Box Office Week: Tenet finally opens in the US and the results are positive but not incredible, scoring $20.2M in 2,800 theaters, pushing past $146M worldwide.
| Rank | Title | Domestic Gross (Weekend) | Worldwide Gross (Cume) | Week # | Percentage Change | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tenet | $7,000,000 | $146,200,000 | 1 | N/A | $225M |
| 2 | The New Mutants | $2,925,000 | $20,810,866 | 2 | -58% | $100M |
| 3 | Unhinged | $1,780,000 | $3,542,000 | 4 | -32% | $33M |
| 4 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | $345,000 | $10,321,265 | 4 | -19% | $60M |
| 5 | The Personal History of David Copperfield | $335,000 | $10,964,446 | 2 | -30% | $16M |
Notable Box Office Stories
- Tenet - Well here we are, we finally made it ladies and gentlemen. Nolan is here to save cinema and Tom Cruise saw it and everything! So was this the mass exodus to the cinema Nolan hoped? Ehh not so much. But it's also not the kind of total catastrophe some predicted either and could mean we will still get a few big blockbusters to come in 2020. The film opened to $20.2M in 2,800 screens in the US, which considering the pandemic is still raging and theaters have some level of max capacity doesn't make that AS alarming as it would have been in a normal year. That said, it's not incredible either. Hell this opened lower than Insomnia, Nolan's very bright light thriller from almost two decades ago before he was a household name. Overseas it continues to do well, becoming the first US film to pass $100M worldwide since Sonic the Hedgehog all the way back in February (only six films have made over $100M worldwide this year) with a total around $146M. And as is the case for Mulan, China seems to be the brightest spot with $30M made in that country this weekend.
- Tenet - So in a purely cynical capitalistic view of the situation (I'm a capitalist in the subs and a gay space communist with my buds) was it wise to open Tenet now? That's...not clear for two reasons. The long game will of course be key. You still have a lot of people who are cautious but there are growing options for watching films. I have at least 5 drive-in theaters popping out in the last month in my home town. As that becomes a new niche business expect more to follow. Also as the more brave/foolish among us go to the theaters and say it is safe the more will go themselves. Still, there's two big hurdles in the way. First is Tenet itself which has been getting reviews that are good but not quite at Inception or Dark Knight levels. The biggest concern being that the audio mix is apparently far too loud drowning out the dialogue, which isn't great when the film is supposed to be a big mystery plot. That especially will be tough in say drive ins where the complex layering is presented on a far smaller and inferior car speaker.
- Tenet - However the biggest concern of all is the possibility of a major outbreak being tied to a screening of Tenet. Let's be fair, there's an absolute possibility someone will die because they saw Tenet and just one story or one outbreak powerful enough could not only stop Tenet but any other major films from coming out in the near future. There is an extremely thin thread of trust the pubic has put into the theater and film industry to keep us safe. And with stories like how they couldn't even keep the star of their Batman film, Robert Pattinson, safe from COVID while shooting is alarming. And sure he could have gotten it before the shoot but it's a reminder that Hollywood is not the CDC and theaters aren't magical clean rooms because a bored teenager sprayed it down with some Lysol. That is really the biggest gamble of all from Tenet and a scary one. Tenet feels like the savior of cinema to many but it could potentially be the very thing that damages it beyond repair. Only time will tell.
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