
Worldwide gross: $158,468,292 34. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
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So, yes, that does mean that Lightning McQueen is a much of a fictional athlete as Rocky Balboa and sorry football fans, Santiago Munez couldn't do enough to push the 'Goal!' series on to the list.īut disclaimers aside, keep scrolling for the full top 50 and get noting which films you want to tick off your bucket-list while you're sat indoors or, of course, working vitally important jobs. "The Matrix Resurrections," $1.9 million.Intrigued? Well, using data collected by Box Office Mojo, we've compiled the 50 highest grossing movies of all time that are either completely sports focused or have it as one of their main genres. "Spider-Man: No Way Home," $33 million.Ħ. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.ġ. and Canadian theatres, according to Comscore. "We could end up having a really strong box office year, but only time will tell."Įstimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S.
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"It shows that audiences want to go back to the movie theatre," he said. But studios are very aware of this marketplace and what the challenges might be."Īnd while January is now destined to be quiet at the box office, Dergarabedian said that Spider-Man has been a "beacon of hope" for the industry. A delay like that shows they're not giving up on the theatres. "Studios want to protect their crown jewels and give them the greatest shot at success in movie theatres. "There's a bit of uncertainty in the marketplace because of the omicron variant," said Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore's senior media analyst. January's biggest new release, the Spider-Man spinoff "Morbius," was recently pushed to April. With omicron cases surging, Hollywood has entered 2022 cautiously. "The 355" came in behind the animated "Sing 2," also distributed by Universal, which grossed an estimated $12 million in its third weekend in theatres, bringing its global total to $190.8 million. With a holiday weekend coming up, Jim Orr, Universal's head of domestic distribution, said, "We think we'll have a nice runway." Directed by Simon Kingberg, reviews for the film about a global coalition of female spies have been less than stellar: It holds a 27% on Rotten Tomatoes.īut the audience scores have been more enthusiastic, especially from women, and about a third of the attendees this weekend were over 45 - a demographic that has not gone out to movie theatres much during the pandemic. The only major new film this weekend was Universal's "The 355," an original spy thriller starring Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong'o, Diane Kruger and Penelope Cruz, which debuted in third place with $4.8 million from 3,145 North American theatres.
