'Birds Of Prey' Tops N.America Box Office But Doesn't Quite Soar
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published February 10, 2020 | 09:00 AM
Los Angeles, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Feb, 2020 ) :For Warner Bros.' new release "Birds of Prey," the weekend brought good and bad news: It took in an estimated $33.3 million to lead the North American box office, but fared poorly for a superhero movie.
The three-day estimate, from industry watcher Exhibitor Relations, marked one of the lowest domestic launches in years for a studio superhero film, according to Hollywood Reporter.
The film, starring Margot Robbie as former Joker girlfriend Harley Quinn, has drawn generally strong reviews. Young Chinese-American director Cathy Yan won a special Sundance award for her debut film, dark comedy "Dead Pigs." Sony's action comedy "Bad Boys for Life," with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as wise-cracking detectives, slipped just one notch after topping the box office for three straight weeks, taking in $12 million.
Those two movies might have suffered a bit because this is academy Award weekend, and viewers showed renewed interest in movies vying for the best-film Oscar on Sunday, starting with favorite "1917.
" The wrenching and technically impressive war film from director Sam Mendes earned $9 million for the weekend, down only slightly from the week before.
In fourth was another Universal picture, "Dolittle," based on the children's book about a veterinarian who can talk to animals. With a cast headed by Robert Downey Jr. and Emma Thompson, it took in $6.7 million.
And in fifth, one spot up from the previous week, was Sony's "Jumanji: The Next Level," at $5.5 million. It has Dwayne ("The Rock") Johnson and Kevin Hart being plunged back into a dangerous video game world.
Rounding out the top 10 were: "The Gentlemen" ($4.2 million) "Gretel and Hansel" ($3.5 million) "Knives Out" ($2.4 million)"Little Women" ($2.3 million)"Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" ($2.2 million).
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