Odenkirk shows his action hero chops
LOS ANGELES » Bob Odenkirk — action star?
It’s a premise so unexpected, so curious, that it just might have enticed audiences to watch “Nobody,” a revenge thriller that sees an otherwise unassuming Odenkirk (“Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul”) kick ass and take names. “Nobody” debuted atop domestic box office charts, generating $6.7 million from 2,460 venues. It’s a solid but not stellar start as movie theaters in Los Angeles and around the country begin to reopen in earnest.
“Nobody” was well received by critics and audiences. It centers on a mildmannered suburban dad who goes into vigilante mode after someone breaks into his house.
At the international box office, “Nobody” added another $5 million, boosting its worldwide haul to $11.7 million. With solid word-ofmouth and without notable competition, “Nobody” is primed to stick around on the big screen before Universal puts the film on premium video-on-demand in a matter of weeks. The budget was $16 million, so it shouldn’t be difficult to get out of the red.
Though “Nobody” easily topped box office charts in the U.S., the film was hardly the biggest winner of the weekend. Outside of North America, “Godzilla vs. Kong” kicked off internationally with a massive $121 million from 28 countries. The Warner Bros. movie — pitting the iconic monsters against each other in the matchup for the ages had an especially impressive start in China, where it amassed $70.3 million over the three-day stretch. Ticket sales for “Godzilla vs. Kong,” a coproduction with Legendary Entertainment, mark the biggest opening weekend in China for a nonlocal film.
That could bode well as the film gears up to open in the U.S. on Wednesday in theaters and on HBO Max.
Aside from “Godzilla vs. Kong” (Wednesday) and another Warners title, video game adaptation “Mortal Kombat” (April 16), domestic movie theater marquees will be light on new releases in early spring.