Weekend Box Office: January 7-9, 2021
by Emily Nagle
Top 5 Highest Grossing Films for Weekend of January 7-9, 2021:
5. American Underdog ($2.3 million)
4. The King’s Man ($3.2 million)
3. The 355 ($4.6 million)
2. Sing 2 ($11.6 million)
1. Spider-Man: No Way Home ($32.6 million)
Spy film “The 355” debuted this weekend, grossing $4.6 million against an estimated budget of $40 to $75 million. Directed by Simon Kinberg, who is best known for his work on the “X-Men” film series, the movie stars Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Fan Bingbing, Diane Kruger, and Lupita Nyong’o as an international spy team on a mission to save the world from a terrorist organization. It has been met with mixed to negative reviews from critics, who found the story to be generic. The movie has underperformed financially in the box office, but poor reviews may not be the sole cause of this – the film’s 45-day theatrical release is most likely also influenced by the rapidly spreading Omicron variant.
Unsurprisingly, even after 4 weeks in theaters, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” continues to dominate ticket sales. The Marvel/Sony co-production grossed $32.6 million over the weekend – more than all the other movies from this weekend’s top 5 combined! Since its release on December 17, it has grossed $867.5 million across the United States, as well as $1.5 billion worldwide. “No Way Home” has broken several box office records; not only did it become the highest-grossing film of 2021 just a couple of weeks before New Year’s, but it has also become the eighth-highest-grossing film of all time (right behind “The Lion King (2019)“). A sequel has been confirmed to be in development.
