Aided by 100 additional theater openings, “Tenet” fell only 29 percent in its second North American weekend.
That’s a good hold — however, that represents just $6.7 million in 2,910 theaters.
Based on that drop, “Tenet” earned about $9.5 million in its opening weekend.There’s lots of caveats here: About 70 percent of theaters are open in the U.S., but the top-grossing locations in New York and Los Angeles remain closed.
This weekend didn’t have a holiday attached, and since “Tenet” played for four days (including Thursday with full shows) before the weekend, that would likely reduce the first weekend’s total.The best news is that Warners reports that among the five top grosses for “Tenet,” four were in newly reopened areas.
The top market was Los Angeles driven by cities in Orange County (Orange and Irvine), just south of Los Angeles.
Fourth was the Paramount Drive-In (in L.A.
County), with fifth best in Fort Lauderdale.
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