This time a year ago, the box office was getting a drought-busting weekend thanks to the $82.5 million opening of Warner Bros./Legendary’s “Dune: Part Two.” But Warner’s new release this weekend, “Mickey 17,” isn’t opening to a quarter of that.
Industry estimates have Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi satire opening to just $18.5 million from 3,607 locations after a $7.7 million opening day, a foreboding result given the film’s reported $118 million budget. With no other films earning more than $10 million this weekend — “Captain America: Brave New World” is second with $8.7 million in its fourth frame — overall totals are coming in at a mere $56 million, down 60% from the opening weekend of “Dune: Part Two.
While reception for “Mickey 17” is skewing positive, it isn’t the overwhelming acclaim that an R-rated sci-fi film would need to earn considerable legs. Rotten Tomatoes scores stand at 79% critics and 76% audience, while CinemaScore polls returned a B grade.
With such a result, the ceiling for “Mickey 17” domestically won’t be much higher than the $53.3 million earned by Bong Joon-ho’s last film, the critically-acclaimed Best Picture Oscar winner “Parasite” back in 2019. Overseas grosses aren’t looking very good either, as the film added $5.3 million internationally on Friday.
More to come…
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