Box office: ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ leads with $51 million
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows a scene from “Final Destination Bloodlines.” (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
LOS ANGELES – “Final Destination Bloodlines” slayed the competition at the box office this weekend, opening with $51 million to easily lead all films in North America, according to industry estimates released Sunday.
The reboot of the early 2000s horror franchise topped “Thunderbolts,” which grossed $16.5 million Friday through Sunday in its third week, Comscore reported.
“Sinners” was third with $15.4 million in its fifth weekend at theaters in the United States and Canada.
“A Minecraft Movie” was fourth with $5.8 million in its seventh week, followed by “The Accountant 2” with $4.9 million in its fourth week.
“Final Destination: Bloodlines” drew big crowds to movie theaters this weekend and easily topped the domestic charts with $51 million in ticket sales, adding up to a $102 million global debut.
The same enthusiasm did not meet Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye’s experimental thriller “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” which opened outside of the top five. The semi-biographical thriller, co-written by and starring Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd), opened with a disappointing $3.3 million for sixth place.
The film, which Tesfaye co-wrote and Trey Edward Shults directed, is a kind of companion piece to his album and tour. He plays a fictionalized version of himself as an insomniac musician. Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan also star.
Rounding out the top 10 domestic releases were “Friendship” ($1.4 million), “Clown in a Cornfield” ($1.33 million), “Kiki’s Delivery Service – Studio Ghibli Fest” ($1 million) and “Until Dawn” ($800,000).
“It was always going to have a tough time coming up against ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines,'” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “There was a lot of buzz.”
“Final Destination’s” win effectively revives a 25-year-old franchise that hasn’t had a new film since 2011. It also continues a hot streak for Warner Bros., which has had near back-to-back hits in Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” and “A Minecraft Movie.”
Next weekend could be a big one for movie theaters as “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” and the live-action “Lilo & Stitch” both open nationwide. (With CNS report)
