This time a year ago, the box office was getting a drought-busting weekend thanks to the $82.5 million opening of Warner Bros./Legendary’s “Dune: Part Two.” But Warner’s new release this weekend, “Mickey 17,” isn’t opening to a quarter of that.
Industry estimates have Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi satire opening to just $18.5 million from 3,607 locations after a $7.7 million opening day, a foreboding result given the film’s reported $118 million budget.
With no other films earning more than $10 million this weekend — “Captain America: Brave New World” is second with $8.7 million in its fourth frame — overall totals are coming in at a mere $56 million, down 60% from the opening weekend of “Dune: Part Two” a year ago.