“Violent Night” is receiving some holiday cheer with a second place opening on domestic charts, but Santa and his reindeer won’t be able to, ahem, sleigh the reigning box office l…
Universal’s action film, which stars David Harbour as a cranky Kris Kringle that takes on a team of mercenaries taking a family hostage, is debuting around the middle of its projections, projecting an $11.8 million haul from 3,682 locations. That’s a decent result for the 87North production, which carries a frugal $20 million production budget.
Directed by Tommy Wirkola, “Violent Night” landed so-so with critics, but earned a more positive “B+” grade through research firm Cinema Score, indicating some solid approval from ticketbuyers.wrote that the film “throws every genre it can into the compactor, but that may prove to be a winning holiday buffet.”
With a foundation to build from, “Violent Night” could find itself in a solid position, potentially drawing seasonally tickled viewers in the holiday spirit through the month.to add $22 million to $25 million to its already hefty gross of $369 million in the U.S. and $678 million worldwide. Though “Violent Night” won’t be able to top that, a $10 million debut is still a great look for the Universal film, which only cost $20 million to produce.
Former box office champion “Top Gun: Maverick” is also making an appearance back in theaters this weekend, as Paramount is re-releasing the Tom Cruise-starring sequel from Dec. 2 to Dec. 15.
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