The gonzo R-rated horror comedy “Cocaine Bear' sniffed up $23.1 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while Marvel's “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” was quickly dwarfed in its second weekend.
PUBLISHED 10:40 AM PST Feb. 26, 2023NEW YORK — The gonzo R-rated horror comedy “Cocaine Bear" sniffed up $23.1 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while Marvel's “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” shrank unusually quickly in its second weekend.“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” was still No. 1, earning an estimated $32.2 million“Avatar: The Way of Water” came in fourth, earning an estimated $4.7 million was still No. 1 with an estimated $32.
“Cocaine Bear," scripted by Jimmy Warden and produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller , managed to turn a bizarre true-life tale into a tongue-in-cheek box office hit. It's based on the real story of a 175-pound black bear who died in the Georgia mountains in 1985 after eating from a duffle bag of cocaine that had fallen from a smuggler's plane.
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