MCD2: Movie Chart Discussion - A Civil Outcome

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Free Guy held on to the top spot, its overall earnings rising to $111m this week

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Whilst Paw Patrol: The Movie opened strongly all things considering (including streaming releases in some countries) with $34m.

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Jungle Cruise retained third place, quietly trundling along to $173m which still puts it well behind where it needs to be

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Whilst Don't Breathe 2 crept its way to $27m this week

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Whilst finally, The Suicide Squad rose to $140m

This coming weekend is another quiet one before next week when one of the last tests for the survivability of the rest of the years releases launches with Shang-Chi

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Cinema might be grinding to a COVID inflicted halt again but one film showed that the big franchise hitters can still open large with:

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Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings, the latest MCU release opened to a global haul of $127m. The film has an open run at the box office as well with no other big budget film lined up till the end of the month when No Time to Die is pencilled in.

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Candyman IV held well in its second week also, the film now rising to $50m, which takes it to twice its budget and into being another success story from recent weeks. Notably, both this and Chi dodged digital releases.

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Free Guy continued its haul, now hitting $239m

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Also continuing the very recent collection of big screen hits was kids film Paw Patrol: The Movie. The big screen adaptation of the kids show is up to $80m worldwide off the back of a $26m budget making a sequel look inevitable.

The next notable release will be this weeks launch of Malignant. It's the next horror from hit maker James Wan though marketing has been light and it's also launching in the US digitally on HBO Max for free so its success is less assured for the box office.

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings fought of COVID concerns to land a second solid weekend, its global tally is now up to $257.6m which has seen the film sail past the pace Black Widow managed and puts it just $120m from surpassing that films total tally.

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Proving that audiences are being much more divisive in what they're willing to go and watch when they do brave the cinema, Malignant bombed hard managing just a global tally of $15m for its launch. The film launched for free on HBO Max as well which won't have helped earnings but there are few signs a cinema only launch would have made much difference.

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Free Guy continues its long tail, now rising to $276.5m

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Candyman IV rose to $59m suggesting the film will have a very short shelf life on the big screen

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I liked Malignant, so that's a shame

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings remained in the top spot for a third week as it rose to $320m worldwide.

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Not faring well though was Clint Eastwood's latest film Cry Macho which opened to just $4.5m worldwide

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Still holding well was Free Guy which is now on $298m and still months away from VOD release

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Candyman IV is now deviling up $66.6m ( )

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And Malignant is limping along, now on $24m

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The most notable release was Dune, launching in 24 markets the film sprinted off to a debut of $36.8m. This one will be a careful balance as rival films, other territories and VOD releases hit in the next few weeks.

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Holding the lead again, Shang-Chi rose to $363m worldwide and became the highest domestic grossing film of 2021 in the US.

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Free Guy continues an impressive run too, rising to $317m

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The second weekend partial international rollout of Dune saw it settle on a two week total haul of $76.5m


This weekend will lead to ripples in the market as the US sees the arrival of Venom: Let There Be Carnage whilst the UK and some other countries receive No Time To Die

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The dust fell to the ground and the earth shook as Cinema stirred itself back to life this week. Two new releases brute forcing their way in so hard that the slumbering beast of an industry awoke:

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The final Daniel Craig Bond entry, No Time to Die, opened to $119.1m in international markets marking the biggest opening of the Pandemic Era. The figure stands out as it also is yet to include the US and China in its numbers.

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The other heavy-weight was Venom: Let There Be Carnage which saw the latest MCU film launch to $103.9m which is the second highest of the Pandemic and also is $20m more than the first film managed three years ago before COVID was a factor. The film easily coasted past the openings of Black Widow and Shang-Chi so is poised well to see the series continue.

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No Time to Die opened in the US this week and... underperformed. Well, kind of, the film missed the lofty projections it had been given but still opened as one of the pandemics strongest domestic opening to date though to frame its performance it was massively outdone by Venom. The films global haul on this second weekend now stands at $313m.

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Venom: Let There Be Carnage rose in its second week to $185m, many new markets will be opening next week so it should continue its run.

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The Addams Family 2 sits at $35m though is also out as a premium VOD release

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And Shang Chi passed a milestone, pushing past $401m

This week, Venom 2 will launch in multiple international markets including the UK alongside the global launch for Halloween Kills

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Opening up both theatrically and via streaming last weekend, Halloween Kills hugely beat expectations and opened to an international haul of $55m.

