When it seemed that we had almost abandoned all hope, the American box office has illuminated us with a couple of rays of light that show that there is still there is life beyond superhero movies, franchises and video game adaptations. These are none other than ‘The Lost City’ from Paramount Pictures and the latest Bollywood phenomenon ‘RRR’.
through the big door
Despite the efforts of ‘The Batman’ that continues to gain muscle with a collection of 20 million dollars in its fourth weekend —making a total in the US of 332 million—, the romantic comedy-tinged adventure starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum has managed to crown the box office with an amazing debut valued at 30.4 million dollars. A resounding success if we consider that its budget —without counting promotion— oscillates between 65 and 70 million dollars.
This, in addition to confirming that there is still room for medium-budget productions -although it is already closer to the top, the way of evaluating these questions has changed drastically-, confirms a fantastic trend for a Paramount that continues to link blockbuster releases in theaters; joining ‘The Lost City’ to recent titles such as ‘Scream’ or ‘Jackass Forever’ in full strategic transition to streaming by the company.
Although the big surprise of the week has been the assault on the box office by the Indian industry, whose three-hour action epic ‘RRR’ has managed to sneak into third position with a juicy 9.5 million dollars grossed in 1,200 theaters across the country —’The Lost City’ was screened at 4,253—. Seeing its trailer and the amazing staging by SS Rajamouli -director of the amazing ‘Baahubali’, its success is not surprising.
In Spain we like bad guys
As far as the Spanish box office is concerned, life goes on the same. In the absence of specific figures, ‘The bad guys’ has once again occupied number 1, relegating ‘The Batman’ to second position. After her, ‘Uncharted’, the debut of ‘Camera café’ and ‘Emperor Code’ in its second week on the bill close a Top 5 that predicts data that would leave a lot to be desired.