For the second time in two months, a Sony Pictures sequel confounded projections on opening weekend.
Like “Carnage-2021-movie-posters/”>Venom: Let There Be Carnage” before it, which bested all other 2021 titles with an initial $90 million return, “Afterlife-2021-movie-posters/”>Ghostbusters: Afterlife” opened to an estimated $44 million; prior estimates ranged from $27 million-$40 million.Sony, the only top studio to lack a streaming outlet, is having a great last quarter that will be capped by the hotly anticipated “Spider-Man: No Way Home” — a good bet to be the top-grossing release of 2021.
Unlike its Disney MCU competitors, “Carnage” and “Afterlife” are veritable bargains; they cost less than $100 million each.With these franchise installments, Sony seems to have found a sweet spot.
“Afterlife” rebounded from the perceived failure of its 2016 female-reworking predecessor The problem lay in its $144 million budget, nearly double that of “Afterlife.”Here, Jason Reitman took over the directorial reins held by his father Ivan for the
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