The film remained just $11 million shy of Skyfall’s lifetime gross in China ($59 million) within its weekend run. After slipping 50% from its debut, the 24th entry to the 007 franchise pulled in an estimated $35.4 million. While not a big in-take, it’s a testament to how slow the box office has been these past few weeks.
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The retelling of Charles M. Schulz’s classic comic strip has benefited from being one of the only family-friendly flicks in theaters right now, and its domestic total is now at $82.5 million. Be that as it may, the Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt dramatization By the Sea neglected to make a sprinkle, taking just $95,440 (£63,000) at 10 screens. By the Sea is an art house movie like those of the 1970’s. The film was likewise coordinated by Jolie – her third time in charge of a motion picture – and the performing artist additionally composed the script. Next weekend, it will be playing in 100 theaters in 40 markets. An all-star cast (including Diane Keaton and John Goodman) didn’t hurt. It now stands at $18.5M off of its $24M budget.
Ridley Scott’s The Martian continued to stay high up on the box office chart in its 7th outing after crossing the $200-M mark domestically Thursday.
Coming in fourth was The Martian, which earned $6.7 million to bring its domestic haul to over $207.4 million to date.
“The 33”, about 33 Chilean miners trapped 700 meters underground for 69 days in 2010, debuted in fifth place with a take of US$5.8 million.
As for next week, may the odds be in your favor one last time. It stars Antonio Banderas and Lou Diamond Phillips. The surprise of the weekend was Fox worldwide Productions’ Bollywood film “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” which made an excellent $2.4 million off only 286 screens. Still, “Spectre” is trailing its predecessor, “Skyfall”, which had earned $160.9 million in the USA after two weeks in November 2012.
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“Skyfall” held the previous record for the highest seven-day gross in United Kingdom box office history.
