Mornin! This is Sean McNulty and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on MONDAY December 12, 2022.
Where I’m starting with just a brief moment of mourning for any fellow NY GIANTS fans, as the team had about as good a weekend (and past 5 weeks) as the Box Office did.
But kudos to the 75% of The Wakeup Friday Box Office Poll voters who took the under. Who knew that setting a $50 Million bar for total Box Office this weekend was waaaayyy too high?
AND: GOLDEN GLOBES nominations are here (the voting period is Dec 16 to Jan 3).
ALSO: Here are your LA Film Critics winners.
IN TODAY’S EDITION:
“Mean Girls” movie musical sets main cast
Brad Pitt’s production co. is the latest to get a major 9-figure payday… how could any of this turn out to be a not-great return on investment?
Top-level layoffs hit WBD cable networks leadership
“Law & Order: SVU” showrunner faces history of toxic workplace allegations, and more.
📽 THE SILVER SCREEN
BOX OFFICE
1. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” : $11 Million ($410 Million US, $768 Million global)
-37% drop from last weekend, will become #2 grossing pic for 2022 in the US next week. Briefly.
Through weekend 4 in the US:
“BP1”: $605 Million
“BP2”: $410 Million (small caveat that “BP2” is 30 mins longer)
2. “Violent Night” : $8.7 Million ($27 Million US, $42 Million global)
A respectable -40% drop, although given there was no new competition, this isn’t too surprising.
$20 Million budget here, this will be a nice piece of business for UNI.
3. “Strange World” : $3.6 Million ($30 Million US, $53 Million global)
-29% drop from last weekend
Will hit DIS+ by CHRISTMAS
4. The Menu” : $2.7 Million ($29 Million US, $58 Million global)
Good -21% drop from last weekend
$30 Million production budget, so SEARCHLIGHT doing OK here.
5. “Devotion” : $2 Million ($17 Million US)
-26% drop
RESULTING IN A TERRIBLE LOW
Just $37 Million in Total Box office. For the 2nd weekend of December. #MovieTheatersNeedMovies
This is the 2nd worst weekend of 2022, just a nudge above Jan 28-30 which was $35 Million.
ELSEWHERE AT THE BOX OFFICE
A24’s “The Whale” set the 2022 record …
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