Whitney Houston

Music & Concert Sony PG-13 2h 26m Released Dec 23, 2022 Discussed 2022–2023

Opening weekend

$4.7M

3,625 theaters

Per-theater average

$1,297

opening weekend

Domestic total

$23.7M

5.0× its opening

Worldwide total

$59.4M

40% domestic

Production budget

$45.0M

1.3× worldwide

RT critics

43%

RT audience

92%

+49 vs critics

Metacritic

Where it turns up

Friday, December 30, 2022 New Year's weekend 2022

Expected 'Figure a 3 day in the low/mid 4's' Actual: $3.9M

In the note Looks like it will be up 50% or more for a weekend of 4 or 5 million. Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance with Somebody - The good playability is showing here, but it got such a slow start last week, it can only go so far.

Friday, February 17, 2023 Presidents Day weekend 2023

In the note And as a key part of the information funnel once a consumer considers a purchase, it’s a go to site for a quick bite of critical opinion and (as you know) can clearly have a big effect on opening box office. Here’s two examples of the mid-level effect that I found interesting; M3gan and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody.

Friday, December 15, 2023 Third weekend of December 2023

In the note Last year, we saw two films where everyone dies (or commits suicide), Babylon and Whitney Houston; both struggled out of the gate at Christmas and never clawed their way back. Good films are good films are good films, and the audience for the big city upscale films has no issue with challenging emotional narratives, so the time period is still ripe for award positioned rollouts.