Despite the loss of more than 500 Regal Theaters, total grosses went up this weekend.
Led by newcomer “The War with Grandpa,” the top 10 grossed about $9.7 million.
That’s up from $8.5 million last weekend.
With so many library titles adding to the pot, the full take might reach $13 million.
By comparison.
2019 saw $141 million on Columbus Day weekend.To be fair, with most of Regal gone and with New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle still closed, that might have reduced the potential gross by as much as half.
Had Regal been open, the total would have been over $15 million.
If all markets and theaters were open, the total might have been $26 million.
The lack of product is a major factor, but this depressed level of business continues suggest that audiences have not restored their appetites for theaters.After “Tenet” spent five weeks in the top spot, “The War with Grandpa” took no.
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