Netflix film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is predicted to open to $15 million in its first week after opening to $13.3 million in its first five days.
The box office total marked the streaming service’s most lucrative theatrical release before it arrived on Netflix.
The film’s three-day opening of $9.3 million in fewer than 900 theaters is the tenth best opening, finishing in front of titles such as 1991’s The Doors, which made $9.1 million in 840 theaters; and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, which opened in 2004 to $8.68 million in 530 theaters, Deadline reported.
Netflix film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — featuring Kate Hudson, Jessica Henwick, Daniel Craig and Leslie Odom Jr. — is projected to debut to $15 million in its first week after opening to $13.3 million in the first five days.
The cast of the Rian Johnson-directed motion picture includes Daniel Craig, Janelle Monae, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson and Leslie Odom Jr.
The motion picture was screened at the top three cinema companies in the country – AMC, Regal and Cinemark.
Sources told Deadline that Netflix reached a business deal with theaters to charge them about 40 percent of rental fees, as opposed to the typical study range of 60 – 70 percent, and four times more for marketing to exhibitors. Spent.
Cinemark had earlier started screening Netflix films in the wake of the 2020 pandemic.
Edward Norton and Dave Bautista star in the film, which received a 93 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes on Sunday.
Henwick, Hudson and Janelle Monáe are seen in a shot from the sequel
The film’s $9.3 million three-day opening is the tenth best opening for a film in fewer than 900 theaters.
According to Deadline, top theaters screening the film include AMC Lincoln Square NYC, Cineplex Odeon Varsity in Toronto, AMC Burbank, AMC Century City, AMC Boston Common, Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn, AMC Grove LA, AMC Disney Springs 24 Buena Vista Huh. , Florida, AMC Empire 25 NYC and AMC Dine-In Thoroughbred in Franklin, Tennessee.
The Glass Onion had a rating of 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes on Sunday.
The film’s predecessor, 2019’s Knives Out, opened during Thanksgiving of 2019, grossing $41.4 million in its five-day release en route to a $165.3 million opening.
The previous biggest opening for the streamer was 2021 action film Red Notice – starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot – after a three-day opening of $1.25 million to $1.5 million. The film is also the streaming service’s most-watched film worldwide, with over 364 million hours watched.
Disney’s $135 million film Strange World had a poor opening of $28 million globally
The film had a domestic opening of $11,900,000 in 4,174 theaters.
Elsewhere, Disney’s $135 million film Strange World had a poor opening of $28 million globally. The film had a domestic debut of $11,900,000 in 4,174 theaters.
The film, which was co-directed by Don Hall and Qu Nguyen, features the voices of celebs including Jake Gyllenhaal, Gabrielle Union, Dennis Quaid and Lucy Liu.
Both Glass Onion and Strange World are set to debut on their own studio streaming services around Christmas, with Glass Onion skipping theaters until the day it hits streamers on December 23rd.
