittish about returning to theaters.

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M. Night Shyamalan's "Old" at the box office Thursday night narrowly topped "Snake Eyes: G.I.

FRIDAY AM Update: Refresh for updates Universal’s Old grossed $1.5M on Thursday night from 2,750 theaters that began showtimes at 7PM. This topped the Thursday night results for Paramount’s Snake Eyes which did $1.4M, also starting at 7PM at 2,662 theaters. Both titles are respecting a theatrical window.

(This article contains only the biggest of spoilers for “Escape Room: Tournament of Champions”)“Escape Room: Tournament of Champions” is nothing if not very fast-paced — it’s a movie that simply refuses to let you ponder what’s going on, because before you’re able to process a character death, for example, the film has already moved on to the next thing.The “Escape Room” sequel catches up with Zoe (Taylor Russell) and Ben (Logan Miller) more or less where we left them: trying to live their lives

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorReturning director Adam Robitel had production designer Edward Thomas raise the stakes for the sequel to 2019’s “Escape Room.” The new challenges in “Escape Room: Tournament of Champions,” in theaters July 16, include a subway train, a gorgeous vacation beach that soon turns into quicksand and a high-security bank.Thomas found an old art deco building in Cape Town, South Africa, to serve as the bank.

Netflix’s “Lost in Space,” indies like “Waves” and the “Escape Room” movies, the latest of which is out this weekend. But she’s quickly establishing herself as one to watch.“She’s incapable of hitting a false note,” said “Escape Room” director Adam Robitel.

Sony launched its horror sequel Escape Room: Tournament of Champions early yesterday at 3PM making $1.2M in previews at 2,382 theaters.

“Escape Room: Tournament of Champions” is a tricky sequel, starting with gauging just how successful it truly is. Like with the 2019 original, “Escape Room,” its hand-holding horror can be nifty and surprising, but it’s even less of a challenge to forget about as soon as it’s over.

Black Widow” instead. Run for your lives — and sanity!That’s because it’s the rare horror franchise that satisfies zero criteria of what we want from a freaky movie.

Dennis Harvey Film CriticThe only one of several same-titled movies in recent years to make a significant commercial dent, Adam Robitel’s 2019 “Escape Room” proved a considerable sleeper hit, making back many times its modest $9 million budget. Ergo “Escape Room: Tournament of Champions,” which brings back the first edition’s director, surviving characters and other elements in another primarily South Africa-shot U.S.

exactly the way the designers intended. These aren’t movies about protagonists undergoing a meaningful transformation.

Black Widow is making history with its box office earnings and the film has now clinched a massive opening weekend collection of USD 80 million in the US as reported by Variety. It's the highest debut ever since the pandemic.

This weekend saw Disney test out a hybrid release with one of their top-tier releases, as “Black Widow” starring Scarlett Johansson hit both theaters and Premier Access on Disney+ this weekend. The studio had delayed the film’s release by more than a year due to the pandemic, and it seems to have paid off in a major way.

Rebecca Davis editorThe tear-jerking, patriotic pandemic film “Chinese Doctors” locked down a $53.5 million China opening weekend, according to Maoyan, setting itself up to become the most commercially successful political tribute film so far this year.Such films have been helped along by a line-up cleared of competitors.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDisney and Marvel’s superhero adventure “Black Widow” captured a massive $80 million in its first weekend, crushing the benchmark for the biggest opening weekend since the pandemic.In a first for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the film opened simultaneously in theaters and on Disney Plus as part of the streaming service’s Premier Access offering, where subscribers can rent “Black Widow” for an extra $30.

Just as notable is Disney’s announcement that the Marvel film earned over $60 million worldwide from its Premier Access program, which made “Black Widow” available at home for Disney+ subscribers for $30. This is the first time that Disney has released any PVOD numbers since “Mulan” moved from theaters to Premier Access last summer, with the studio retaining all revenue from those PVOD sales as opposed to splitting it with theaters.