{"id":2248932,"date":"2026-01-24T22:46:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T22:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2248932"},"modified":"2026-01-24T22:46:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T22:46:35","slug":"mercy-takes-no-mercy-at-box-office-on-its-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mercy-takes-no-mercy-at-box-office-on-its-opening-day\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Mercy&#8217; takes no mercy at box office on its opening day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F01%2F119594944.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It took no mercy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMercy\u201d beat out all its box office competition on its opener Friday, raking in $5 million, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/thenumbers.com\/daily-box-office-chart__;!!F0Stn7g!D1HZFOwuN6pnMwSLez2NMwbN8BtS0CdIK8S7AmLh85PuCO_Zv3gR1VbjMMyZJIEiPKF5-HhCprpY5zwMZI70pD3pUfk$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to The Numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The sci-fi action thriller \u2014 starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson, who play a police detective and an AI-generated judge, respectively \u2014 will \u201chave you on the edge of your seat,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/01\/mercy-review-chris-pratt-rebecca-ferguson-ai-judge-thriller-1236691222\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rebecca Ferguson stars as an AI-generated judge in the sci-fi action thriller \u201cMercy.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d\u00a0remained in the second spot, with sales of $1.7 million on its sixth Friday in theaters.<\/p>\n<p>In third was the supernatural psychological horror \u201cReturn to Silent Hill,\u201d with $1.6 million in revenue.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The third installment in the \u201cSilent Hill\u201d film series \u2014 which is based on a video game and cost $23 million to make \u2014 was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/criticism\/movies\/return-to-silent-hill-review-1235174391\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slammed by IndieWire<\/a> as \u201ca nasty, claustrophobic display of staggering creative ineptitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disney\u2019s \u201cZootopia 2\u201d stayed in fourth with a $1.4 million take. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Zoe Saldana reprises her role as a Na\u2019vi warrior and princess in \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920th Century Studios\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In the horror \u201cReturn to Silent Hill,\u201d Robert Strange plays the humanoid monster Pyramid Head. <span class=\"credit\">IMDB<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Jan. 18, when it reached a total of $1.7 billion in global box office revenue, the zebra buddy cop comedy dethroned \u201cInside Out 2\u201d as the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2026-01-18\/zootopia-2-is-highest-grossing-us-animated-movie-of-all-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highest-grossing U.S. animated film<\/a> of all time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,\u201d which was in first place last Friday, dropped down to fifth, taking in $1.2 million. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took no mercy. \u201cMercy\u201d beat out all its box office competition on its opener Friday, raking in $5 million, according to The Numbers. 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