"Flight Risk" Takes #1 Box Office Spot

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Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg’s Flight Risk Flies to No. 1 with $12 Million in Yet Another Glacial Weekend
by Rebecca Rubin
Jan 26, 2025


Flight Risk, an action thriller directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg as a balding, unhinged pilot, landed in first place with $12 million from 3,161 North American theaters in its opening weekend.

Flight Risk brought in another $4.2 million from 39 international territories over the weekend, boosting its worldwide haul to $16.2 million.




Second place went to Disney’s Mufasa which opened six weeks ago.

The Lion King prequel added an additional $8.7 million from 3,420 cinemas, bringing its tally to $221 million in North America and $626.7 million globally.




Sony’s R-rated buddy comedy One of Them Days slid to third place with $8 million from 2,675 locations, marking a scant 32% decline from its opening.

The film, starring Keke Palmer and SZA, is benefitting from positive word-of-mouth and has generated $25 million after two weekends of release.




Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 remained fourth with $5.5 million in its sixth outing.

The kid-friendly threequel has grossed $226 million in North America and $446 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing entry in the Sonic series.




Disney’s Moana 2 rounded out the top five with $4.1 million, boosting its tally to $448 million after nine weeks on the big screen.

The animated sequel, which was originally developed as a Disney+ series, has surpassed $1 billion in global ticket sales.




Steven Soderbergh’s ghost thriller Presence opened in sixth place with just $3.4 million from 1,750 cinemas.

The low-budget film, which Neon bought at last year’s Sundance, was better liked by critics (87% on Rotten Tomatoes) than audiences (“C+” grade on CinemaScore).




Universal and Blumhouse’s horror thriller Wolf Man, which also opened last weekend, tumbled to No. 7 with $3.4 million from 3,354 cinemas. Ticket sales cratered by 69% from the film’s already soft start, bringing its domestic total to $17.8 million.

Wolf Man isn’t making up ground overseas, where the $25 million-budgeted movie added $3.5 million from 75 markets for a global tally of $27 million.




New nationwide release Brave the Dark wasn’t able to crack the top 10. The latest release from Angel Studios opened at No. 11 with a paltry $2.4 million from 2,230 locations.

Moviegoers awarded an “A” grade on CinemaScore for the film, which follows a high school teacher’s efforts to help a troubled student.

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January 24-26, 2025: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Flight Risk $11,583,488
2. Mufasa: The Lion King $8,594,571 / $220,967,616
3. One of Them Days $8,010,202 / $25,101,087
4. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 $5,318,231 / $225,914,362
5. Moana 2 $4,198,012 / $449,938,512
6. Presence $3,328,004
7. Wolf Man $3,249,440 / $17,659,150
8. A Complete Unknown $3,081,168 / $62,928,001
9. Den of Thieves: Pantera $2,991,503 / $31,842,080
10. The Brutalist $2,873,057 / $9,333,947

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I havent seen that one Jimmy,is it good??