The US box office is suffering, Jason Statham and Wonka are taking advantage
No major release since the start of the year, American theaters are struggling to fill up and three films have been occupying a small podium for three weeks…
Times are tough for US box office ! For the second consecutive weekend, no major release in theaters in recent days in the United States. A possible consequence of the strike which put Hollywood on standby for a good part of 2023, this month of January 2024 is ending very slowly across the Atlantic.
So much so that the leading trio didn’t move! The Beekeeperwith Jason Statham who smashes everything for David Ayertakes first place in the rankings Mean Girlswith $7.4 million in revenue compared to $7.3 million for the remake of Lolita, in spite of myself. Without taking advantage of this apathy, after three weeks of operation, the action film only made $42.2 million at the US box office while the satirical comedy accumulated $60.8 million.
Not really big boxes, unlike Wonka, who manages to hold on to the third step of the podium. after 7 weeks! Timothée Chalamet takes full advantage of the absence of competition to approach 200 million dollars in American revenue, and 552 million worldwide.
American theaters are now impatiently awaiting a rebound and the next blockbusters to restart the machine. It will start with the spy comedy Argyle with Herny Cavill, then by the Marvel derivative of Spiderman, Madame Web waiting for the hit Dune: Part 2 by Denis Villeneuve in March.
