The buzz around Keke Palmer and SZA’s ‘One of Them Days’ was worth every minute of it because it has proven to be well spread as it beats ‘Wolf Man’ at the box office.
Even though it was projected that Universal’s “Wolf Man” reboot was going to climb to No. 1 on domestic box office charts.
It’s Sony’s “One of Them Days,” an R-rated buddy comedy starring Keke Palmer and SZA, that seems to have had the last laugh.
According to Variety, “One of Them Days” opened at No. 2 on the higher end of expectations with $11.6 million from 2,675 North American venues over the weekend and an estimated $14 million through the extended long weekend of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Against a trimmed $14 million budget, the well-reviewed funny film is shaping up to be a major commercial win for Sony.
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Meanwhile, “Wolf Man,” which cost $25 million to produce, debuted below forecasts, in third place, with $10.5 million from 3,354 theaters over the weekend and an estimated $12 million through the holiday on Monday.
Overall, it’s among the slowest MLK holiday weekends on record, with roughly $100 million across all films in theaters run.
So far, it seems either “Wolf Man” or “One of Them Days” has enough push to dethrone the reigning champion, Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King.”
Even though the family film was shaken up a bit last weekend when Lionsgate’s “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” took the No. 1 crown, it returned to No. 1 with $11.9 million from 3,555 cinemas over the weekend and an estimated $15.5 million through Monday in its fifth cinema run.
