It’s a great weekend at the US box office, even by pre-pandemic standards.
Two movies, both R-rated, aren’t squashing one another, but equally set to gross over $19M apiece this weekend.
We’re talking about New Line/HBO Max’s Mortal Kombat and Funimation/Aniplex’s Demon Slayer –Kimetsu no Yaiba– The Movie: Mugen Train.
Seriously, this is amazing box office results in the wake of Warner’s $48M-plus Easter 5-day win with Godzilla vs.
Kong, considering 58% of U.S.
and Canada’s 5,8K theaters are open, NYC is operating at 33% capacity, and Canada is only 20% open.
Both movies are blowing away expectations where was around $10M for Demon Slayer and $10M-$12M for Mortal Kombat.
I heard best case scenario for the latter was $15M, but the reboot of the classic Midway game, which finally delivers a lot of blood,
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