Knight Cruising at the Weekend Box Office

[polynucleotide]

#JungleCruise docks with $34 million in theaters, $30 million on Disney Plus https://t.co/XHGWZqo9a4
- Variety (@Variety) August 1, 2021
Jungle Cruise debuted at the top spot this weekend with $34.2 million from 4,310 theaters. The film took another $30 million from Disney+ Premier Access and $27.6 million from international markets for a $92 million

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[sandstorm]

Whoa @ less than 25k separating Green Knight and Old. Is this the highest initial opening for an A24 film? I know my showing had a lot of people.

[polynucleotide]

hereditary opened to $13.6 million so not even close lmao.

[sailormood]

Oh Hereditary. What a time.

[polynucleotide]

fyi, deadline says green knight is on a 20-day theatrical window, so those in the uk and those not comfortable going to a theater yet don't have too long of a wait to see it at home.

[theatervine]

Good to know, I've seen it in theaters, in the middle of the day with literally only four employees in the building and just my mom and I and I want to see it again but it's picking up word-of-mouth steam and I don't want to chance it.

[jocoin1989]

i have a feeling all these hbo max/disney+ premiere access actors are about to really go hard with lawsuits following the scarjo lawsuit. that is not a very high number for a disney movie. even combined/during the pandemic. like didnt kong vs godzilla do more than that?

[itsalanisbitch]

It did $48M opening but HBO doesn’t charge more for their releases, so Disney won out but HBO max is more expensive so idek

[potatoehead25]

I am just watching all of this roll out. I think studios will start paying actors upfront and leave the back end earnings to very few.

[januarysix]

ok going to brave Covid (I'm vaccinated) and see The Green Knight. I feel this movie needs to be seen in the theater.

[theblackwidow]

It does! The sound and cinematography is amazing.

[hazypink]

Very much so! I saw it in the theater and I don’t think I would liked it near as much at home. I masked up and had a snack in my car beforehand haha

[tanglespiders]

It does! Also stay and watch the post-credit scene and tell me what happens lol

[megalixer]

does anyone know what the green knight cost to make? like since it's A24 I'm going to assume it was 8 figures but also like, it has period(-esque) costumes/props and vfx so I could see it being on the high end for them. (it used to be so easy to find budget info RIP pre-acquisition boxofficemojo ;-;)

either way, like ~50% above expectations, dev patel is a star & hollywood needs to learn it!

[polynucleotide]

$30 million. deadline says it covered its production cost selling to international markets.

[megalixer]

good for them! I feel like it's gonna have a very typical A24 "sharp box office cliff because the trailers kind of cover up how arthouse it is, but finds a devoted cult audience once it hits streaming" shelf life