A Quiet Place, Rampage lead weekend’s new releases at the North American box office
It’s another weekend of buzz versus pure star power at the North American box office as the word-of-mouth sensation
A Quiet Place finds itself neck-and-neck again with Dwayne Johnson’s Rampage. This time buzz had the slight advantage.
Studio estimates on Sunday had A Quiet Place, with US$22 million (691.6 million baht), in first, and Rampage’ in second with $21 million, but it’s possible those numbers have shifted slightly.
Still, John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place continues to be a mini-phenomenon. With a $17 million production budget, the film has grossed $132.4 million from North American cinemas in three weeks.
Rampage, similarly, is down only 41% domestically in its second weekend and continues to rake in the dollars globally. The film boasts a worldwide tally of $283 million, and Johnson has continued using his social media accounts to hype the film and thank audiences.
“I never take success like this for granted. Global success like this means so much,’’ Johnson posted on his Instagram account on Saturday night. “I’m not a Marvel movie. It’s not Star Wars.
Rampage may as well have been called ‘Dwayne Johnson and his albino gorilla friend’ because it’s such an obscure video game ... Thank you guys so much.’’
The staying power of both somewhat overshadowed the newcomers, like Amy Schumer’s I Feel Pretty and the sequel to the 2001 cult comedy Super Troopers, both of which nevertheless managed to find their own niche audiences despite largely negative reviews.
Fifth place went to the Blumhouse horror Truth Or Dare with $7.9 million in its second weekend, while Lionsgate’s thriller Traffik, with Paula Patton, launched in ninth with $3.9 million.
The box office for the year remains down about 2.4% from last year, but that will change next week when Avengers: Infinity War opens.
Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony; Paramount is owned by Viacom; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by the Walt Disney Co; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros and New Line are units of Time Warner; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment; IFC is owned by AMC Networks; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media.