‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Tops North American Box Office After Gripping Cast Arguments

• The Warner Bros movie. generated $19.2 million in ticket sales in the United States and Canada over the weekend, according to a researcher Comscore Inc. estimated Sunday. That put it below $21.6 million provide from Boxoffice Pro. The studio had forecast ticket sales of around $17 million.
• A re-release of the 2009 blockbuster Avatar took in $10 million domestically, Comscore estimated, as Walt Disney Co. seeks to arouse interest in the future, Avatar: The Way of the Waterbefore its debut in December.

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• The current period is slow for the industry, as cinema chains await potentially big movies later this year, including Black Panther: Wakanda Forever the 11th of November. Meanwhile, low-budget pictures have been competing with re-releases of classic films and foreign films as theater owners try to fill seats.
• don’t worry darling tells the story of residents of a fictional town called Victory, California, which was created and paid for by a secret society. It is Wilde’s second film after her directorial debut in 2019 with Library, and stars Florence Pugh and Harry Styles. It has 38% critical approval Evaluation on Rotten Tomatoes, even though 80% of moviegoers said they liked it. It was made for $35 million. “We are extremely proud of this film and are pleased with these results given our modest production budget,” said Warner Bros. in a press release.
• The film, which was made under Warner Bros.’ The New Line Cinema label was the subject of exceptionally intense media coverage before its creation. One of its stars, Shia LaBeouf, was fired and replaced by Styles, according to Wilde. LaBeouf accused her of lying, saying he quit, while others speculated a rift also developed between the director and Pugh.
• The audience for don’t worry darling was 66% female, most over the age of 18, the studio said. The female kinga Sony Group The film about a female-led group of African warriors, which opened last weekend, took second place. It sold $11.1 million worth of tickets, Comscore estimated.