Despite the Easter holiday, moviegoers are just biding their time until next week’s release of Disney’s “Avengers: Endgame” promises to smash box office records.
Despite the Easter holiday, moviegoers are just biding their time until next week’s release of Disney’s “dominated the worst Easter box-office weekend in almost 15 years, with a total gross for all films of $110.8 million, according to estimates from measurement firm Comscore.“La Llorona” unseated the studio's “Shazam!” from the top spot. The supernatural thriller is based on Mexican folklore about the weeping woman, a spirit who lost her children and terrorizes those she encounters.
At No. 4, Disney's “Captain Marvel” added $9.1 million in its seventh weekend for a cumulative $400 million. Globally, the film earned $15.6 million for a cumulative global gross of over $1 billion. Also new this week is Disney's Ed Helms-narrated documentary “Penguins,” which came in under expectations with $2.3 million earned over the weekend and $3.3 million since Wednesday. It was well received with an A CinemaScore and a 90% “fresh” rating from Rotten Tomatoes. Despite that, it is the worst opening ever for a DisneyNature release.
A24's"Under the Silver Lake," an L.A. neo-noir starring Andrew Garfield, opened in two locations with $40,157, for a per-screen average of $20,079.
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