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No Time to Die looks to not be making the US market impact that was hoped as its underperformance continues however international markets continue to adore it and its global takings rose heavily this week to reach $447m

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Venom: Let There Be Carnage opened in more markets this week and continued an impressive run for itself, the sequel is now on $283m

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The Addams Family 2 rose to $58.5m this week, its success will need marrying to its streaming numbers

This coming week will see the wider rollout of Dune which also launches via streaming and the new markets will determine if the film is a success or not

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Dune opened in its biggest markets this weekend and received a shot in the arm, rising up to a global haul of $220m.

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Halloween Kills took second place, rising this week to $90m but dropping business fast

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No Time to Die rose this week to $525m making it a rare half billion champion in the post-COVID era. The film is set to open in China next week which should see it surge forward again.

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Venom: Let There Be Carnage saw itself rise to $352m this week.

It's a quiet week this week for new releases meaning it's all on Dune to bring in what it can before Eternals opens next week

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Dune held on to the top spot in a very slow week at the box office. It rose to $296m worldwide this week enjoying solid international momentum though its domestic strength isn't that mighty meaning that it will likely get flatlined later this week onward by another large scale genre film release.

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Edgar Wright's Last Night at Soho failed to make an impact in the US or elsewhere, dragging in a weak $6.4m worldwide.

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No Time to Die finally opened in China though found itself restrained as COVID measures led to limit screenings. None the less the film enjoyed a boost in earnings and rose up to a global haul now of $605m.

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Halloween Kills moved up to $115m and with the season out of the way will likely be wrapping up shortly

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Venom: Let There Be Carnage lifted its earnings to $395m worldwide this week, setting itself up to cross the $400m barrier this week.


This week will see the arrival of Eternals which is expect to make a big impact despite very weak reviews.

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Eternals landed, the fourth MCU film of the year, and it splashed down to $161m worldwide. It's a strong opening but questions circle about if it will maintain its momentum in the coming weeks due to weak reactions to the film.

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As expected, Eternals arrival meant that Dune's momentum was lost. The film rose to $331m this week so is likely to slow down hard over the course of November now.

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Faring stronger was No Time to Die which rose to $667m this week, closing in on Fast 9's record. The film launches digitally this week which may impact earnings though.

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Venom: Let There Be Carnage is now on $424m worldwide. The film is now just $5m away from out performing Shang-Chi, Marvels current best performer of 2021.

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Despite the weak reactions to the film, Eternals held the top spot and brought its global haul up to $281m

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Kids film Clifford the Big Red Dog opened in second in the US to $22m. The film opened digitally too and lacks widespread international recognition so won't likely trouble the charts for too long.

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Again feeling the hit from Eternals, Dune rose to $350m, looking unlikely to push too much higher now

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Impressively powering on despite its digital release, No Time to Die rose to $708m worldwide this week. The film now just needs another $13m to become the highest grossing film of the entire pandemic era.

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Like Dune, Venom: Let There Be Carnage is also looking like it's reaching the end of its run. This week the sequel rose to $441m worldwide. It's now the second most successful film of 2021 in the US, just behind Shang-Chi.


This week all eyes will be on how cinemagoers respond to the incredibly long term delayed but finally releasing Ghostbusters: Afterlife

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife has been tipped to scare up a domestic opening of around $30m, a total that failed to corporialise as the film instead blew the gates of Gozer open wide to instead bring in $44m. The tally from the US is just a shave behind that of the 2016 film, strong considering the market differences, and a strong start considering the latest film cost just $75m to make. Adding its limited international opening the film stands at a worldwide opening haul of $60m. It's going to be a long plasma stream of monitoring as Afterlife will be released across markets over the coming two months.

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Eternals took second place, this week reaching a global tally of $336m

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Clifford the Big Red Dog increased to $33m from the US where its key market lies

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The second new release was King Richard, a Will Smith film inexplicably about Venus and Serena Williams' Dad which unsurprisingly failed to find a market and flopped on the market with just $8m

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Dune rose to $367, nudging its way towards a final resting place around the $400m mark

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Venom: Let There Be Carnage reached $454m this week, pacing just slightly behind Eternals

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Powering on the other big story this week was No Time to Die which reached $734m this week and in doing so has no become the most successful pandemic era film release ever.

No key new releases this weekend leaving the above films to fight it out for Thanksgiving

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There was a new release, Disney launched Encanto and the film did okay but a very soft splash for a key animated film launch from the company, opening with an international haul of $69m

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife held well in its second week and rose to a worldwide tally of $115m

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House of Gucci defied weak reviews to get a solid $34m opening

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Whilst Eternals hit $364m this week

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Early screenings for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City drew in $13m