Sony’s creepy thriller TheInvitation managed to top box office charts with a paltry $7 million. Its win comes with some pretty weak bragging rights; it’s the lowest first-place finish since May 2021.
Now, it’s not the pandemic that’s preventing most audiences from going to theaters. It’s the lack of appealing options. Overall, the domestic box office generated just $54 million over the weekend — the worst collective result in months.
“The Invitation” cost $10 million to produce, so it won’t take a ton of coinage to turn a profit. But negative reviews and its pesky “C” CinemaScore likely won’t be helpful in convincing people to go to theaters. Directed by Jessica M. Thompson, “The Invitation” follows Evie who is invited to her long-lost family’s home in the English countryside, where she discovers sinister secrets.
Given its $60 million production budget, MGM and United Artists Releasing’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” is shaping up to be one of the year’s biggest bombs. Unless Miller, the acclaimed filmmaker behind the “Mad Max” series, finds his own genie to grant wishes, the movie is unlikely to claw its way out of the red.
Without competition from newcomers, holdovers “Bullet Train,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” and “Beast” populated the top five on domestic box office charts.
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