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Jan. 23, 2024
Mean Girls’ Rules the Box Office with $11.7m
Sleeper hit Anyone But You becomes the highest-grossing R-rated comedy since 2016, proving rom-coms' theatrical viability. By: Wee Yan Ling
Paramount’s
Mean Girls musical has emerged victorious as it clinched the top spot
with an $11.7 million weekend gross. The success is contradicted with the
struggle faced by the weekend’s sole new release, I.S.S. which debuted
with $3 million.
The
slowdown in new content is attributed to last year’s labour strikes which
resulted in the production delays, hence, impacting both theatres and studios.
Despite the 59% drop in its second weekend, the Tina Fey-penned Mean Girls has
accumulated a domestic total of $50 million.
I.S.S.
by Bleecker Street is a thriller directed by
Gabriela Cowperthwaite, failed to achieve a stellar lift-off as it attains the
position of No.7 with a C- CinemaScore.
In
the top 10, Amazon/MGM’s Beekeeper retains its second place as it
garners $8.5 million domestically and adds $14.2 million overseas for an
international tally of $75.2 million. Warner Bros’ Wonka had maintained
its standing at the third place as it amassed a domestic total of $187.2
million.
On the other hand, Sony’s rom-com sleeper hit Anyone
But You received the fourth spot as it surpassed its $100 million worldwide
and Universal’s animated film Migration rounded out the top five with
$5.3 million domestically and $191.6 million globally.
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