‘Empty Man’ Rings Hollow With $1.2 Million Opening

While theaters in New York save these in NYC had been allowed to reopen this weekend, it did nothing to spice up the meager pandemic field workplace numbers as Open Road’s “Honest Thief” stayed atop the charts for a second weekend with simply $2.four million from 2,502 areas, giving it a $7.5 million complete after 10 days in theaters

One of the few new releases this weekend was the 20th Century horror movie “The Empty Man,” which rang hole with simply $1.three million from 2,027 screens. Developed previous to Disney’s acquisition of Fox, the movie has been panned by audiences with a 46% viewers rating on Rotten Tomatoes and only a 25% “definite recommend” ranking on Comscore/ScreenEngine’s Posttrak.

Warner Bros.’ “Tenet” matched the weekend complete of “The Empty Man,” taking $1.three million in its eighth weekend. As the movie finishes its run within the U.S., Japan and Germany, it now has a home complete of $52.5 million and a world complete of $341 million. 101 Studios’ “The War With Grandpa” grossed $1.9 million in its third weekend, giving it a complete of $9.7 million after three weekends.

Although New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has allowed upstate New York theaters to reopen, the highest three markets within the U.S. — New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco — stay closed. While New York City and Los Angeles stay closed on account of COVID-19 issues, San Francisco has allowed theaters to reopen with out concession gross sales, one thing that house owners have refused to do.

Without these three markets, it’s anticipated that studios will proceed to postpone their main releases; and with COVID-19 infections surging in over 40 states, it’s changing into more and more seemingly that “Wonder Woman 1984” and different movies at present slated for launch throughout the Christmas season will probably be pushed into 2021.