In what passes for a pretty decent opening these days, Liam Neeson's latest Old Man of Action thriller debuts on top.
In what passes for good news these days, no major upcoming releases were postponed or sent to streaming/VOD this week. In even better news, at least from the viewpoints of theater companies and studios, New York state announced that theaters outside of New York City would be able to start reopening this Friday. While this will still leave some of what are usually highest-grossing theaters in the country shut down for now, it will allow the rest of the state, including the suburbs, start taking in two months worth of new releases. This might provide a jolt to the box office and encourage studios to keep the blockbusters still on the calendar for December, including Wonder Woman 1984, in place.
Meanwhile, last weekend, Honest Thief, in which Liam Neeson's attempts to go straight are derailed when two crooked FBI agents frame him for murder, had a decent start to top the charts. The thriller took in $4.1 million, which is more than what Unhinged opened wide to back in August. That film, which admittedly had a $1 million head start because of an early release in Canada, has now grossed 5 times that amount, which is more a reflection of the lack of competition than the quality of the film. But with the upcoming schedule also fairly bare, there's no reason to think this couldn't do similar business.
Placing second is last week's champ, the family comedy The War With Grandpa, which brought in $2.5 million for a ten-day total of $7.3 million. This could be heading toward a $15 million final gross.
Tenet topped $50 million thanks to this weekend's $1.6 million total. Its domestic total now stands at $50.6 million. Whether it can make it above $55 million remains to be seen.
Opening in fourth was Disney's third Halloween-related re-release in three weeks, The Nightmare Before Christmas. The 1993 stop-motion musical opened to $1.3 million, handily beating last week's flop re-release of Coco but a bit below the $1.9 million fellow 1993 movie Hocus Pocus took in two weeks ago. The witches came in 5th, grossing $0.8 million for a re-release total of $3.8 million.
In sixth is another new release, the faith-based romantic drama 2 Hearts, in which the lives of two couples--one college kids living in the present day, and one an older couple living in the 60s/70s--come together via tragedy. Starring people you've probably only heard of if you watch the shows they're on, it opened to $0.5 million.
The New Mutants and the aforementioned Unhinged both keep chugging along, in 7th and 8th, with totals up to $22.7 million and $20 million, respectively. Rounding out the Top Ten are two other newcomers. Love and Monsters, which is also available on PPV VOD, took in $0.3 million, while The Kid Detective, which despite its title, is definitely not for kids, opened to $0.1 million.
This week brings the first theater-only big studio release since The Broken Hearts Gallery a month ago. Disneyith Century's The Empty Man, opening just in time for Halloween, is a spooky thriller about a cop trying to stop a mysterious cult from releasing an evil spirit. Also opening is After We Collided, a romantic drama that's the sequel to the One Direction fan-fiction inspired After, from last year. Will either film be able to knock Honest Thief out of the top spot? We'll find out next week.
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