LOS ANGELES, United States — New
Sony adventure film “Uncharted” jumped to the top of the North American box office
this weekend in the year’s biggest opening so far, industry watchers reported
Sunday.
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The movie starring
Tom Holland took in an estimated
$44.2 million for the Friday-to-Sunday period and a projection of $51 million
when Monday — a holiday in the US — is included, Exhibitor Relations said.
Based on a
PlayStation video game and faring better
among viewers than critics, “Uncharted” features Holland as a
bartender-turned-treasure hunter who, along with Mark Wahlberg, goes looking
for a fortune allegedly lost by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan 500
years ago.
Another new release,
Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s buddy
comedy “Dog,” also enjoyed a healthy debut, scratching up $15.1 million for the
three-day period and $18.1 million for four.
Starring and co-directed by
Channing Tatum (with
Reid Carolin, who wrote the “Magic Mike” movies), “Dog” tells the story of an
Army Ranger recovering from a brain injury who agrees to drive Lulu, a dog
wounded while working with the army in Afghanistan, to the funeral of her
handler.
“Dog,” which has been generally well-reviewed, was
Tatum’s first live-action lead role in five years.
Tom Holland, and Sony, had a particularly good
weekend, also grabbing the third spot with the enduring success of blockbuster
“
Spider-Man: No Way Home.”
It took in $7.2 million for three days ($8.8 million
for four), and is the third-highest grossing domestic release ever.
Slipping three spots from last weekend, when it
topped the box office, was 20th Century’s murder mystery “
Death on the Nile,”
based on a 1937 Agatha Christie novel.
Directed by
Kenneth Branagh — who stars as elaborately
moustached Belgian detective Hercule Poirot — it took in $6.3 million for three
days ($7.2 million for four). Spoiler alert: the moustache gets a backstory of
its own.
And in fifth spot was Paramount’s “Jackass Forever,”
which took in $5.2 million ($6.2 million), slipping from second spot last
weekend. The irreverent gross-out comedy stars Johnny Knoxville (a co-producer)
and his merry pranksters.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
“Marry
Me” ($3.7 million for three days; $4.3 million for four)
“Sing
2” ($2.8 million; $3.8 million)
“Scream”
($2 million; $2.3 million)
“Blacklight”
($1.8 million; $2.1 million)
“The Cursed” ($1.7 million; $1.9 million)
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