US Box Office: Superheroes Surrender to Melissa McCarthy's Onslaught
As analysts predicted, the box office " Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice " continues to fall at a deafening pace, and over the weekend ( April 8-10 ) Zack's film Snyder lost the palm in the North American box office to another picture.The new leader, based on the results of the weekend, is the comedy "Big Boss " starring Melissa McCarthy. For the sixth film with the participation of this actress in its debut week, it raises more than $ 20 million: the achievements of the new project are estimated at $ 23.48 million . However, critics and viewers of the tape Ben Falcone were not delighted. The film received an unsatisfactory C + rating from the audience on the site CinemaScore , while reviewers, in turn, rated only the amazing performance of McCarthy . The creators of the picture relied on farce, but the script itself turned out to be weak for their large-scale idea. "Big Boss" has been compared to one of the actress's previous works, the comedy "Tammy", as both films have practically flaws - flat characters and a hackneyed plot.  But despite the flaws noticed by critics, "Big Boss" still managed to climb to the top of the financial rankings, although the gap from second place turned out to be insignificant. At the same time, analysts predict that the film Falcone at home will hardly be able to cross the $ 100 million mark in the end.  The second place is occupied by the blockbuster "At the Dawn of Justice" , which ended its third weekend with a result of $ 23.44 million . The film's viewership continued to fall, and this time it dropped by 54%. In total, Snyder's tape has managed to raise $ 296.7 million in US cinemas. At the world box office, Batman and Superman added another $ 34 million to their piggy bank, and now the film has $ 783.4 million , but the $ 1 billion mark doesn't seem to be achievable anymore.  The third place went to the old-timer of the financial rating - the cartoon " Zootopia ", whose piggy bank was replenished by another $ 14.4 million . In just six weeks at the box office, the inhabitants of the fictional picturesque city earned $ 296 million . The animation film Rich Moore , Jared Bush and Byron Howard continues to conquer world cinemas - here the film has already achieved a result of $ 852.5 million (taking into account home fees), only slightly inferior in this indicator to the Oscar-winning "Puzzle".  The comedy " My Big Greek Wedding 2 " has dropped one position compared to last week, receiving an additional $ 6.4 million over the weekend. And if in 2002 the first film became a real cultural discovery for the audience, the same cannot be said about the second part. The problems of the main characters seemed too far-fetched to the critics, and the comedy itself was very similar to its predecessor. However, at the moment in the piggy bank of the painting Kirk Jones there is $ 46.8 million . And closes today's review of the US box office with a new hire - the action movie " Hardcore ". The creation of Ilya Naishuller initially aroused unprecedented interest among many critics and moviegoers due to the fact that the viewer observes the entire stage action from the first person. However, the box office fell short of distributors' expectations - only $ 5.1 million in the first week of release.  You shouldn't expect any intricate plot moves or witty dialogues from the debut tape of Naishuller , but, according to the reviewers, "Hardcore" amazes with a verified choreography of battle scenes and an endless stream of violence. and it can be called a new word in the genre of action. The Topic of Article: US Box Office: Superheroes Surrender to Melissa McCarthy's Onslaught. |
