“Challengers” opened in 3,477 U.S. theaters on Friday and grossed $15 million over the weekend. This is not a completely satisfactory result, as the film cost $55 million. However, the authorities of Amazon MGM Studios are sure that it will be a new work Luca Guadagnino will be a success when it appears on the Prime Video platform. However, the possible success of “Challengers” in cinemas will help advertise the premiere on streaming.
In second place was “Unsung Hero”, a biographical drama about the Christian rock band For King & Country. Costing just $6 million, the film grossed $7.8 million.
Blockbuster took third place “Godzilla and Kong: A New Empire” with $7.2 million. Thus, the latest production about the clash of giant monsters earned $181.7 million in the United States.
Drama took fourth place “Civil War” with $7 million. The fifth place went to horror “Abigail” (5.2 million).
Total revenues from this weekend are almost 35% lower than last year. In 2023, at that time, the animation “Super Mario Bros. The Movie” was still king, earning $40 million in its fourth week of showing.
Ticket sales are expected to increase in the coming weeks. All thanks to the upcoming premieres. It will hit theaters on the first weekend of May “Stuntman” With Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. It will debut on May 10 “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”. The month will end “Furiosa: The Mad Max Saga”.