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Posted February 27, 2022 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: Uncharted Holds Top Spot


Two films debuted in the box-office weekend top ten, but the Tom Holland-led Uncharted held onto the number one spot by besting the second-place film by $13.2 million.

Uncharted posterAgain, finishing atop the box-office weekend, Uncharted pulled in $23.3 million in its second week of release. This gives the film a total of $83.4 million to show for its first two weeks in theaters. Also holding steady in its spot from last weekend was Dog starring Channing Tatum. The film added $10.1 million to boost its two-week total to $30.9 million. Meanwhile, Spider-Man: No Way Home clung onto third place with $5.8 million over the weekend. This boosted the film’s grand total to $779.9 million over the last eleven weeks. The film now inches closer to the second highest grossing domestic film of all time, Avengers: Endgame ($858.4 million). Death on the Nile held its ground in fourth place with $4.5 million, lifting its three-week total to $32.8 million. Similarly, Jackass Forever remained in fifth place with $3.2 million in its fourth week of release, giving it a total of $52.1 million over that time.

Last weekend’s seventh-place film, Sing 2, climbed a spot this weekend to finish in sixth place with $2.1 million. This gives the animated film a ten-week total of $151.2 million. The film it flip-flopped with, Marry Me finished in seventh with $1.9 million over the weekend, raising its three-week total to $20.2 million. Debuting in eighth place was the rock/horror/comedy Studio 666 starring the Foo Fighters, which brought in $1.6 million in its first week of release. Also debuting in the top ten, was the Peter Dinklage starring Cyrano, which took in $1.4 million over while debuting in this weekend’s ninth spot. Finally, last weekend’s eighth-place finisher, Scream dropped to the tenth spot over the weekend with $1.3 million. The film now lays claim to a seven-week total of $79.2 million.

The weekend also saw two films forced from the box-office weekend top ten. Last week’s ninth- and tenth-place films (Blacklight and The Cursed [Eight for Silver]) were both pushed from the top ten this week. Blacklight leaves with a three-week total of $8.7 million while The Cursed (Eight for Silver) sports a two-week tally of $3.6 million.

Weekend Box Office (February 25th – February 27th)

  1. Uncharted…$23.3 Million
  2. Dog…$10.1 Million
  3. Spider-Man: No Way Home…$5.8 Million
  4. Death on the Nile…$4.5 Million
  5. Jackass Forever…$3.2 Million
  6. Sing 2…$2.1 Million
  7. Marry Me…$1.9 Million
  8. Studio 666…$1.6 Million
  9. Cyrano…$1.4 Million
  10. Scream…$1.3 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.
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