With her debut weekend that brought in a healthy $22 million, Beyonce’s highly anticipated concert film Renaissance helped to breathe fresh life into the box office.
According to Deadline, the total was especially impressive for the first weekend of December, which is generally a slow weekend. The first weekend of December brought in $22 million, which was just behind the weekend record of $24.2 million that Tom Cruise’s The Last Samurai established almost twenty years ago.
For the first time since 2018, the concert was the catalyst for a weekend that brought in a total of $95 million, making it the most successful weekend in December.
In addition, it was disclosed on Sunday that Marvel will cease disclosing international grosses for The Marvels. This indicates that the film will soon finish its stint as the Marvel Cinematic Universe movie with the lowest grossing total of all time, with a current domestic gross of $80.7 million and a worldwide gross of $197 million.
This documentary, which covers Beyonce’s international Renaissance tour, has received a perfect score of one hundred percent on Rotten Tomatoes, indicating that it has been well received by reviewers.Renaissance was the second concert film to be released by AMC Theatres this year, following Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour, which grossed $178.8 million in the United States and $249.5 million globally. The film was shown exclusively in AMC Theatres since its premiere.
A total of 2,539 theaters were opened for the premiere of Renaissance, which was written and directed by Beyonce. James B. Merryman and Mark Ritchie were responsible for directing the live sequences.The concert film, which lasted for two hours and 49 minutes, did not fair as well in other markets, despite the fact that it generated an outstanding $8,270 per screen average.
Due to the fact that the film’s budget was not disclosed, it only managed to earn $6.4 million in international markets, resulting in a global premiere total of $27.4 million.
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Beyonce’s film brought an end to the two-week reign of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the precursor to The Hunger Games, which had a significant drop of 50.1% with $14.5 million, bringing its total domestic box office earnings to $121.2 million.
The film Godzilla Minus One, which debuted with just over $11 million from 2,308 theaters and had a respectable average of $4,779 per screen, came in third place.
With a total of $7.6 million ($74.8 million domestic), Trolls Band Together remained firmly in fourth place, and Wish rounded out the top five with $7.4 million ($41.9 million domestic).
Following Thanksgiving with $2.6 million, the top 10 was completed by Napoleon with $7.1 million ($45.7 million domestic), Animal with $6.1 million, The Shift with $4.3 million, Silent Night with $3 million, and Thanksgiving with $2.6 million.In its fourth weekend, The Marvels, which was produced by Marvel Studios, has already fallen out of the top 10 with a showing of $2.5 million, placing it in eleventh place.
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Although it is not known when it will be released in theaters, it is certain to be the Marvel Cinematic Universe film with the lowest grossing and the only one that will not surpass $100 million globally.
Brie Larson’s portrayal of Captain Marvel, Teyonah Parris’ portrayal of Monica Rambeau, and Iman Vellani’s portrayal of Ms. Marvel were all brought together in the superhero sequel Captain Marvel.
During the next weekend, theaters will be showing the action thriller Unit 262 as well as La Syndicaliste.
