January is the time of yr when unhealthy motion pictures can have a professional shot at field workplace glory. Between holdover blockbusters from December lingering round and status titles in award season races increasing theater counts, it is not a very sturdy time of yr for the business, so there’s a probability for much less buzzy titles to promote some tickets. The newest film to reap the benefits of this annual custom is Flight Threat starring Mark Wahlberg, which didn’t earn a lot vital acclaim going into the weekend however now sits on the prime of the home chart.
The brand new launch’s greatest competitors within the final three days was Barry Jenkins’ Mufasa: The Lion King, now in its sixth weekend of launch, and it ended up being the one title to earn eight figures since Friday. Try the Prime 10 home releases under and be part of me after for evaluation.
| TITLE | WEEKEND GROSS | DOMESTIC GROSS | LW | THTRS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Flight Threat* | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | N/A | 3,161 |
| 2. Mufasa: The Lion King | $8,700,000 | $221,073,045 | 1 | 3,420 |
| 3. One Of Them Days | $8,000,000 | $25,091,000 | 2 | 2,675 |
| 4. Sonic The Hedgehog 3 | $5,500,000 | $226,096,000 | 4 | 3,097 |
| 5. Moana 2 | $4,300,000 | $450,040,500 | 6 | 2,550 |
| 6. Presence* | $3,415,000 | $3,415,000 | N/A | 1,750 |
| 7. Wolf Man | $3,400,000 | $17,810,000 | 3 | 3,354 |
| 8. A Full Unknown | $3,100,000 | $62,946,833 | 8 | 2,010 |
| 9. Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | $3,000,000 | $31,850,577 | 5 | 2,108 |
| 10. The Brutalist | $2,873,057 | $9,333,947 | 10 | 1,118 |
Flight Threat Will get A Important Drubbing However Nonetheless Earned Some Curiosity From Film-Goers
Flight Threat shouldn’t be getting loads of love. Because the curtains went up on its opening weekend, the brand new 2025 film sported a 21 p.c score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and the “C” grade returned from CinemaScore surveys means that audiences aren’t having a lot enjoyable with it both – even with all the jokes flying round about Mark Wahlberg’s hair within the movie. Due to a modest stage of curiosity and an absence of serious competitors, nevertheless, the film was in a position to debut within the primary spot on the home Prime 10 (per The Numbers).
Starring the aforementioned Wahlberg along with Topher Grace and Michelle Dockery, the brand new film made $12 million over the past three days in accordance with early reporting, which is barely greater than what Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man and Lawrence Lamont’s One Of Them Days earned once they arrived in theaters the week prior (extra on them in a bit). The movie would not get to quickly declare to be the most important debut of 2025 to this point, nevertheless, as Christian Gudegast’s Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera made $15 million earlier this month and nonetheless sits on prime of the report books for the younger yr.
It is clearly not a quick begin for the brand new launch, but it surely truly is one of the best debut for a Mark Wahlberg film because the arrival of Ruben Fleischer’s Uncharted in 2022. Rosalind Ross’ Father Stu, which got here out about two months after the online game blockbuster, opened in fifth place and made solely $5.4 million. Final yr, Simon Cellan Jones’ Arthur The King did higher, but it surely solely made $7.6 million in its first three days and took the bronze medal in its first Friday-to-Sunday.
Taking a look at these outcomes, it is fairly simple to foretell that Flight Threat will not be sticking round within the Prime 10 for very lengthy. The response we have seen means that phrase of mouth is not going to be placing extra butts in seats for its second weekend – and subsequent weekend will see the arrival of Drew Hancock’s hyped authentic horror film Companion together with the household pleasant journey Peter Hastings’ Canine Man (based mostly on the e book by Dav Pilkey). Regardless of the thriller profitable a field workplace crown this week, it might wrestle to remain within the Prime 5 seven days from now.
One Of Them Days Manages To Maintain Sturdy Whereas Wolf Man Sinks To Seventh Place
Staying as regards to second weekend holds, the previous three days have seen wildly totally different outcomes for the 2 huge huge releases from final week – and there may be positively a suggestion that buzz had a big function in the way in which issues performed out.
Whereas closing tabulations from final Sunday finally noticed One Of Them Days pushed all the way down to second place behind Mufasa: The Lion King, the comedy made $11.8 million in its first three days, and it adopted up that success with a powerful 32 p.c weekend-to-weekend drop. It isn’t precisely doing what could possibly be described as blockbuster enterprise, because it nonetheless landed in third place with a modest $8 million take, but it surely appears to be discovering an viewers. As you’ll anticipate given the style, the film was not costly to make, with Selection reporting a pre-marketing and promoting funds of $14 million, and it has made $25.1 million thus far domestically. At a time when huge display comedies seem to not be a serious draw, it can go down within the books as a win.
What will not be considered as a win by any normal measure is what is going on on with Wolf Man. The Common Monster title was in stiff competitors for the highest spot on the field workplace final weekend (it settled for third place and a $10.9 million take), however the movie took an enormous plunge weekend-to-weekend – particularly a 69 p.c fall. The movie added simply $3.4 million to its coffers domestically over the past three days, bringing its home complete thus far as much as $17.8 million. The brand new horror film was produced by Blumhouse, which has a robust status for preserving budgets low, but it surely nonetheless value $25 million to make, so issues are positively not going properly. Overseas, it has solely made $9.9 million, including to a worldwide complete that presently stands at $27.7 million.
How issues will shake out for the 2 subsequent weekend can be a curiosity to control. There are not any motion pictures on the way in which that may particularly draw away the principle demographic of One Of Them Days, however the identical can’t be mentioned for Wolf Man. Will the previous be capable of maintain on robust whereas the latter does an excellent deeper dip down the highest 10?
We’ll discover out subsequent Sunday how the arrival of Canine Man and Companion shake issues up on the weekend field workplace, and I will be again right here on CinemaBlend to each report and analyze the outcomes. To organize your self for the brand new releases, you’ll be able to learn my four-star, spoiler free assessment of Companion and be looking out for my critique of Canine Man on Wednesday morning.