‘Quiet Place II’ Hits $100 Million at Box Office As ‘In The Heights’ Opens Below Estimates

IFC Film’s Werewolves Within saw the biggest debut in a weekend without many new limited releases.

There were great expectations for “In the Heights”, the pandemic-delayed movie musical based on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pre-“Hamilton” Broadway hit.

Ellise Shafer administratorThe ninth installment in the “Fast and Furious” franchise is on its way to breaking a pandemic-era domestic box office record with an estimated $68 million debut.The action film, starring Vin Diesel and John Cena, raked in $30 million on Friday alone from 4,179 theaters.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterThere’s a lot riding on the box office debut of Universal’s “F9,” the latest entry in the high-energy “Fast & Furious” franchise.As the first all-audience tentpole to exclusively grace the big screen in some time, the movie theater industry is looking to “F9” as the benchmark for summer blockbusters.

Refresh for latest…: International box office markets this weekend were again rife with holdovers doing solid business, while also awaiting a new major title to swing summer into full gear. Lionsgate/Millennium’s Stateside champ, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard was the only signifiant new opener this session with an estimated $7.8M in its debut in 21 overseas markets. Coupled with the domestic five-day launch, the global total is now $24.8M.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterFox Entertainment and its animation studio Bento Box Entertainment are getting into NFTs — non-fungible tokens — and launching a $100 million creator fund through its newly created business unit, Blockchain Creative Labs.Blockchain Creative Labs will be based in Los Angeles and operate under the Fox Entertainment banner, with Bento Box CEO Scott Greenbreg serving as chief executive of the lab.

John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place Part II reportedly became the first film to surpass $100 million in US ticket sales since the onset of the pandemic.According to Variety, A Quiet Place Part II surpassed the $100 million milestone in just 15 days since it was released exclusively in movie theaters on Friday, May 28.

A Quiet Place Part II is unstoppable!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterJohn Krasinski’s nearly silent thriller “A Quiet Place Part II” has crossed a notable box office milestone.The Paramount Pictures film is the first of the pandemic era to surpass $100 million in U.S. ticket sales.

John Krasinski‘s summer blockbuster A Quiet Place Part II has come under fire for its lack of subtitled screenings.The franchise until now had been praised for its representation of deafness.

Paramount Pictures is going all-in on filmmaker Jeff Nichols as they secured him to direct the third film in the successful “A Quiet Place” franchise with the first two installments helmed by actor-turned-director John Krasinski.

Refresh for latest…: While the horror genre was the biggest global draw this weekend, the results are far from horrific. New Line/Warner Bros’ The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It led the international box office with $26.8M from 43 markets while Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II saw its sophomore frame add $19.2M. The films were bolstered by domestic which continues to see audience appetite for returning to cinemas.

This total is slightly above the series-low opening for the eight-film “Conjuring” franchise, which was $20 million for the 2019 spinoff “Annabelle Comes Home.” Produced on a $39 million budget, the horror film is on its way to turning a solid profit for Warner Bros.

While theatres in India are far from opening any time soon due to the deadly second wave of the Covid 19 pandemic, North America is back to the movies. This past weekend two big budget films, namely John Krasinski's A Quiet Place Part II and Craig Gillespie's Cruella, opened to audiences across the US and various parts of North America.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAnd exhale. The movie business is breathing a little easier after Paramount’s “A Quiet Place Part II” roared to $57 million over the Memorial Day Weekend in a sign that cinemas are back after more than a year of pandemic era closures, capacity restrictions, and skittish customers.

Prior to release, projections for the horror sequel were much lower given the unpredictability of the post-pandemic theatrical market, settling in the low $40 million range. Instead, “Quiet Place II” has opened at levels originally predicted for it before theaters closed worldwide in March 2020.

John Krasinski and Emily Blunt's A Quiet Place Part II is making the pandemic box office look happier and brighter. After a lull at the cinemas for over a year, the release of A Quiet Place Part II has been off to a spectacular start in North America and the box office results seem to be a huge boost amidst the pandemic.

A Quiet Place Part II has broken the US box office record in the pandemic era on its opening weekend.The horror sequel starring Emily Blunt opened in the United States this weekend (May 28) after multiple COVID-related delays.

Memorial Day weekend to a pandemic-best $48.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Including the Monday holiday, the studio forecasts the film will gross $58.5 million in North America.The film's performance cheered a movie industry that has been punished and transformed by the pandemic.