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There was just a single major new release this weekend, which is both “the calm before the summer storm” and another example of a theatrical industry starved for consistent theatrical content. Open Road offered up អង្គចងចាំ, a Liam Neeson-starring actioner, co-starring Guy Pearce in what’s essentially a two-hander, courtesy of Casino Royale/Mask of Zorro director Martin Campbell. Granted, I’m a Campbell fan going back to គ្មានការរត់គេចខ្លួន, but I’d still say this was Neeson’s best straight-up actioner (ការដេញតាមត្រជាក់ is more of a black comedy) since អ្នកធ្វើដំណើរ in early 2018. The film, about a hitman suffering from Alzheimer’s trying to exact vengeance on a child trafficking ring, opened with just $1.1 million on Friday, setting the stage for a meager $3.2 million debut.

This is Open Road and Briarcliff’s fourth Covid-era Liam Neeson action movie, following ចោរស្មោះត្រង់ (៦៨៥ លានដុល្លារពីការចេញដំបូង ៣៩៨.៥ លានដុល្លារ), The Marksman (15.5 លានដុល្លារពី 3.5 លានដុល្លារ MLK បង្ហាញខ្លួនចុងសប្តាហ៍) និង ពន្លឺ​ខ្មៅ (៩៨ លានដុល្លារ / ៣០៥ លានដុល្លារ) ។ អង្គចងចាំ is better than those, but ពន្លឺ​ខ្មៅ is easily Neeson’s worst grindhouse actioner. I’d like to tell you that this one, boasting better production values, a larger sense of scale and the action/drama chops of Mr. Campbell (in a plot that feels like a skewed hybrid of ជនបរទេស និង គែមនៃភាពងងឹត), would benefit from its superlatives, but A) it’s not getting good reviews and B) audiences have plenty of other theatrical options, which wasn’t the case for at least the late 2020 and early 2021 releases.

In holdover news, DreamWorks Animation’s មនុស្សអាក្រក់ topped the box office again on its second Friday, earning $3.74 million. That’s a 54% drop from its opening day, setting the stage for a $14.4 million (-40%) weekend and a $42.76 million ten-day total. The $80 million toon will pass $100 million worldwide this weekend. I expect it to stick around as the next six weeks aren’t exactly drowning in explicitly kid-friendly movies. That’s also why Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ។ will stick around, with $2.5 million (-58%) on its fourth Friday for a likely $9.7 million (-38%) weekend. That’ll give Paramount’s $110 million sequel $159 million, above any video game movie even adjusted for inflation save for Raider ផ្នូរ ($131 million in 2001/$212 million adjusted). It has also passed $300 million worldwide.

Warner Bros. may have rocked it at CinemaCon with buzzy teases of ភ្លនេះ និង Aquaman: អាណាចក្រដែលបាត់បង់ along with deep dives into Elvis (which looked spectacular) and កុំបារម្ភអី (which looks quite interesting), but that’s even more reason to let សត្វដ៏អស្ចារ្យ go out with some dignity. អាថ៌កំបាំងរបស់ Dumbledore earned $2.1 million (-47%) on Friday for a $7.5 million (-46%) weekend and a miserable $79 million 17-day total. It should be past $300 million worldwide today. បុរសខាងជើង earned $1.8 million (-64%) on Friday for a likely $6 million (-50%) weekend and $22.5 million ten-day cume. Yes, it’s a star-free, R-rated, period piece action original, but it also cost Focus and Regency $70 million. The folks who were interested showed up last weekend.

របស់ Lionsgate ទម្ងន់ដែលមិនអាចទ្រាំបាននៃទេពកោសល្យដ៏ធំ earned just $1.09 million (-62%) on Friday for a likely $3.52 million (-51%) weekend and $13.1 million ten-day total. That’s a disappointing run for the $30 million Nicolas Cage (as Nicolas Cage) comedy, but, like បុរសខាងជើង, those who wanted to see it theatrically mostly did so last weekend. In better news, Paramount’s ទីក្រុងបាត់ earned $1.6 million (-19%) on Friday for a likely $3.5 million (-19%) weekend and a $90.3 million 38-day total. Barring a massive loss of theaters, I’m guessing Paramount will drag this Sandra Bullock/Channing Tatum movie over the $100 million mark before the end. Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson’s faith-based Fatherពុកស្ទូ, courtesy of Sony, will earn $1.97 million (-41%) in weekend three for a $17.3 million cume.

Meanwhile, Jared Leto’s មូបារ៉ាស។ (also from Sony) will earn $1.38 million (-40%) for a $71.4 million 31-day cume. That’s a miserable running total even for a $75 million comic book superhero flick, and we can expect that មូបារ៉ាស។ is a one-and-done franchise. Michael Bay’s រថយន្តសង្គ្រោះ arrived on PVOD yesterday where hopefully it will make up for a soft theatrical release. The $40 million actioner will earn $1.08 million (-40%) in weekend four for a $21 million 24-day cume. Finally, The Batman, for which WB announced a sequel this weekend in Vegas, will earn $660,000 (-55%) in weekend nine for a $369 million cume. I’m not sure the “early” HBO Max availability hurt this film’s late-stage box office performance, but it certainly didn’t help.