Forget saving Arrakis because the arrival of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) later this week will be much more beneficial for the box office than that sand-drenched planet. WhileBob Marley: One Lovedoes repeat as the No. 1 film in domestic theaters, it’s a rather shallow victory, as 2024 suffers its third-worst moviegoing weekend of the young year.Bob Marley: One Lovebrings in $13.5 million, while the weekend total of $58.8 million is only slightly better than January 26-28’s $54.5 million and February 9-11’s $37 million.
On the worldwide stage,Bob Marley: One Lovemanaged to make another $49.4 million in international markets, which bolsters its global total to $120.6 million. And despite its wretched Tomatometer rating of 42% from the critics, fans are thoroughly enjoying the biopic. The film holds an audience score of 92% on Rotten Tomatoes and an “A” CinemaScore.
Bob Marley: One Love
For Sony, the bad news continues to mount as their live-action Spider-Verse adventure,Madame Web, drops an appalling 60.9% — the worst falloff of any film in this weekend’s Top 10 — and has to settle for fourth place with only $6 million. If there is a silver lining, it lies in the fact that the Dakota Johnson-led train wreck has made $77.4 million worldwide. So, considering its $80-million budget, the film could have theoretically broken even had the advertising and marketing costs been counted in that production budget.
Timothée Chalamet’s Box Office Reign
Dune: Part Twocan’t get here soon enough. And while the box office is thirsting for a blockbuster, it’ll soon find itself quenched, iftheDunesequel’s $65-million forecastholds. For Timothée Chalamet, the actor won’t suffer with any struggling later this week. OncePart Twodrops on Friday, the talented thespian will most likely have two Top-10 movies to celebrate. It’s safe to say director Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi sequel will lay claim to No. 1 next weekend — take that to the bank. And the Chalamet-led musical adventureWonkawill most likely still reside in the Top 10.
Despite already being available on VOD,Wonkamanaged to take the No. 7 slot over the weekend domestically with $2.5 million. CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, David Zaslav, even announcedWonkawill arrive on Max later this spring just two days ago. Regardless, the film still creates magic at the box office. At the time of this writing,Wonkahas made $617.2 million globally, giving Warner Bros. yet another win. The studio boaststhe highest-grossing film of 2023 withBarbie, and things will only get better in a few short days. Yes,Dune: Part Twois a Warner Bros. production.
A pair of newcomers managed to medal this weekend, asMadame Webspiraled out of control. The silver goes to No. 2Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, which made $11.6 million. And the bronze belongs to No. 3Ordinary Angels’$6.5 million.Migrationrounds out the Top 5 with $3 million. This week’s best per-theater average goes to the rerelease of 1983’sNostalghia.
Nostalghialanded the No. 29 spot at the weekend box office in limited release. Playing in only two theaters, the classic film made $29,399 for a per-theater average of $14,699.
