LOS ANGELES 鈥� It鈥檚 another weekend of buzz versus pure star power at the box office as the word of mouth sensation 鈥淎 Quiet Place鈥� finds itself neck-and-neck again with Dwayne Johnson鈥檚 鈥淩ampage.鈥� This time buzz had the slight advantage.
Studio estimates on Sunday have placed 鈥淎 Quiet Place,鈥� with $22 million, in first, and 鈥淩ampage鈥� in second with $21 million, but it鈥檚 possible those numbers may shift when final results are tallied on Monday.
Still, John Krasinski鈥檚 鈥淎 Quiet Place鈥� continues to be a mini phenomenon. With a $17 million production budget, 鈥淎 Quiet Place鈥� has grossed $132.4 million from North American theatres in three weeks. 鈥淩ampage,鈥� too, is down only 41 per cent domestically in its second weekend and continues to rake in the dollars globally. The film boasts a worldwide tally of $283 million, and Johnson has continued using his social media accounts to hype the film and thank audiences.
鈥淚 never take success like this for granted. Global success like this means so much,鈥� Johnson posted on his Instagram account Saturday night. 鈥淚鈥檓 not a Marvel movie. It鈥檚 not Star Wars. 鈥橰ampage鈥� may as well have been called 鈥橠wayne Johnson and his albino gorilla friend鈥� because it鈥檚 such an obscure video game ... Thank you guys so much.鈥�
The staying power of both somewhat overshadowed the newcomers, like Amy Schumer鈥檚 鈥淚 Feel Pretty鈥� and the sequel to the 2001 cult comedy 鈥淪uper Troopers,鈥� both of which nevertheless managed to find their own niche audiences despite largely negative reviews.
鈥淚 Feel Pretty,鈥� released by STX Entertainment, grossed an estimated $16.2 million 鈥� a little less than half of what Schumer鈥檚 鈥淭rainwreck鈥� opened to in July 2015. Unlike 鈥淭rainwreck,鈥� Schumer did not write 鈥淚 Feel Pretty,鈥� which is about an insecure woman who gets a life-changing confidence boost after a head injury. The concept became somewhat divisive and the subject of a fair amount of scrutiny.
鈥淪he鈥檚 a force and that鈥檚 not going to change,鈥� notes comScore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian. 鈥淪he鈥檚 always going to push the envelope. Sometimes that will bring big box office, sometimes it won鈥檛.鈥�
The partially crowd-funded 鈥淪uper Troopers 2,鈥� meanwhile, leaned into its April 20 opening and scored a fourth place, $14.7 million opening weekend for Broken Lizards and distributor 20th Century Fox.
Fifth place went to the Blumhouse horror 鈥淭ruth or Dare鈥� with $7.9 million in its second weekend, while Lionsgate鈥檚 thriller 鈥淭raffik,鈥� with Paula Patton, launched in ninth with $3.9 million.
The box office for the year remains down about 2.4 per cent from last year, but that will change next week.
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to see a huge turnaround later this week in the box office fortunes with 鈥橝vengers: Infinity War,鈥濃�� Dergarabedian said.
The film is tracking to make over $200 million in its first weekend in theatres, leading some experts to wonder whether the superhero pic could have the highest opening of all time, beating out even 鈥淪tar Wars: The Force Awakens.鈥�
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to comScore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1.鈥淎 Quiet Place,鈥� $22 million.
2.鈥淩ampage,鈥� $21 million.
3.鈥淚 Feel Pretty,鈥� $16.2 million.
4.鈥淪uper Troopers 2,鈥� $14.7 million.
5.鈥淭ruth or Dare,鈥� $7.9 million.
6.鈥淩eady Player One,鈥� $7.5 million.
7.鈥淏lockers,鈥� $7 million.
8.鈥淏lack Panther,鈥� $4.6 million.
9.鈥淭raffik,鈥� $3.9 million.
10.鈥淚sle of Dogs,鈥� $3.4 million.
