{"id":16288,"date":"2021-05-10T10:44:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T10:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/box-office-feels-guy-ritchie-wrath-of-man-10th-may-update"},"modified":"2024-07-20T19:54:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T19:54:27","slug":"box-office-feels-guy-ritchie-wrath-of-man-10th-may-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/tv\/box-office-feels-guy-ritchie-wrath-of-man-10th-may-update","title":{"rendered":"Box office feels Guy Ritchie\u2019s Wrath of Man in 10th May update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham are sitting pretty at the top of the U.S. box office, with their new crime thriller grossing a solid $8.1m in its opening weekend. The action movie, which revolves around a heist,  is the fourth time the pair have collaborated as director and star, following in the footsteps of Revolver, Snatch, and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.<\/p>\n

This past weekend has traditionally been the start of summer at the box office, but with COVID still affecting cinemas – and Black Widow<\/a> shifting from a 7th May release to that of 9th July, takings were more modest, with Wrath of Man the only major new film, opening on 2,875 screens.<\/p>\n

U.S. Box Office 10th May Update<\/h2>\n

The other new release, Here Today, fared far worse on 1,200 screens, taking just $900k. The comedy-drama stars Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish, and based on those numbers, it looks to be a case of Here Today, gone tomorrow in U.S. cinemas.<\/p>\n

\"US(Picture: MGM Studios)<\/span><\/p>\n

Elsewhere violent action movies continued to make money, with anime Demon Slayer: Mugen Train grossing $3.05 over the weekend for a running total of $39.6m, and Mortal Kombat making $2.375 for a cumulative total of $37.8m.<\/p>\n

And with Godzilla vs. Kong hitting $1.93m for a lifetime gross of $92.9m, the monster mash-up could be the first film of the pandemic era to make $100m at the U.S. box office.<\/p>\n