‘A Working Man’ tops North America box office as ‘Snow White’ ticket sales melt
[WASHINGTON] MGM’s new thriller A Working Man, with Jason Statham, emerged atop a flock of new films this weekend in North America, earning an estimated US$15.2 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported on Sunday (Mar 30).
The action film, from Suicide Squad director David Ayer, features Statham as a military veteran who comes out of retirement to seek the kidnappers of his boss’ daughter.
It grabbed the top spot from Disney’s Snow White remake, which saw ticket sales plunge.
The big-budget Disney film plummeted from last weekend’s US$45 million opening to just US$14.2 million despite showing in 4,200 theatres – the year’s lowest debut for a movie opening in at least 3,000 theatres, analysts said.
For Snow White, “any hopes of a box-office rebound evaporated with a very poor showing”, said Daniel Loria, a vice president at the Boxoffice Company. While it “should still cross the US$100 million mark domestically, (it) stands out as the first major box office disappointment of 2025”.
Three other new releases rounded out the weekend box office.
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The Chosen: Last Supper Part I, part of a Fathom Events series about the life and teachings of Jesus, scored an unexpectedly strong US$11.5 million, placing third for the Friday-through-Sunday period.
Universal’s psychological horror film The Woman in the Yard, about a widowed single mother who receives an ominous warning from a strange woman, placed fourth, at US$9.5 million. Danielle Deadwyler stars.
And A24‘s comedy horror film Death of a Unicorn, with Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega as a father and daughter who accidentally kill a young unicorn – drawing the wrath of its parents – scored US$5.8 million in ticket sales.
The year’s first quarter, Loria added, will be the worst such three-month stretch since 2022, “but we expect the market to begin its rebound in April before a strong summer season kicks off”.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
- Princess Mononoke 4K (US$4 million);
- Captain America: Brave New World (US$2.8 million);
- Black Bag (US$2.2 million);
- Mickey 17 (US$1.9 million); and
- Novocaine (US$1.5 million).
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