LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) — Paramount/Viacom Inc. scored a surprise hit this weekend after their latest movie “A Quiet Place” debuted at the top of the domestic weekend box office.
“A Quiet Place” which had a production budget of just $17 million, tells the tale of a family living very quietly amongst keen-eared alien predators and was helmed by director John Krasinski, who also stars in the film alongside Emily Blunt.
The film picked up early strong reviews and earned an impressive $71m worldwide in its debut weekend, with 50m of that coming from domestic theaters. “Quiet Place’s” success must come as a welcome change for Paramount execs as it was their biggest film debut since Star Trek Beyond in July 2016, and only their second since Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation the previous year.
Internationally, Warner Bros. “Ready Player One” continued to chug along, holding on to the top spot and earning an estimated $106.8M over the weekend, though ticket sales for the film in North America flagged, earning just $25.1M in its second week in theatres.
Disney-Marvel’s “Black Panther” passed another milestone this weekend, $12.9M worldwide, bringing is cumulative revenue to almost $1.3 billion, and dethroning James Cameron’s “Titanic” as the third best selling movie of all time.
The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, April 8, are below.
1. Ready Player One – Warner Bros. – $106.8M
2. Quiet Place, A – Paramount Pictures – $71.0M
3. Blockers – Universal – $24.6M
4. Peter Rabbit – Sony – $20.2M
5. Pacific Rim Uprising – Multiple – $17.3M
6. Black Panther – Disney – $12.9M
7. Hindi Medium – China Film Co. – $11.7M
8. I Can Only Imagine – Multiple – $8.5M
9. Sherlock Gnomes – Paramount Pictures – $8.3M
10. Tyler Perry’s Acrimony – Lionsgate – $8.1M
11. Tomb Raider – Warner Bros. – $6.9M
12. Chappaquiddick – Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures – $6.2M
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, April 8, are below.
1. Quiet Place, A – Paramount – $50.0M
2. Ready Player One – Warner Bros. – $25.1M
3. Blockers – Universal – $21.4M
4. Black Panther – Disney – $8.4M
5. I Can Only Imagine – Roadside Attractions – $8.4M
6. Tyler Perry’s Acrimony – Lionsgate – $8.1M
7. Chappaquiddick – Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures – $6.2M
8. Sherlock Gnomes – Paramount – $5.6M
9. Pacific Rim Uprising – Universal – $4.9M
10. Isle Of Dogs – Fox Searchlight – $4.6M
11. Miracle Season, The – MIRR/LD – $4.1M
12. Wrinkle In Time, A – Disney – $3.1M
