‘Nope’ Opens to #1 but Falls Short of Opening Box-Office Expectations

San Diego Comic-Con this weekend reminded exhibitors of good times ahead with “Black Adam” (Warner Bros.) in October and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Disney) in November.

It’s an apt moment for the distraction.

With “Nope” opening to 44 million, this weekend’s box office total of 124 million might be the best we see until “Black Adam.”“Nope” is found money for theaters.

As a non-franchise film, it is among six original entries in this week’s top 10.

That’s a rarity any time of the year, much less normally sequel-heavy July.Its initial take is a bit lower than the projected 50 million.

We’ll need to see the final weekend total, but as of now it is 10,000 behind “Uncharted” as the best non-franchise debut take for any film since Peele’s own “Us” in early 2019.Comparison with the 71 million opening gross for “Us” is one of three figures that mutes

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