(Los Angeles) The movie Eternals, the latest addition to the Marvel team and the work of Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao, rose to the top of the American box office for its first week of operation, according to provisional estimates from the specialist firm Exhibitor Relations published on Sunday.
The feature film, which features a brigade of time-impervious superheroes, sent by a superior force to Earth to protect humanity, raised $ 71 million between Friday and Sunday, despite mixed reviews.
Eternals juggles a five-star cast including actresses Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek and Gemma Chan but also the star of the series Game Of Thrones, Richard Madden.
He also has a constellation of stars, including Timothée Chalamet, Oscar Isaac and Zendaya, Dune, an adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 interstellar novel, comes in second with just $ 7.6 million in revenue for its third week in theaters ($ 83.9 million since its release).
The film tells the story of the powerful Atreides family assigned to the management of a planet where the “spice” is produced, a mysterious substance essential for space travel.
Indestructible, the latest installment in the James Bond saga with Daniel Craig, No Time To Die, retains its third place with $ 6.2 million for its fifth week of operation (over 143 million in all).
He stays ahead Venom: Let There Be Carnage, ranked fourth with $ 4.5 million in revenue. Tom Hardy returns to his role as Eddie Brock, an investigative journalist with superpowers thanks to an alien parasite called Venom.
The animated film Ron’s Gone Wrong, on a college student and his robot Ron, has managed to steal the fifth position with $ 3.6 million in revenue.
The rest of the top 10
6. The French Dispatch (2.6 million)
7. Halloween kills (2.4 million)
8. Spencer (2.1 million)
9. Antlers (2 millions)
10. Last Night in Soho (1.8 million)