Box Office Report: ‘Lisa Frankenstein’ Debuts #2 With ‘Argylle’ Remaining #1

Box Office analysis is provided by Daniel Garris of BoxOfficeReport.com.

Weekend Box Office Report: February 9th, 2024 to February 11th, 2024

In what turned out to be an expectedly slow overall Super Bowl weekend at the box office, with actuals Universal and Apple's Argylle was able to hold onto first place this weekend with $6.25 million. Argylle declined a sharp 64.2 percent from last weekend's debut, as poor critical reviews, mixed word of mouth, losing IMAX screens to the re-issue of Warner Bros.'s Dune (2021) and Super Bowl LVIII all took a toll on Argylle this weekend. While Argylle continues to perform in line with expectations with a ten-day domestic take of $28.56 million; as an Apple production with eventual streaming in mind, those expectations are also much lower than they normally would be for a film as expensive as Argylle. This coming week Argylle should get a bit of help from both the Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day holidays.

Argylle held up better internationally this weekend by taking in $9.2 million from 81 international markets. In holdover markets, Argylle declined 48 percent from last weekend. This weekend also saw Argylle debut with $0.75 million in South Korea. Respective totals for Argylle stand at $31.1 million internationally and at $59.7 million globally. Additional totals by international market for Argylle through Sunday include $4.6 million in the United Kingdom, $2.7 million in Australia, $2.6 million in France, $2.5 million in Mexico, $2.4 million in Germany and $1.0 million in Spain. Argylle will open in China later this month on Friday, February 23 and in Japan the following Friday on March 1.

With actuals, Focus's Lisa Frankenstein debuted in second place with $3.70 million. The PG-13 horror comedy opened just under its already modest consensus expectations, which had tended to range from $4 million to $6 million heading into the weekend. Lisa Frankenstein had a so-so opening day performance of $1.73 million on Friday (including Thursday previews), but with natural built-in front-loading, mixed critical reviews and the Super Bowl on Sunday, the film was only able to register an estimated opening weekend to opening day ratio of 2.14 to 1. Obviously that isn't the best early sign for the film going forward. Lisa Frankenstein does look to be going over somewhat better with audiences than it has with critics, as the film received a respectable B rating on CinemaScore. The audience breakdown for Lisa Frankenstein skewed 61 percent female, 39 percent male, 71 percent under 35 and 29 percent over 35. Lisa Frankenstein was directed by Zelda Williams and stars Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Henry Eikenberry, Joe Chrest and Carla Gugino. The film was written by Diablo Cody.

With actuals, Amazon MGM Studios' The Beekeeper took in $3.40 million to hold steady in third place this weekend. The Beekeeper was down 35.7 percent from last weekend, which was a very solid hold, especially over Super Bowl weekend. The Beekeeper passed the $50 million domestic mark earlier in the week and has now grossed $54.66 million through 31 days of domestic release, as the film continues to outpace expectations and perform stronger than usual for a Jason Statham led film (not including The Meg films). Internationally, The Beekeeper grossed an estimated $3.5 million this weekend from 63 international markets. That brings the film's international total to $79.2 million and current global haul to $133.9 million.

With actuals, family films occupied fourth and fifth place this weekend, as Warner Bros.'s Wonka grossed $3.06 million and Universal and Illumination's Migration followed closely behind with $2.94 million. Wonka declined 34.7 percent from last weekend and Migration was down 30.0 percent, as not even family films were able to avoid taking a negative hit from the Super Bowl this weekend. In the bigger picture both film have displayed very strong holding power throughout their respective domestic runs, as Wonka has grossed $205.18 million through 59 days (for a current total gross to opening weekend ratio of 5.26 to 1) and Migration has grossed $110.07 million through 52 days (for a current total gross to opening weekend ratio of 8.84 to 1). Internationally, Wonka grossed $9.4 million this weekend from 74 international markets. Respective totals for Wonka stand at $382.7 million internationally and at $587.9 million globally. Migration grossed $7.1 million this weekend from 79 international markets. That brings the film's international total to $125.5 million and current global haul to $235.5 million.

With actuals, Fathom Events' release of The Chosen Season 4: Episodes 1 – 3 grossed $2.78 million to place in sixth. In the past, Fathom Events' event releases of episodes from The Chosen faith-based television series have been especially front-loaded towards opening weekend (and in some cases the event releases haven't had a second week of release), but The Chosen Season 4: Episodes 1 – 3 was able to avoid that trend by declining a respectable 53.3 percent this weekend. It looks as though the decision to initially release Season 4 of The Chosen exclusively in theatres significantly helped the second weekend hold of The Chosen Season 4: Episodes 1 – 3. Through Sunday, the eleven-day domestic total for The Chosen Season 4: Episodes 1 – 3 stands at $12.21 million. This coming Thursday (February 15), Season 4: Episodes 4 – 6 of The Chosen will begin playing in theatres, while Season 4: Episodes 7 & 8 will begin playing in theatres two weeks later on February 29.

Meanwhile, with actuals Sony's Anyone But You placed in seventh with $2.65 million. The break-out romantic comedy declined just 23.2 percent, as a Valentine Encore repackaging of the film's release helped Anyone But You to have a strong hold in the face of the Super Bowl. Anyone But You passed the $80 million domestic mark on Sunday with a 52-day domestic total of $80.08 million. That gives Anyone But You an exceptional current total gross to opening weekend ratio of 13.35 to 1. Anyone But You should get a nice Valentine's Day boost this Wednesday, especially with the Valentine Encore repackaging of the film. Internationally, Anyone But You continued to impress this weekend with an estimated $9.7 million from 50 international markets. Respective totals for Anyone But You stand at $90.0 million internationally and at $170.1 million globally.

As for some of this weekend's other new additions to the marketplace, with actuals Bleecker Street's Out of Darkness and Disney's theatrical re-issue of Pixar's Turning Red both started out very modestly this weekend. Out of Darkness grossed $0.980 million (from 897 locations) and Turning Red grossed just $0.578 million (from 1,560 locations). As was the case with the theatrical re-issue of Pixar's Soul last month (which had respective three-day and four-day starts of $0.432 million and $0.559 million), there was very little demand for audiences to see Turning Red in theatres (especially with there being limited awareness of the re-issue). Disney will be giving a theatrical re-issue to Pixar's Luca next month on March 22. With regard to this weekend's re-issue of Dune (2021), Warner Bros. has yet to provide either official estimates or actuals for this weekend, but unofficial estimates place the film's performance in the area of $1.7 million this weekend (which would be good enough for ninth place for the frame, just behind the $1.93 million take of Paramount's Mean Girls). Warner Bros. will release the highly anticipated Dune: Part Two on March 1.

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