Statham’s ‘A Working Man’ upsets ‘Snow White’ to take No. 1 on the field workplace

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NEW YORK (AP) — In an surprising upset, the Jason Statham thriller “A Working Man” took No. 1 on the field workplace, besting the quickly declining “Snow White,” in accordance with studio estimates Sunday.

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Even after a lackluster debut, the Walt Disney Co.’s live-action remake was predicted to stay the highest movie in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend. As a substitute, “Snow White,” suffering from unhealthy buzz and backlash, nosedived in its second weekend and dropped 66%.

On the identical time, Amazon MGM Studios’ “A Working Man,” directed by David Ayer, beat expectations with a $15.2 million debut. Co-written by Sylvester Stallone, “A Working Man” reteams Statham and Ayer following final 12 months’s profitable “The Beekeeper” ($162 million worldwide). This time round, Statham performs a building employee with an elite army previous.

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Whereas critiques have been blended and audiences solely gave “A Working Man” a “B” CinemaScore, exhibiting Statham has carved out one thing uncommon within the film business at this time: bankability. “A Working Man” opened equally to “The Beekeeper,” which launched with $16.5 million.

The larger headline, although, may need been the quick erosion of ticket patrons’ urge for food for “Snow White.” The movie, directed by Marc Webb and starring Rachel Zegler, had been hoped to carry film theaters after a painful begin to 2025. Produced for extra $250 million, the movie has changed into a poisoned apple, with a two-week world haul of $143.1 million.

Subsequent weekend, Warner Bros.’ “A Minecraft Film,” is anticipated to win the weekend and can, like “Snow White,” goal household audiences.

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A trio of newcomers — A24’s “Dying of a Unicorn,” Common and Blumhouse’s “The Girl within the Yard,” and the Fathom’s “Chosen: The Final Supper” — additionally opened over the weekend, although none made a huge impact.

“The Chosen: The Final Supper,” fared the very best, with $11.5 million in 2,235 theaters. The Christian TV sequence, now in its fifth season, has frequently pushed ticket gross sales earlier than streaming. Extra episodes will roll out in theaters via April.

“Dying of a Unicorn,” a horror comedy starring Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd, portrays a father and daughter who hit a unicorn on the street whereas they’re driving. The film collected a modest $5.8 million from 3,050 theaters.

The weekend’s extra easy horror contender, Blumhouse’s “The Girl within the Yard,” starring Danielle Deadwyler, debuted with $9.4 million from 2,842 cinemas. In “Black Adam” director Jaume Collet-Serra’s movie, a mysterious lady retains showing in a household’s entrance yard. Although it price little to make, with a manufacturing price range of $12 million, it has been slammed by critics.

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One of many weekend’s greatest successes was the 1997 Studio Ghibli traditional “Princess Mononoke.” The Hayo Miyazaki movie grossed $4 million throughout simply 347 IMAX screens. Distributor GKids touted that end result as a victory for humanity over expertise. Earlier within the week, a brand new model of ChatGPT allowed customers to render photographs in Studio Ghibli-like animation.

Sony Footage Traditional’s “The Penguin Lesson,” starring Steve Coogan and Jonathan Pryce, opened with $1.2 million at 1,017 theaters. Coogan performs an Englishman educating in Argentina in 1976 who rescues a penguin from an oil spill.

With flagging ticket gross sales total, Hollywood marked the primary quarter of 2025 with a sizeable box-office deficit. Gross sales are down 11% from the identical level in 2024, and practically 40% from 2019, in accordance with Comscore.

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“Hopefully ‘Minecraft’ may also help {the marketplace} stage up since after some underwhelming weekends on the field workplace we have to get some momentum again on the multiplex,” stated Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore.

High 10 motion pictures by home field workplace

With last home figures due Monday, the next listing elements in estimated ticket gross sales for Friday via Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, in accordance with Comscore:

1. “A Working Man,” $15.2 million

2. “Snow White,” $14.2 million.

3. “The Chosen: Final Supper,” $11.5 million.

4. “The Girl within the Yard,” $9.5 million.

5. “Dying of a Unicorn,” $5.8 million.

6. “Princess Mononoke,” $4 million.

7. “Captain America: Courageous New World,” $2.8 million.

8. “Black Bag,” $2.2 million.

9. “Mickey 17,” $1.9 million.

10. “Novocaine,” $1.5 million.

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