Mel Gibson’s ‘Flight Risk’ lands atop North America box office
MEL Gibson’s new action film Flight Risk has topped the North American box office, taking in an estimated US$12 million on a slow winter weekend, industry analysts said on Sunday (Jan 26).
The Lionsgate movie stars Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace in a story about a US marshal transporting a mobster-turned-informant across the Alaskan wilderness. The flight proves bumpy when the pilot is revealed to have an ulterior motive.
“This is a good opening for an original action thriller,” said analyst David A Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research. Though reviews have been “poor”, he said, “business should be good in all parts of the world”.
Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King slipped to second spot, earning an estimated US$8.7 million. Its domestic take stands at US$221.1 million, and it has sold US$405 million in tickets abroad.
Also dropping one spot, to third, was Sony comedy One of Them Days, at US$8 million. Keke Palmer and singer SZA star in the Issa Rae-produced film, playing roommates scrambling to pay rent or face eviction after a boyfriend squanders their money.
Holding steady at fourth, in its sixth weekend out, was Paramount’s animated Sonic the Hedgehog 3, at US$5.5 million.
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And remaining in fifth was Disney animation Moana 2. It took in US$4.3 million in its ninth weekend out and should soon become the ninth-biggest animated film of all time, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
Presence (US$3.42 million)
Wolf Man (US$3.4 million)
A Complete Unknown (US$3.1 million)
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (US$3 million)
The Brutalist (US$2.9 million). AFP
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