{"id":2774,"date":"2025-06-21T16:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T16:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/2774\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T16:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T16:09:11","slug":"28-years-later-strong-elio-is-pixars-record-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/2774\/","title":{"rendered":"’28 Years Later’ Strong, ‘Elio’ Is Pixar’s Record Low"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSony\u2019s \u201c28 Years Later<\/a>\u201d got a running start at the domestic box office with $14 million across Friday and preview screenings. Meanwhile, Disney\u2019s original animated adventure \u201cElio<\/a>\u201d is in danger of hitting the lowest debut ever for a Pixar<\/a> production. Universal\u2019s \u201cHow to Train Your Dragon<\/a>\u201d is getting a second weekend on top of North American charts.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn second place, \u201c28 Years Later\u201d is now dashing toward an opening north of $30 million \u2014 a bit ahead of projections heading into the weekend. It\u2019d be a good start for the hopeful franchise rejuvenator, which cost $60 million. Sony won the production in a bidding war, which saw studios vying for a package billed as the reunion of director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland, teaming for a belated follow-up to their zombie thriller \u201c28 Days Later,\u201d released in 2002 (though this new entry arrives only 23 years later).<\/p>\n

\n\tA sequel to \u201c28 Years Later,\u201d directed by Nia DaCosta and subtitled \u201cThe Bone Temple,\u201d has already been filmed and is set to release from Sony in January 2026. A third, trilogy-capping entry is still awaiting a production greenlight, dependent on the box office turnout for this entry.<\/p>\n

\n\tReviews have been terrific for the sequel, which introduces a new cast that includes Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes and newcomer Alfie Williams. General audiences seem to be more mixed, with survey firm CinemaScore polling early moviegoers to a \u201cB\u201d grade \u2014 not stellar, though also in the tradition of horror films scoring lower.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, \u201cElio\u201d earned $9 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,750 locations. It\u2019s some serious whiplash for Pixar, which, just one year ago, scored its second-biggest North American opening ever ($155 million) with \u201cInside Out 2.\u201d (That movie now ranks as the second-highest-grossing animated feature of all time.) Now, the premier animation studio is projecting its lowest domestic debut ever for \u201cElio,\u201d well behind the $29 million showing for \u201cElemental\u201d in 2023.<\/p>\n

\n\tNow, \u201cElemental\u201d did bounce back and wind up a modest theatrical success, finishing with $484 million globally and a stellar 5.22x multiplier. And it wouldn\u2019t necessarily be impossible for \u201cElio\u201d to do something similar, with even better reviews and a fantastic \u201cA\u201d grade on CinemaScore. But unless things turn around, this has to be judged as a rough start for the original animated film, which cost $150 million to produce.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHow to Train Your Dragon\u201d still gets the top spot in its sophomore outing, earning another $10.8 million on Friday. Projections for the second weekend are now at $35.7 million, which would mark a 58% drop from its opening. Total domestic gross has a shot at hitting $160 million through its first 10 days in theaters, ranking it as the seventh-highest-grossing North American release of the year.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnother live-action remake is in fourth place, with Disney\u2019s \u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d earning another $3 million on Friday. Now in its fifth weekend of release, the PG-rated comedy is looking at about $10 million over the three-day frame to push its domestic total to $387 million. This weekend, the film is passing \u201cHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II\u201d ($382 million) to become the 55th-biggest domestic grosser of all-time.<\/p>\n

\n\tParamount\u2019s \u201cMission: Impossible \u2014 The Final Reckoning\u201d rounds out the top five, putting up another strong hold with a projected 33% drop in its fifth outing. After the weekend, the Tom Cruise action sequel will be at about a $178.9 million domestic total through 31 days of release \u2014\u00a0an uptick from the 2023 franchise predecessor \u201cDead Reckoning,\u201d which finished with $171 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tJust below, A24\u2019s \u201cMaterialists\u201d is showing a decent hold in sixth place, projecting a sophomore outing of about $6 million, which would mark a 45% drop from its opening. Domestic total should hit $24 million through 10 days.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso opening this weekend, Magenta Light Studios has the Rebel Wilson action comedy \u201cBride Hard\u201d in 1,165 locations. After landing poor reviews and a ho-hum \u201cB-\u201d grade on CinemaScore, the film will struggle to hit $1 million in its debut, opening outside of the top 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sony\u2019s \u201c28 Years Later\u201d got a running start at the domestic box office with $14 million across Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[206,209,171,3720,53,3721,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-2774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-28-years-later","9":"tag-elio","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-how-to-train-your-dragon","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-pixar","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114722227314405926","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}