Nice start for The Eternals. The latest addition to the Marvel team and the work of Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao, rose to the top of the American box office for its first week of operation, according to provisional estimates from the specialist firm Exhibitor Relations published on Sunday. The feature film, which features a brigade of time-impervious superheroes sent to Earth by a higher force to protect humanity, raised $ 71 million between Friday and Sunday, despite mixed reviews.
The Eternals juggles a five-star cast including actresses Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek and Gemma Chan but also the star of the series Game Of Thrones Richard Madden.
“Dune” and “James Bond” hang on
He also has a constellation of stars, including Timothée Chalamet, Oscar Isaac and Zendaya, Dune, an adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 interstellar novel, comes in second with just $ 7.6 million in revenue for its third week in theaters ($ 83.9 million since its release). The film tells the story of the powerful Atreides family assigned to the management of a planet where the “spice” is produced, a mysterious substance essential for space travel.
Indestructible, the latest installment in the James Bond saga with Daniel Craig, To die can wait, retains its third place with 6.2 million dollars for its fifth week of operation (more than 143 million in all). He stays ahead Venom: Let There Be Carnage, ranked fourth, with $ 4.5 million in revenue. Tom Hardy returns to his role as Eddie Brock, an investigative journalist with superpowers thanks to an alien parasite called Venom.
The animated film Ron unlocks, on a college student and his robot Ron, has managed to steal the fifth position with $ 3.6 million in revenue. We then find The French Dispatch (2.6 million), Halloween kills (2.4 million), Spencer (2.1 million), Hungry (2 million) and Last Night in Soho ($ 1.8 million).