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Movie theaters are looking more and more like a wasteland this summer.
Neither ô Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga ö nor ô The Garfield Movie ö could save Memorial Day weekend, which is cruising towards a two-decade low.

ô Furiosa,ö the Mad Max prequel starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris
Hemsworth, claimed the first place spot for the Friday-Saturday-Sunday
weekend with $25.6 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
Warner Bros. is waiting until Monday to release its four-day estimates.

ôThe Garfield Movie,ö animated and family-friendly, was the other big new offering this weekend from SonyÆs Columbia Pictures and Alcon
Entertainment. It is claiming No. 1 for the four-day holiday weekend with
an estimated $31.9 million in ticket sales through Memorial Day. Sony
estimates its three-day earnings to be $24.8 million.

Aside from Memorial Day in 2020 when theaters were closed due to COVID-19, these are the lowest earning No. 1 movies in 29 years, since ôCasperö
earned $22.5 million (not adjusted for inflation) in its first four days
in 1995. Big earners are more typical for the holiday weekend, which has
had ten movies crack $100 million, led by ôTop Gun: MaverickÆsö record-
setting $160 million launch in 2022. Last year, the live-action ôThe
Little Mermaidö joined the group with a $118 million debut. Audiences even turned out in greater numbers over the pandemic-addled weekend in 2021 for
ôA Quiet Place Part II,ö which made over $57 million.

ôThis was a rather slow Memorial weekend,ö said Paul Dergarabedian, the
senior media analyst for Comscore. ôA few things didnÆt happen that
created this situation: We didnÆt have a tailwind heading into the summer.
We kicked off the summer minus a Marvel movie. In a way, weÆve been
playing catch up all year long.ö

Go woke, go broke.

https://apnews.com/article/furiosa-box-office-
1b2a9c0aefec99b5105a09bfaf15679b

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On 27/5/2024 18:34, Woke & Broke wrote:

Movie theaters are looking more and more like a wasteland this summer. Neither “ Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga ” nor “ The Garfield Movie ” could save
Memorial Day weekend, which is cruising towards a two-decade low.

“ Furiosa,” the Mad Max prequel starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, claimed the first place spot for the Friday-Saturday-Sunday weekend with $25.6 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
Warner Bros. is waiting until Monday to release its four-day estimates.

“The Garfield Movie,” animated and family-friendly, was the other big new offering this weekend from Sony’s Columbia Pictures and Alcon Entertainment. It is claiming No. 1 for the four-day holiday weekend with
an estimated $31.9 million in ticket sales through Memorial Day. Sony estimates its three-day earnings to be $24.8 million.

Aside from Memorial Day in 2020 when theaters were closed due to COVID-19, these are the lowest earning No. 1 movies in 29 years, since “Casper” earned $22.5 million (not adjusted for inflation) in its first four days
in 1995. Big earners are more typical for the holiday weekend, which has
had ten movies crack $100 million, led by “Top Gun: Maverick’s” record- setting $160 million launch in 2022. Last year, the live-action “The
Little Mermaid” joined the group with a $118 million debut. Audiences even turned out in greater numbers over the pandemic-addled weekend in 2021 for “A Quiet Place Part II,” which made over $57 million.

“This was a rather slow Memorial weekend,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “A few things didn’t happen that created this situation: We didn’t have a tailwind heading into the summer. We kicked off the summer minus a Marvel movie. In a way, we’ve been
playing catch up all year long.”

Go woke, go broke.

https://apnews.com/article/furiosa-box-office- 1b2a9c0aefec99b5105a09bfaf15679b

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