HOW DID OTHER MOVIES PERFORM THIS WEEKEND??
Despite a widespread marketing campaign, Amazon MGM’s “Masters of the Universe,” the most recent adaptation of the Mattel franchise, only grossed about $29.3 million over its opening weekend, falling a distant second behind “Scary Movie.” It’s unclear if the new He-Man adaptation will turn out to be a flop at this point, but production costs reportedly reached as high as $200 million before marketing, Variety reported. “Backrooms,” another new horror film directed by Kane Parsons, also a young director with early success on YouTube, grossed another $25.9 million over its second weekend in theaters. “Backrooms” debuted last weekend with $81 million in North America, breaking the record for biggest debut for its distributor A24. “Obsession” came in a close fourth place, grossing another $25.6 million. Finally, another YouTube success story broke through to take fifth place at the domestic box office this weekend. “The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act,” an animated feature based on a viral YouTube webseries, grossed an estimated $12.7 million at domestic theaters.
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Big Number
$2.3 billion. That’s how much both “Super Mario” films have grossed so far, following the first film’s worldwide blockbuster success in 2023 for a $1.3 billion global gross. Even though Universal Pictures has only released two feature films starring the iconic Nintendo character, the franchise is already the ninth-biggest animated series of all time.