Gerard Butler ‘Falls’ Into The Top Spot

The bizarrely resilient Gerard Butler Fallen franchise managed to take the highest spot this weekend, as Angel Has Fallen earned $21.25 million on a finances of round $40 million, proving that mid-budget movies can nonetheless reach an period dominated by Disney blockbusters. Honestly, I discover the success of those movies weirdly hilarious: They’re not notably effectively acquired by critics, and even followers of the franchise appear to like them satirically. But they do love them, as Angel earned an A- on Cinemascore, the identical because the final two movies, and a 94 % on the Rotten Tomatoes viewers rating. Gerard Butler’s profession is a really bizarre one: He makes films for the Redbox-loving crowd, it’s simply that sometimes, these exact same films cross over into the mainstream, because the Fallen films have. Likewise, even when his films fail within the United States, they nonetheless put up nice numbers abroad, see e.g., Geostorm ($33 million home, $171 million worldwide). These Fallen movies likewise put up large numbers abroad. London Has Fallen earned modest numbers stateside, for example ($63 million), however added one other $143 million abroad. Honestly, I discover all of it weirdly spectacular how remarkably effectively the Fallen franchise fares.

The Seth Rogen/Jonah Goldberg comedy Good Boys, in the meantime, fell from the highest spot final week to quantity two, incomes about $11 million. After ten days, it’s earned $41.7 million, over double the finances of the movie. Sony’s faith-based Overcomer took third place with a powerful $8.2 million. I by no means know which of those faith-based movies will hit and which is able to barely make a blip, and evaluations don’t appear to play an element within the least. Overcomer was beloved by audiences, which gave it an A+, and the movie performed greatest within the Bible belt.In its sixth week, in the meantime, Lion King continues to carry out effectively, coming in fourth place with $8.1 million to deliver its home complete to $510 million, besting Beauty and the Beast ($504 million) for highest-grossing live-action remake.