{"id":36896,"date":"2025-01-26T12:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T17:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/?p=36896"},"modified":"2025-01-31T12:42:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T17:42:00","slug":"weekend-box-office-flight-risk-propels-to-top-spot-in-another-muted-january-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/weekend-box-office-flight-risk-propels-to-top-spot-in-another-muted-january-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Box Office: FLIGHT RISK Propels to Top Spot in Another Muted January Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-flight-risk-lionsgate-new-12m-domestic-opening-weekend\">1. Flight Risk<br>Lionsgate | NEW<br>$12M Domestic Opening Weekend<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mel Gibson-helmed <em>Flight Risk<\/em> gave Lionsgate its second #1 opener of the year, taking in an estimated $12M in 3,161 theaters for a $3,796 Per Screen Average, in line with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/weekend-preview-flight-risk-expected-to-soar-above-competition-over-slow-weekend\/\">forecasting panel&#8217;s pre-release expectations.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the 3-Day looked&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Friday &#8211; $4.4M<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saturday &#8211; $5M<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunday &#8211; $2.6M<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of star Mark Wahlberg, this was a better opening than his last two star outings\u2014<em>Arthur the King<\/em> ($7.6M) and <em>Father Stu<\/em> ($5.4M)\u2014while being around par compared to 2018 releases <em>Mile 22<\/em> ($13.7M) and <em>Instant Family<\/em> ($14.5M). According to PostTrak, 32% of audiences came for Wahlberg specifically, though this performance may send the star right back to the comfort of streaming fare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reviews for the film were close to rock bottom with 22% on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/flight_risk_2024\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, while audience scores were 63% with a &#8220;C&#8221; CinemaScore. Ticket buyers were split nearly even at 46% women\/54% men, which can be attributed to Wahlberg&#8217;s appeal to the female segment despite playing a bald bad guy in this one. The Mel Gibson film also had very little youth appeal, with 45% of audiences over the age of 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, <em>Flight Risk<\/em> was a January genre programmer, and it performed like one. It won&#8217;t have a significant impact on the Q1 box office, but it&#8217;ll keep the seats warm in theaters until some bigger titles open next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-6-presence-neon-new-3-4m-domestic-opening\">6. Presence<br>Neon | NEW<br>$3.4M Domestic Opening<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite strong reviews (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/presence_2024\">87% Certified Fresh on RT<\/a>), Neon&#8217;s haunting chiller <em>Presence <\/em>did not connect with a wide audience as it took in $3.4M on 1,750 screens for a $1,951 PSA. The experimental horror film from Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh, which he shot entirely from the POV of the story&#8217;s ghost, was picked up by Neon for $5M at last year&#8217;s Sundance Film Festival and had built considerable buzz leading up to its launch this weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the 3-Day looked, including $385K in Thursday night previews&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Friday &#8211; $1.385M<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saturday &#8211; $1.23M<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunday &#8211; $800K<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately the slow burn, subtle nature of the storytelling was not what genre fans were looking for, earning a 54% RT audience rating, 2 stars with PostTrak, and a &#8220;C+&#8221; CinemaScore. The biggest name in the cast was Lucy Liu who -despite visibility in recent tentpoles <em>Shazam! Fury of the Gods<\/em> and <em>Red One<\/em>&#8211; is not considered a major draw. As with <em>Flight Risk<\/em> there was very low youth appeal on <em>Presence<\/em> with 73% of ticket buyers over the age of 25. Audiences were 61% male. We mentioned earlier this week that this was going to open low but could be carried by word-of-mouth, though with these exit polls that&#8217;s not going to happen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-other-notable-performances\">Other Notable Performances<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Opening outside the Top 10 at #11 was Angel Studios&#8217; faith-based <em>Brave the Dark <\/em>starring Jared Harris and Nicholas Hamilton which opened to $2,567,062 million on 2,230 screens for a $1,151 PSA. The high school drama was shot in 2021 and began playing festivals in 2023. It received an &#8220;A&#8221; CinemaScore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kino Lorber&#8217;s Liza Minnelli documentary <em>Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story<\/em> opened on one screen, NYC&#8217;s IFC Center, to an estimated $19,000. The studio released a statement saying they aare &#8220;thrilled with the box office results from our exclusive opening engagement&#8221; and that they will be expanding theatrical rollout in the coming months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sunday-s-studio-weekend-estimates-weekend-3-2025-total-3-day-domestic-estimates-66-273-673m-17-8-vs-2024\">Sunday\u2019s Studio Weekend Estimates<br>Weekend 3 \u2013 2025<br>Total 3-Day Domestic Estimates:<br>$66,273,673M | (+17.8% vs 2024)<\/h2>\n\n\n<table dir=\"ltr\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-baot=\"1\"><colgroup> <col width=\"197\" \/> <col width=\"126\" \/> <col width=\"100\" \/> <col width=\"100\" \/> <col width=\"120\" \/> <col width=\"126\" \/> <col width=\"100\" \/> <col width=\"100\" \/> <col width=\"157\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Weekend Estimate<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>% Change<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Locations<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Location