LOS ANGELES, United States — “
The Woman King,” an epic about an all-female army of African warriors, easily topped the
North American box office this weekend with an estimated take of $19 million,
industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.
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The new Sony release, loosely based on a true
historical episode, stars Oscar-winner Viola Davis as the fierce general who
leads an army known as the Agojie as it protects the 18th-century kingdom of
Dahomey.
Days earlier,
Davis told AFP that she felt “conflicted” because if the Black-led,
woman-dominated film fell short, it would unfairly damage the prospects for
future such endeavors.
Instead, boosted by a favorable critical reception —
“Reviews are sensational,” said the
FranchiseRe website — it exceeded analysts’
expectations, more than tripling the ticket sales of the next-highest finisher,
20th Century’s “Barbarian”.
That horror film tells the story of a woman
(Georgina Campbell) who checks into an AirBnB rental in a sketchy Detroit
neighborhood only to find it has also been booked by an oh-so-creepy
Bill Skarsgard. “Barbarian” took in $6.3 million for the Friday-through-Sunday
period.
In third place was a slasher film, “Pearl,” a new
low-budget release from A24, with ticket sales just over $3.1 million. Mia Goth
stars in a blood-soaked tale that involves the brutal use of both an axe and a
pitchfork, on animals and humans. Enough said.
Searchlight’s comic mystery “See How They Run”
placed fourth in its opening weekend, at $3.1 million.
Sam Rockwell stars as an often-inebriated Scotland
Yard detective, Saoirse Ronan as his eager but hapless assistant, and
Adrien Brody as a sleazy Hollywood director in London to make a film version of Agatha
Christie classic “The Mousetrap” — until fate intervenes.
And in fifth place was Sony action thriller “Bullet
Train,” starring Brad Pitt, at $2.5 million.
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