Ruben Fleischer’s latest, Uncharted, once again took the No. 1 spot at the box, selling another $23.3 million, bringing its 10-day domestic total to $83 million ($226 million worldwide). Woof. Didn’t see this one doing this well, but I guess having Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg in your movie brings in the big bucks.
I guess we’ll be seeing more of these Uncharted films over the next few years. Meh.
Channing Tatum’s action-comedy, Dog, took the No. 2 spot at the box office for the second consecutive weekend, selling another $10.1 million, upping the flick’s 10-day domestic sales total to just under $31 million.
Spider-Man: No Way Home took the No. 3 spot, selling another $5.8 million, over the weekend. The latest entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe has made a whopping $780 million domestically and $1.863 billion worldwide. The Men In Tights win again!
Rounding out last weekend’s top 5 were Death on the Nile (No. 4; $4.5 million) and the hilarious Jackass Forever (No. 5; $3.17 million).
Also of note, Studio 666, a horror film in which the Foo Fighters attempt to record in a haunted house, opened at the No. 8 spot, selling $1.58 million over its first three days of release.
This weekend belongs to one of 2022’s most anticipated films, Matt Reeves’ The Batman.
The movie stars Robert Pattinson as Batman, Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman, Paul Dano as the Riddler, Jeffrey Wright as Lt. Gordon, and John Turturro as Carmine Falcone. Also in the cast are Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, and Andy Serkis.
I’m not someone who ever wants to put money toward the terrible Comic Book Era, but I might have to go see this at the theater.
The trailer looks gorgeous and wow, that cast. Not sure how I can skip this one and still be involved in the domestic film conversation.
It’ll be interesting to see how the review looks this time next week. One thing we know for sure is that this will be No. 1 at the box office this time next week. No doubt about it.
I remember writing about Netflix in this column when it was a still-new thing. When it was a monopoly: long before HBO Max or Sling or Prime Video or Hulu or any of the others.
Netflix was king of streaming, and had so few options that I would sometimes write recommendations for things to stream.
Now, in 2022, there are more streaming services than I can count and so much content that I can no longer use my once-signature line; “I see everything.” Just on my home computer I currently have links to Sling, Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, NBA League Pass, YouTube, and The Criterion Channel. And they all have endless options that I can hardly begin to keep up with.
I gotta wonder where we’ll be in another 10 or so years. Terrifying, and exciting.
OK, back to watching this Kanye West documentary on Netflix; see ya next week.