Beyoncé’s Renaissance Takes No. 1 at Box Office as Wish and Napoleon Tank – The Hollywood Reporter
“Renaissance: A Beyoncé Film”
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Beyoncé’s new concert film is succeeding at the box office, on track for its biggest early December opening in two decades.
Renaissance: A Beyoncé Film — which was written, directed and produced by the star — could now earn between $21 million and $24 million in its debut after earning glowing reviews and an A+ CinemaScore. The film grossed $11.5 million on Friday, including $5 million in Thursday previews
AMC Distributed Theaters — also home to blockbuster movies Taylor Swift: Tour for the Ages – remains more conservative in suggesting a $20 million opening, which the film had been tracking to do before its release.
More than 70 percent of Friday’s audience was female, while 50 percent of the audience were black moviegoers in a win for diverse programming. Nearly 70% of ticket buyers are between 18 and 24 years old, including 43% between 25 and 34 years old.
The weekend after Thanksgiving is known to be very slow, and Renaissance It is a welcome gift for exhibitors. So far, the biggest opening for the first weekend of December belongs to Tom Cruise The last samurai ($24.3 million), not adjusted for inflation.
Similar to Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and her team decided to bypass Hollywood studios and entered into a deal with AMC Theaters for distribution. Renaissancewhich chronicles her recent world tour, while including behind-the-scenes footage detailing the concert planning and execution.
Swift and AMC made history in October when Taylor Swift: Tour for the Ages It opened to a staggering $92.8 million domestically, the biggest launch ever for a musical. No one expected Renaissance To do the same kind of work, keeping in mind that her audience is older.
before Tour of the ages2008 Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour It holds the record for the best domestic opening for a musical with $31.1 million, not adjusted for inflation. This was followed in 2011 Justin Bieber Never say nowhich opened to $29.5 million.
Renaissance It’s also being released overseas, where it’s tracked to open in the $20 million range for a $40 million global debut.
The party photo isn’t the only giveaway for models this weekend. Japanese movie Godzilla minus one Looks like he’ll come in third behind him Renaissance And hold on The Hunger Games: Song of Songbirds and Snakes With a whopping $9 million to $10 million thanks to the younger guys. Males made up 77% of ticket buyers on Friday, with 63% of all ticket buyers between the ages of 18 and 34.
It will also open nationwide this weekend the shift, which is eyeing a lackluster eighth place with $4.5 million or so. This faith-based sci-fi thriller is produced by Angel Studios, the home of sleeper movies Freedom’s voice.
Elsewhere, the news was bleak for Thanksgiving entries Napoleonfrom Apple Original Films, Sony and Disney Animation’s he wishes.
Trolls band together, he wishes And Napoleon In a three-way race for fourth place. All three films are on track for weekend grosses in the $7 million range. to he wishesmeaning a sharp 63 percent drop, though Disney is more optimistic about a $7 million to $9 million range for the weekend.
Napoleon It is even worse, and could fall as much as 66 percent after opening ahead of expectations during Thanksgiving. The sharp decline was no surprise to Hollywood insiders, considering that the biographical epic was given a B- CinemaScore by audiences, along with poor exits on PostTrak.
he wisheson the contrary, has a CinemaScore and strong exits, meaning it could have legs thanks to strong word-of-mouth.
December 2, 10 am: A previous version of this story was incorrectly reported the shiftIts ranking on the box office chart.
