The Woman King
Action & Adventure Sony PG-13 2h 15m Released Sep 16, 2022 Discussed 2022–2024
Opening weekend
$19.1M
3,765 theaters
Per-theater average
$5,060
opening weekend
Domestic total
$67.3M
3.5× its opening
Worldwide total
$94.3M
71% domestic
Production budget
$50.0M
1.9× worldwide
RT critics
94%
RT audience
99%
+5 vs critics
Metacritic
76
Where it turns up
Friday, September 16, 2022 Third weekend of September 2022
On the chart The Woman King (opening): $19.1M
Expected 'If it pops tonight or gets some inertia because of the great word of mouth clearly it will wander into the high teens' Actual: $19.1M, the pop branch
In the note
Although I’m sure both Coda and Power of the Dog would have done just fine there, because that’s where they belonged. We’re beginning to get some normal Fall films this week, and the titles we’ll see over the next month or two are pretty typical of what September and October bring. Anyway, with the expected accuracy of a 9th inning 2 out Fastball from Craig Kimbrell, here are some thoughts on the weekend box-office. The Woman King - I’m going to introduce you to a new ‘operator-ism’ this week, it's called the ‘Bubble Wrap Movie’; movies that are really hard to open and if you’re not careful you’ll cut yourself.
Friday, September 23, 2022 Fourth weekend of September 2022
On the chart The Woman King (wk 2): $11.0M, -42%
Expected '10 points better [than genre norm]... figure it's down 40% for a weekend of about 11 or 12' Actual: $11.0M, -42%
In the note
Assuming it plays out the way the re-issues of No Way Home and Jaws played out a couple of weeks ago, figure it’s somewhere in the high single digits. The Woman King - Driven by the strong RT score and the A+ cinemascore this is holding up pretty nicely today.
Friday, November 11, 2022 Wakanda Forever weekend 2022
In the note
Not to mention that we just had Black Panther 2 The Woman King in theaters.
Friday, October 18, 2024 Third weekend of October 2024
In the note
2 years ago, the films Smile had to compete with were Bros, week 2 of Don’t Worry Darling and week 3 of The Woman King; so nothing went at the core for Smile.