Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham weren鈥檛 enough to save 鈥� 鈥� from a debut box office flop. The fourth installment suffered the action-packed franchise鈥檚 worst opening weekend while 鈥� 鈥� took home the top spot for a third straight week, Comscore reported on Sunday.
The Lionsgate and Millennium鈥檚 film, also known as 鈥淓xpendables 4,鈥� pulled in a mediocre $8.3 million for the big-budget project. It starred several popular names, including Stallone, Statham, Curtis 鈥�50 Cent鈥� Jackson, Megan Fox and Dolph Lundgren. It鈥檚 been nearly a decade since the franchise released a film, which opened with $15.8 million and eventually grossed $214 million globally.
But times have certainly changed, as the film barely placed second behind 鈥淭he Nun 2,鈥� a horror movie that earned $8.4 million in its first week. It鈥檚 been a solid start for that Warner Bros.鈥� project 鈥� a spinoff from the lucrative 鈥淐onjuring鈥� franchise. So far, the Michael Chaves-directed sequel has grossed more than $69 million.
In third, 鈥� 鈥� earned $6.3 million. Kenneth Branagh鈥檚 third Agatha Christie adaptation, following 2017鈥檚 鈥淢urder on the Orient Express鈥� and 2022鈥檚 鈥淒eath on the Nile,鈥� has drawn in over $25.3 million after two weeks.
鈥� ,鈥� starring Denzel Washington, only dropped to fourth place with $4.725 million. In four weeks, it has grossed $81.1 million domestically.
鈥� ,鈥� the biggest movie of 2023, is still carrying some momentum from the summer into the fall season. The Greta Gerwig box-office smash ranked in the top five, earning $3.2 million this week and a domestic total of more than $630 million after a 10-week period.
Sixth place went to 鈥� My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3,鈥� with $3 million, while 鈥淚t Lives Inside鈥� opened its first week with $2.6 million. The Sony film 鈥� ,鈥� a dramatization of the GameStop stock frenzy, stayed put in the eighth position for a second week in a row with $2.5 million.
鈥淏lue Beetle鈥� fell to ninth, with $1.8 million, and 鈥� 鈥� rounded out the top 10 with $1.6 million. The Christopher Nolan film has garnered $321 million domestically.
In all, it was another slow output for box office figures as many Hollywood projects are still on hold due to the ongoing Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and Writers Guild of America strikes.
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Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. 鈥淭he Nun II,鈥� $8.4 million.
2. 鈥淓xpend4bles,鈥� $8.3 million.
3. 鈥淎 Haunting in Venice,鈥� $6.3 million.
4. 鈥淭he Equalizer 3,鈥� $4.7 million.
5. 鈥淏arbie,鈥� $3.2 million.
6. 鈥淢y Big Fat Greek Wedding 3,鈥� $3 million.
7. 鈥淚t Lives Inside,鈥� 2.6 million.
8. 鈥淒umb Money,鈥� $2.5 million.
9. 鈥淏lue Beetle,鈥� $1.8 million.
10. 鈥淥ppenheimer,鈥� $1.6 million.
