{"id":147722,"date":"2025-05-31T20:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T20:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/147722\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T20:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T20:55:09","slug":"legends-struggles-in-box-office-bow-lilo-stitch-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/147722\/","title":{"rendered":"Legends Struggles in Box Office Bow, Lilo & Stitch No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWhile its fate isn\u2019t yet sealed, there\u2019s a good chance the multiverse-minded Karate Kid: Legends<\/a> will open behind expectations at the domestic box office<\/a>, despite teaming original star\u00a0Ralph Macchio<\/a>\u00a0and beloved action legend\u00a0Jackie Chan<\/a>, who starred in the 2010 redux.<\/p>\n

\n\tSony is predicting a third-place opening for the male-fueled film in the $21 million to $23 million range (rival studios show the movie coming in closer to $19 million). Heading into the weekend, tracking had it at $25 million; three weeks ago, that number was a far more promising $35 million). Regardless of where it lands, Sony remains confident that the PG-13 film will sport strong chops, thanks to an A- CinemaScore and solid exits. And its net production budget was a modest $45 million before marketing.<\/p>\n

\n\tCritics are far more divided than audiences when it comes to Karate Kid: Legends<\/a>, which features Ben Wang in the titular role. His character is mentored by both the characters played by Macchio, star of the classic 1984 movie and, far more recently, Netflix\u2019s acclaimed Cobra Kai<\/a> series, which ran for six seasons and ended earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2010, Sony successfully reinvigorated the franchise with The Karate Kid<\/a>, starring Chan opposite Jaden Smith. The movie, opening to $55 million domestically, was one of the year\u2019s top hits. <\/p>\n

\n\tBox office pundits are already speculating that franchise fans may have stated by Cobra Kai, at least for the time being. The series was viewed as a sequel to the first three films; the threequel was released in 1989. They add that middling reviews for Legends certainly aren\u2019t helping.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd then there\u2019s the Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible factor. Both movies continue to do strong business after serving up a record Memorial Day weekend at the box office.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe bounty was led by Disney\u2019s Lilo & Stitch, which exceeded all expectations in opening to nearly $183 million domestically and shattering numerous records. The film, which easily remains No. 1 by leaps and bounds, is expected to earn $60 million or more this weekend, one of the best sophomore showings ever for a Disney live-action redo. Lilo should finish Sunday with a massive domestic haul of $280 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tParamount and Skydance\u2019s Mission: Impossible \u2014 The Final Reckoning<\/a>, starring Tom Cruise in his final turn as uber spy Ethan Hunt, is firmly seated in second place with an estimated sophomore outing of $28 million for a domestic tally of $122 million. It crossed $100 million on Friday in only its eighth day in release after opening to a franchise-best $79 million over the long holiday weekend.<\/p>\n

\n\tKarate Kid isn\u2019t the only new nationwide offering. A24\u2019s highly anticipated thriller Bring Her Back, starring Sally Hawkings, is headed for a pleasing fifth-place finish with $6.5 million-$8 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the specialty box office, Wes Anderson\u2019s The Phoenician Scheme is opening in six locations and is on course to score the top per-location average of the year following the film\u2019s debut at the Cannes Film Festival. Focus Features and Indian Paintbrush partnered on the film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While its fate isn\u2019t yet sealed, there\u2019s a good chance the multiverse-minded Karate Kid: Legends will open behind…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[11543,63369,77,60931,3943,63370,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-147722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-box-office","9":"tag-cobra-kai","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-karate-kid-legends","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-the-karate-kid","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114604443420070715","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}