Change<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>PSA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Domestic Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Week<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Distributor<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Flight Risk<\/td>\n<td>$12,000,000<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>3,161<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>$3,796<\/td>\n<td>$12,000,000<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Lionsgate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mufasa: The Lion King<\/td>\n<td>$8,700,000<\/td>\n<td>-28%<\/td>\n<td>3,420<\/td>\n<td>-135<\/td>\n<td>$2,544<\/td>\n<td>$221,073,045<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Walt Disney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>One of Them Days<\/td>\n<td>$8,000,000<\/td>\n<td>-32%<\/td>\n<td>2,675<\/td>\n<td>n\/c<\/td>\n<td>$2,991<\/td>\n<td>$25,091,000<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Sony Pictures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sonic the Hedgehog 3<\/td>\n<td>$5,500,000<\/td>\n<td>-36%<\/td>\n<td>3,097<\/td>\n<td>-209<\/td>\n<td>$1,776<\/td>\n<td>$226,096,000<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Paramount Pi\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Moana 2<\/td>\n<td>$4,300,000<\/td>\n<td>-28%<\/td>\n<td>2,550<\/td>\n<td>-275<\/td>\n<td>$1,686<\/td>\n<td>$450,040,500<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Walt Disney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Presence<\/td>\n<td>$3,415,000<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>1,750<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>$1,951<\/td>\n<td>$3,415,000<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Neon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wolf Man<\/td>\n<td>$3,400,000<\/td>\n<td>-69%<\/td>\n<td>3,354<\/td>\n<td>n\/c<\/td>\n<td>$1,014<\/td>\n<td>$17,810,000<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Universal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>A Complete Unknown<\/td>\n<td>$3,100,000<\/td>\n<td>-17%<\/td>\n<td>2,010<\/td>\n<td>-490<\/td>\n<td>$1,542<\/td>\n<td>$62,946,833<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Searchlight \u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Den of Thieves 2: Pantera<\/td>\n<td>$3,000,000<\/td>\n<td>-55%<\/td>\n<td>2,108<\/td>\n<td>-900<\/td>\n<td>$1,423<\/td>\n<td>$31,850,577<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Lionsgate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Brutalist<\/td>\n<td>$2,873,057<\/td>\n<td>46%<\/td>\n<td>1,118<\/td>\n<td>780<\/td>\n<td>$2,570<\/td>\n<td>$9,333,947<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>A24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brave the Dark<\/td>\n<td>$2,567,062<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>2,230<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>$1,151<\/td>\n<td>$2,567,062<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Angel Studios<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wicked<\/td>\n<td>$2,400,000<\/td>\n<td>-33%<\/td>\n<td>2,131<\/td>\n<td>-221<\/td>\n<td>$1,126<\/td>\n<td>$468,833,000<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Universal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nosferatu<\/td>\n<td>$2,050,000<\/td>\n<td>-51%<\/td>\n<td>1,973<\/td>\n<td>-572<\/td>\n<td>$1,039<\/td>\n<td>$93,202,000<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Focus Features<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Seed of the Sacred Fig<\/td>\n<td>$1,244,000<\/td>\n<td>+3,172<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>-4<\/td>\n<td>$77,750<\/td>\n<td>$1,705,934<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Neon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Babygirl<\/td>\n<td>$891,596<\/td>\n<td>-54%<\/td>\n<td>777<\/td>\n<td>-683<\/td>\n<td>$1,147<\/td>\n<td>$27,155,912<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>A24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>September 5<\/td>\n<td>$770,000<\/td>\n<td>120%<\/td>\n<td>395<\/td>\n<td>274<\/td>\n<td>$1,949<\/td>\n<td>$1,694,000<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Paramount Pi\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Colors Within<\/td>\n<td>$378,022<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>570<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>$663<\/td>\n<td>$378,022<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>GKIDS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nickel Boys<\/td>\n<td>$340,172<\/td>\n<td>14%<\/td>\n<td>540<\/td>\n<td>300<\/td>\n<td>$630<\/td>\n<td>$1,505,584<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Amazon MGM S\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Homestead<\/td>\n<td>$222,875<\/td>\n<td>-61%<\/td>\n<td>500<\/td>\n<td>-500<\/td>\n<td>$446<\/td>\n<td>$20,655,061<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Angel Studios<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Flow<\/td>\n<td>$170,600<\/td>\n<td>-33%<\/td>\n<td>221<\/td>\n<td>-104<\/td>\n<td>$772<\/td>\n<td>$3,715,809<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Janus Films<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hard Truths<\/td>\n<td>$166,053<\/td>\n<td>16%<\/td>\n<td>542<\/td>\n<td>421<\/td>\n<td>$306<\/td>\n<td>$619,578<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Bleecker Street<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gladiator II<\/td>\n<td>$160,000<\/td>\n<td>-67%<\/td>\n<td>237<\/td>\n<td>-377<\/td>\n<td>$675<\/td>\n<td>$172,388,000<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Paramount 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Flight RiskLionsgate | NEW$12M Domestic Opening Weekend The Mel Gibson-helmed Flight Risk gave Lionsgate its second #1 opener of the year, taking in an estimated $12M in 3,161 theaters for a $3,796 Per Screen Average, in line with our forecasting panel&#8217;s pre-release expectations. Here&#8217;s how the 3-Day looked&#8230; In terms of star Mark Wahlberg, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":36511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[5661,5675],"class_list":["post-36896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsanalysis","tag-flight-risk","tag-presence"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}