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Higher than predicted. $28½m dom + $22½m int = $51m.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1158252033/

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Let's hope it does not affect its general availability window.

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I wonder how well it would've done if the pandemic weren't happening.

It was a pretty good movie. Definitely better than a lot of the other shit we've been getting in the last decade.

Hopefully it will become profitable.

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‘Free Guy’ Holds Top Spot With $18.8 Million In Sophomore Weekend, ‘PAW Patrol’ Nips At Its Heels In Second Place
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed426771460/?ref_=bo_hm_hp

Just one week after its stronger-than-predicted $28.4 million debut, Free Guy saw a surprisingly small drop-off from the previous session, dipping just -33.8% (it marked the best second-weekend hold of the summer so far). Part of the reason for its continued grip on audiences is the fact that the film, unlike every other widely-released Disney title this year, was not released simultaneously on the studio’s streaming service, Disney Plus (it will only pop up on the platform after unspooling in theaters for 45 days). In other words, if you wanted to see the film, you could only see it in a theater.

While the latest wave of COVID cases from the Delta variant have certainly hobbled the theatrical business and kept many potential ticket buyers away, Free Guy seems to be one of the rare summer titles that is bucking that trend. Its strong reviews from critics and straight ‘A’ CinemaScore grade certainly haven’t hurt either. The PG-13-rated film, which costars Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer and tells the story of a background character in a videogame racing to save his virtual universe before its real-world developers shut it down, earned a $4,511 per-screen average in 4,165 theaters, bringing its two-week domestic box-office total to $58.8 million. So far, the film has added another $53.1 million from overseas, bringing its current worldwide cume to $111.9 million.

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I hope this movie grows legs and makes it into the black.

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