The box office is upbeat on a mid-August weekend that is usually a down period.
Original actioner “The Meg” (Warner Bros.), a non-franchise film, opened to $44 million domestic and $91 million foreign.
That’s way beyond industry expectations.Opening more narrowly (1512 screens) and performing ahead of predictions was Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” (Focus) at just under $11 million.And there’s other positive news: the weekend totaled about $145 million, about a quarter higher than last year, with year-to-date grosses 8.7 percent ahead of 2017.
Add to that a rash of strong holdovers led by “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” (Paramount), which is headed for an over $200 million domestic total.“The Meg” is the first non-franchise film to place #1 since “A Quiet Place” in April.
That is the longest stretch in movie release history for sequels and series films to grab the top spot.
Of course, a shark-centered thriller isn’t exactly the hallmark of originality.
“47 Meters Down” two years ago,
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