Raya And The Last Dragon leads US box office as Los Angeles theatre revival boosts sales

Disney's animated adventure Raya And The Last Dragon led the domestic box office in its third weekend, illustrating the entreatment of family films as Hollywood attempts to mount a moviegoing revival.

Raya And The Final Dragon nerveless US$5.2 1000000 (Due south$7 1000000) from ii,261 theatres through Lord's day (Mar 21), representing a scant v per cent decline. Disney can thank the reopening of Los Angeles moving picture theatres for the stellar agree in ticket sales. Cinemas in the City of Angels were given permission to resume operations on Mar 12, but most motion-picture show exhibitors weren't able to get up and running until now.

Capacity in Los Angeles area pic theatres volition be capped at 25 per cent, or 100 people per auditorium, which is double the limit in New York, where it'south restricted to 50 people. Even with restrictions, Los Angeles accounted for near ix per cent of all moving-picture show tickets sold this weekend, according to Comscore.

FILE PHOTO: A moviegoer shops at concession stands retrofitted with plexiglass partitions before the movie "Raya and the Final Dragon" on the reopening day of El Capitan theatre during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Los Angeles

"This weekend showed solid results from holdovers, demonstrating the revenue generating horsepower of opening the biggest box-part market in North America," said Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst with Comscore. "Eager movie fans in Los Angeles showed up in solid numbers to enjoy the big screen experience one time again."

AMC Theatres, the movie theatre chain with the biggest footprint in the land, has reopened 98 per cent of its locations, including 40 venues in California, as of Mar 19. The excursion expects to reopen even more locations past Mar 26.

"Information technology was exactly one yr ago that we airtight all AMC locations in the United States," said Adam Aron, the CEO of AMC. "It gives me immense joy to say that by the stop of next week we expect that 99 per cent of our US locations volition have reopened."

Raya And The Final Dragon amassed some other US$8 million overseas from 29 countries. The motion-picture show, which is available to Disney Plus subscribers for an boosted US$30, has generated US$71 million globally to date.

Without much in the fashion of competition, Raya And The Terminal Dragon was able to easily echo No ane in North America. Two new movies – The Courier and Metropolis Of Lies – opened theatrically while several awards season hopefuls got a post-Oscar nomination heave.

The Courier, a Common cold War drama led past Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel Brosnahan, landed in third place with US$2 1000000 from one,433 locations. Directed by Dominic Cooke, the moving picture premiered at last year'south Sundance Picture show Festival (with the title Ironbark) to mostly positive reviews. Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate, the picture show's backers, reported stiff turnout in Salt Lake City, Orlando and Dallas.

Meanwhile, Johnny Depp's Metropolis Of Lies, a crime drama about abuse in the LAPD, more often than not vicious flat. The poorly reviewed film cinched 11th place on box office charts, scraping together United states$275,049 from 501 screens.

Focus Characteristic'due south night comedy Promising Young Woman, which landed five University Award nominations, enjoyed a 117 per cent increment in ticket sales, with US$195,000 over the three days for a total of US$five.7 million. And A24's Minari, a heartwarming drama nearly a Korean American family that scored six Oscar nods, saw receipts climb 85 per cent. The film earned Usa$306,000 this weekend, bringing its tally to US$1.3 meg. Sony Pictures Classics' The Father, the only best picture show nominee to accept a traditional theatrical release, made another US$275,000 following nominations, lifting its full sales to US$879,000.

Raya And The Last Dragon wasn't the merely title that witnessed a modest decline in ticket sales; none of the films in the acme five dipped more than than 15 per cent from the weekend prior.

Warner Bros' live-activity-animated hybrid Tom And Jerry remained in second place with United states$iii.eight 1000000 from 2,508 screens, a 7 per cent drib from last weekend. The film, which is also playing on HBO Max for 31 days, has fabricated US$33 million at the North American box function. Internationally, Tom And Jerry added another Us$4 million, bringing its overseas tally to US$43.v million and global haul to Usa$77.2. million.

At No 3, Lionsgate's sci-fi thriller Chaos Walking took in US$1.ix million from two,132 theaters, marker a slight fourteen per cent fall. Subsequently three weeks of release, the Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland-led picture show has made US$nine.69 million. Universal's The Croods: A New Age rounded out the peak 5 with US$620,000 from 1,411 screens. The animated family unit movie has fabricated United states$55 1000000 since it was released last Nov. Globally, The Croods sequel has fabricated U.s.a.$160 1000000.

(Source: Reuters)

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