![]() Ancient traditions are central to weird situations, from superstitions to much older religions. It can mean an island or simply an isolated community-the landscape is almost always there to cut off outsiders from returning to more populated destinations. In a folk horror film, the story must include a location isolated from the larger world. Influences from them, big and small, can be seen in Alex Garland’s Men. These movies are not connected by a storyline or characters in any way but in how they helped set some criteria. Before Nicolas Cage (and his frantic “Not the bees!”), there was Edward Woodward’s colder and more stern sacrificial victim in the trilogy’s capper, The Wicker Man. Witchfinder General and The Blood on Satan’s Claws were two early templates for what would become known as folk horror. Predicting how much it will make is complicated by its unusual release pattern—opening on Wednesday in 2,409 theaters and expanding to 3,064 theaters today—and by the fact that, well, there’s still a pandemic on.The “Unholy Trinity” helped usher in a new subgenre of horror. That puts it on track for easily the biggest weekend box office for a film since theaters started reopening. Its $9.6-million opening day was the best single day by a film in the past year, and it didn’t drop by all that much yesterday, posting $6.7 million. Kong has stormed out the gate over the past two days, at least by pandemic standards. It’s also showing on HBO Max in the US, but the studio hasn’t offered any numbers on its performance there. The film will earn an additional $3 million in Canada from its PVOD release there, which the studio offered to allow Canadian audiences to see the film while around 80% of the Canadian market remains closed. Kong will earn $32.2 million over the Friday–Sunday weekend, and deliver a $48.5-million 5-day opening, according to Warner Bros.’ Sunday morning projection. Kong delivers monster* $32.2-million weekend Here’s what our model thinks going into the weekend… There will be no prizes for predicting the winner at the box office this weekend, but the race for second place looks as though it’ll be close, with three returning films— Nobody, Raya and the Last Dragon, The Unholy—and debutant Voyagers all looking like they have a shot. Weekend predictions: Voyagers won’t trouble Godzilla vs. Voyagers will earn a disappointing $1.35 million opening, and the returning films are something of a mixed bag. GvK itself is performing a little worse than expected, although not terribly considering its coming off the biggest weekend of the pandemic. Kong, the theatrical market is treading water this time around, based on the studios’ Sunday morning estimates. Kong still number one as Voyagers disappointsĪfter last weekend’s relatively excellent opening for Godzilla vs. Our model thinks the benchmark figure for the film will be around $10 million this weekend. The main question is how much it will decline this weekend after dropping 57% in its second outing. Kong is about as certain a winner in theaters this weekend as it’s possible to be. With no new wide releases and an already formidable lead at the box office, Godzilla vs. Kong looking for another weekend over $10 million This weekend is shaping up to be a real David and Goliath battle, with indie distributor FUNimation going up against the might of Warner Bros., and looking likely to come out with their heads held high, even if a weekend win looks out of reach. Weekend predictions: Mortal Kombat and Demon Slayer go head to head What’s more, both films are R-rated, meaning that they firmly fall outside the family-film space that has been the brightest spot in the market recently. UNHOLY HBO MAX MOVIENot only is Mortal Kombat beating expectations with a weekend projected to hit $22.5 million, per Warner Bros.’ Sunday morning numbers, but Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train is headed for the second-best opening for an anime movie ever, behind 1999’s Pokemon: The First Movie, with a projected $19.5 million. Weekend estimates: Mortal Kombat and Demon Slayer knock it out the parkĪfter a few pleasant surprises in recent months, this looks like the weekend that the theatrical business has been looking for. Supernatural Horror, Deaf, Miracle, Faith Healer, Religious PG-13 for violent content, terror and some strong language. June 22nd, 2021 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment ![]() When terrifying events begin to happen all around, he starts to question if these phenomena are the works of the Virgin Mary or something much more sinister. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced journalist hoping to revive his career visits the small New England town to investigate. The Unholy follows Alice, a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. ![]()
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