JamesG
04-29-2024, 08:24 AM
Zendaya Tennis Movie Challengers Scores at Weekend Box Office
by Lindsey Bahr
April 28, 2024
The sexy tennis drama Challengers won the box office this weekend with $15 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Reviews have been largely positive for the R-rated movie, which teases a steamy and competitive love triangle between tennis players. It currently has an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes and got a B+ CinemaScore from opening day audiences.
Zendaya and castmates Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor have been on a globetrotting press tour to get the word out about Italian director Luca Guadagnino’s original film, which opened in 3,477 locations in the U.S. and Canada.
Ticket sales from large format screens, including IMAX, made up about 40% of the opening weekend grosses.
Second place went to the faith-based film Unsung Hero, which made an estimated $7.8 million from 2,832 locations. It’s based on the true story of the Smallbone family, and the rise of their children Rebecca St. James, and sons Joel and David (for KING + COUNTRY) in the country music scene. Joel Smallbone directed, co-wrote and portrays his father David.
The Lionsgate film, which was made for only $6 million, scored a rare A+ CinemaScore and has a 100% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The critic’s score is a much more tempered 58%. Audiences were overwhelmingly female (69%) and over 25 (91%).
Third place went to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, with $7.2 million in its fifth weekend.
In fourth place, A24’s Civil War also added $7 million in its third weekend, bringing its domestic total to $56.2 million.
And rounding out the top five was the horror movie Abigail with $5.3 million.
https://apnews.com/article/challengers-movie-zendaya-box-office-a05571e3e3537630301cebe2f081013a
April 26-28, 2024: Weekend Studio Estimates
1. Challengers $15,011,078
2. Unsung Hero $7,750,000
3. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire $7,200,000 / $181,680,032
4. Civil War $7,004,038 / $56,194,933
5. Abigail $5,250,00 / $18,787,755
6. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare $3,860,000 / $15,448,667
7. Kung Fu Panda 4 $3,550,000 / $184,999,090
8. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire $3,250,000 / $107,387,915
9. Dune: Part Two $1,985,000 / $279,742,968
10. Boy Kills World $1,675,475
by Lindsey Bahr
April 28, 2024
The sexy tennis drama Challengers won the box office this weekend with $15 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Reviews have been largely positive for the R-rated movie, which teases a steamy and competitive love triangle between tennis players. It currently has an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes and got a B+ CinemaScore from opening day audiences.
Zendaya and castmates Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor have been on a globetrotting press tour to get the word out about Italian director Luca Guadagnino’s original film, which opened in 3,477 locations in the U.S. and Canada.
Ticket sales from large format screens, including IMAX, made up about 40% of the opening weekend grosses.
Second place went to the faith-based film Unsung Hero, which made an estimated $7.8 million from 2,832 locations. It’s based on the true story of the Smallbone family, and the rise of their children Rebecca St. James, and sons Joel and David (for KING + COUNTRY) in the country music scene. Joel Smallbone directed, co-wrote and portrays his father David.
The Lionsgate film, which was made for only $6 million, scored a rare A+ CinemaScore and has a 100% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The critic’s score is a much more tempered 58%. Audiences were overwhelmingly female (69%) and over 25 (91%).
Third place went to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, with $7.2 million in its fifth weekend.
In fourth place, A24’s Civil War also added $7 million in its third weekend, bringing its domestic total to $56.2 million.
And rounding out the top five was the horror movie Abigail with $5.3 million.
https://apnews.com/article/challengers-movie-zendaya-box-office-a05571e3e3537630301cebe2f081013a
April 26-28, 2024: Weekend Studio Estimates
1. Challengers $15,011,078
2. Unsung Hero $7,750,000
3. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire $7,200,000 / $181,680,032
4. Civil War $7,004,038 / $56,194,933
5. Abigail $5,250,00 / $18,787,755
6. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare $3,860,000 / $15,448,667
7. Kung Fu Panda 4 $3,550,000 / $184,999,090
8. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire $3,250,000 / $107,387,915
9. Dune: Part Two $1,985,000 / $279,742,968
10. Boy Kills World $1,675,475