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The film, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple<\/b>, may have scored well with critics, but slightly more movie-going audiences chose to spend the holiday weekend catching up with Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/b>. James Cameron\u2019s epic topped the North American box office charts for the fifth straight weekend with $13.3 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Walt Disney Co also celebrated another win as their Thanksgiving release Zootopia 2 <\/b>became the highest- grossing animated Motion Picture Association release of all time.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile The Bone Temple<\/b>, directed by Nia DaCosta, landed in second place with $13 million through Sunday. By the end of Monday\u2019s Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, it\u2019s expected to be at $15 million, still trailing Avatar\u2019s<\/b> projected $17.2 million. The film, released by Sony Pictures and starring Ralph Fiennes and Jack O\u2019Connell, opened wide on the weekend in 3,506 theatres on a wave of hype and strong reviews. It currently has 93 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes, and 72 per cent of audiences said in a PostTrak poll that they would \u201cdefinitely recommend\u201d the movie.<\/p>\n
But perhaps in a case of too much too soon, the sequel also comes less than a year after the previous instalment, 28 Years Later<\/b>, which opened to $30 million in June. Going into the weekend, The Bone Temple<\/b> was expected to make at least $20 million through Monday. With a reported $63 million production budget, not including marketing and promotion, it also has a long journey to break even.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one of those head-scratchers,\u201d said Paul Dergarabedian, the head of marketplace trends for Comscore. \u201cThere may be a little bit of confusion from audiences. But word-of-mouth might sustain it in this marketplace, like we saw with The Housemai<\/b>d and Zootopia 2<\/b>.\u201d<\/p>\n
Third place went to Zootopia 2<\/b>, with $8.8 million in its eighth weekend. With global grosses currently at $1.7 billion, it surpassed Inside Out 2<\/b> as the highest-grossing MPA animated release of all time. The Housemaid<\/b> landed in fourth place with $8.5 million. Made for only $35 million, the Lionsgate release has grossed nearly $250 million worldwide.<\/p>\n
Rounding out the top-five was Marty Supreme<\/b>, which became A24\u2019s highest-grossing North American release. Josh Safdie\u2019s mid-century adrenaline rush may get another boost after Oscar nominations are announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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