The weekend numbers started coming in and Cry 5the revival of an old slasher franchise, managed to knock down the impressive performances Spider-Man: No Coming Home.

This article contains minor spoilers for Scream (or Scream 5). Be warned!

Spider-Man: No Coming Home certainly knew its way to the box office. The latest Sony/MCU film broke a number of records and should continue to earn money for the rest of the month. And while I loved to watch SM: NWHI’m happy to see Cry 5 debut at the top of the box office. Considering Cry 5 is a stepping stone to more films in the long-running franchise fans needed such a win.

According to Box Office Mojo, the reboot/sequel ended up collecting $30.6 million in opening weekend. Projections indicate that he should be able to raise around $35 million over the 4-day MLK weekend. Although such a number is tiny compared to SM: NWHyou should note that the last Yell the film broke MLK horror movie opening record by 4 days by Mom ($32.1 million), in non-pandemic times in 2013. So, all things considered, Cry 5 performed quite well and made a new record in the process.

The first one Yelldirected by Wes Craven, was released in 1996. Cry 2 followed in 1997, with Cry 3 and Cry 4 released in 2000 and 2011 respectively. As a fan of the franchise, I was a little worried about what to expect from the latest installment. I was excited about the return of the original cast, but Hollywood doesn’t have an outstanding track record of reviving old franchises.

having watched Cry 5, I have to say, it did the franchise justice. I liked how the old characters were balanced with the new ones. The narrative reminded us of the original film while adapting some horror/slasher tropes for a modern audience. I wish the OG cast had been used more, of course. But there’s always next time, because clearly this franchise can easily go on.

Cry 5 also had queer representation through Mindy (played by queer talent Jasmin Savoy Brown). And while I don’t want to spoil too much, let’s just say that Mindy was immune to a very popular trope when it came to weird characters appearing in horror movies. It was also nice to see that Mindy’s sexuality wasn’t a subtext. As the first openly queer character in the franchise, Mindy was well written.

Achieving second place at the box office was Spider-Man: No Coming Home with a forecast of $26 million for the 4-day weekend. As of this writing, the film has collected $1.625 billion worldwide. It will be very interesting to see if Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is able to meet or exceed these figures.

Universal Sing 2 earned third place with a projection of $11 million. With a worldwide transport of 215 million dollars, Sing 2 is doing very well given that it was also released on PVOD on January 7, 2022.

Sadly, the female-led spy action flick The 355 just couldn’t find an audience at the box office. With a projection of $2.8 million, the film has a current gross of $11 million against a reported production budget of $40-75 million. Maybe it will work well when it comes to streaming?

The R-rated prequel to The king man The series also did not do well in the United States. Expected to make $3 million, the current domestic gross for The king’s man is around $30 million. The worldwide gross is around $92 million. I am fan of The king franchise, but the prequel just wasn’t that.

Even though it got 6th place, the PG-rated anime Beautiful performed impressively on fewer screens and is expected to close the 4-day weekend with $2 million. The worldwide total currently stands at $59.9 million.

From what I can tell, there are no big releases for the rest of the month. So, Cry 5 basically has an open field to earn even more money. Yay! I want one Cry 6!

As for my next trip to the multiplex, I can’t wait to see Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson with moon fall. The sci-fi disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich will debut on February 4, 2022.

Have you watched Cry 5? What did you think?

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