Saturday AM Update: The first Halloween in two years during the pandemic is taking its toll on the domestic box office, a grey cloud which many saw coming, with many trick-or-treating or heading to…
The first Halloween in two years during the pandemic is taking its toll on the domestic box office, a grey cloud which many saw coming, with many trick-or-treating or heading to parties tonight.
And, yes, we can blame HBO Max too, when it comes to Legendary/Warner Bros.’ expected -62% decline forfor the weekend after a $5M Friday, -71% from a week ago. The Denis Villeneuve directed reboot of the Frank Herbert novel, which Warners and Legendary have already greenlit a theatrical windowed sequel for, had a solid week of $53.8M. Even thoughDune,
and the latter looks to be running ahead by 17% with some rivals predicting a possible $70M running total by EOD Sunday.crossed $100M after 13 weekends. A reminder that these HBO Max theatrical day-and-date titles are on the service for the first 31 days, after which exhibition gets the title exclusively during its second month. Torrent Freak reports that