NEW YORK.- The film biographical Bob Marley: One Love because ticket office American when it premiered this weekend grossing 27.7 million dollars. Meanwhile, Madame Web had a bad premiere, in one of the worst debuts of a film based on a character from Marvel.
Both films opened Tuesday, in an attempt to attract couples on Valentine’s Day. But even though expectations were in favor of Madame Web (Sony), the preferred was One Love (Paramount).
One Love In fact, it performed similarly to other recent films about rockers, such as Rocketman y Elvis.
Paramount predicts that One Love will raise $51 million in its first six days, including Presidents’ Day, an American holiday this Monday. It added another 29 million based on 47 international territories.
Produced for about 70 million dollars, One Lovedirected by Reinaldo Marcus Green and starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, offers a glimpse of Marley during the recording of her album Exodus (1977) and before a historic concert in his native Jamaica.
Among the film’s producers are Marley’s children, Ziggy and Cedella, and his wife, Rita.
Ziggy Marley, in a statement on Sunday, said: “We thank everyone for hosting this film and helping to project the message of one love.”
Although the film had a bad review (43% on Rotten Tomatoes), the audience welcomed it, giving it an “A” in CinemaScore.
The failure of Madame Web
Madame Web, However, he had no life. Sony estimates it will gross $15.2 million over the weekend and $25.8 million in six days. In this case the public (who gave it a “C+” on CinemaScore) agreed with the critics (who gave it a 13% on Rotten Tomatoes).
At one time, such a failure was unthinkable for superhero films. But the film, made with 80 million dollars and part of Sony’s Spider-Man series, could not dismiss the bad comments. In the film, Dakota Johnson plays the role of a paramedic in New York who has clairvoyant powers.
Sony movies related to Spider-Man They have had mixed results. In total, the two Venom have exceeded 1.3 billion dollars worldwide. But Morbius (2022) had bad reviews and grossed just 167.4 globally. Madame Web It’s not even close to the 39 million it raised Morbius at its premiere. In 61 overseas markets, Madame Web added 25.7 million.
But Spider-verse Sony had good news on Saturday night as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse won seven Annie Awards. Across the Spider-Verse It is nominated for best animated film at the Oscars, and the Annie Awards could be a good omen.
Billboard
The ten highest-grossing movies from Friday to Sunday in the United States and Canada, according to Comscore. The final figures come out on Monday.
1. Bob Marley: One Love – $27.7 million.
2. Madame Web – $15.2 million.
3. For Argy – $4.7 million.
4. Migration – $3.8 million.
5. The Chosen – $3.4 million.
6. Wonka – $3.4 million.
7. The Beekeeper – $3.3 million.
8. Anyone But You – $2.4 million.
9. Lisa Frankenstein – $2 million.
10. Land of Bad – $1.8 million.
FUENTE: AP
