XXX failed to take the lead at home theaters
After a series of failures, formerly popular director M. Night Shyamalan seems to be returning to Hollywood Olympus. His new thriller, Split, starring James McAvoy, not only became the leader of the American box office this weekend, but also started much better than most optimistic forecasts promised him. The picture earned $ 40.1 million in North America, and it grossed another six million at the international box office at 20 movie markets. Split's production budget was only $ 9 million, so the movie paid off immediately and began to bring tangible profits to its investors. As for the adventure thriller "Three X's: World Domination", it started at home only from the second position, earning only $ 20 million on the premiere weekend, that is, exactly two times less than the first one collected in 2002 part of a trilogy. Outside of North America, the project did a little better - $ 50 million. The cost of creating the new "Three Xs" was 85 million dollars, so his only hope for recoupment is foreign distribution, primarily in Asian countries, where it starts only in mid-February. The Topic of Article: XXX failed to take the lead at home theaters. |
