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Posted November 15, 2021 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: Eternals Neuters Clifford


Marvel’s Eternals held onto the box-office weekend crown, though the film’s margin of victory was far less than the $63.4 million it sported last weekend.

Eternals posterThe newest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe pulled in $27.5 million during its second weekend of release. Eternals now sports a two-week total of $118.8 million. Second place was claimed by newcomer Clifford the Big Red Dog, which debuted with an opening weekend of $16.4 million (the film opened earlier in the week and claims a total of $22 million for its first week of release. Meanwhile, Dune: Part One dropped to third place in its fourth week of release with $5.5 million. The science-fiction epic has a total of $93.1 million to date. No Time To Die similarly fell a spot to finish in fourth place this weekend with $4.6 million. Daniel Craig’s final foray as James Bond has now made $150.5 million in its first six weeks of release. Also, losing one spot was Venom: Let There Be Carnage, which finished in fifth place earning $4.0 million over the weekend to lift its seven-week total to $202.7 million.

Dropping one spot to sixth place this weekend was the animated film Ron’s Gone Wrong, which brought in $2.2 million. The film now claims a four-week total of $20.8 million. Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch also fell one spot to finish in seventh place with $1.8 million over the weekend. The film now has a four-week tally of $11.6 million. The second debut of the weekend, Kenneth Branagh’s wonderful Belfast, finished in the eighth spot with $1.8 million. The Kristen Stewart vehicle Spencer finished in ninth place over the weekend after debuting last weekend in the eight spot of the top ten. The film added $1.5 million over the weekend, giving it a two-week total of $4.7 million. Finally, the horror film Antlers, fell one spot to finish in tenth place with $1.2 million over the weekend and a three-week total of $9.6 million.

Two films departed the weekend box-office top ten as Halloween Kills leaves with $91.4 million over the last five weeks and Last Night in Soho with $9.3 million over the last three.

Weekend Box Office (November 12th – November 14th)

  1. Eternals…$27.5 Million
  2. Clifford the Big Red Dog…$16.4 Million
  3. Dune: Part One…$5.5 Million
  4. No Time To Die…$4.6 Million
  5. Venom: Let There Be Carnage…$4.0 Million
  6. Ron’s Gone Wrong…$2.2 Million
  7. The French Dispatch…$1.8 Million
  8. Belfast…$1.8 Million
  9. Spencer…$1.5 Million
  10. Antlers…$1.2 Million
Mike Tyrkus

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.