Meanwhile, Johnny Depp’s “City of Lies,” a crime drama about corruption in the LAPD, mostly fell flat with audiences.
Directed by Dominic Cooke, the movie premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival (with the title “Ironbark”) to a mostly positive reception. Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate, the film’s backers, reported strong turnout in Salt Lake City, Orlando and Dallas. “The Courier,” a Cold War drama led by Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel Brosnahan, landed in third place with $2 million from 1,433 locations.
Two new movies - “The Courier” and “City of Lies” - opened theatrically while several awards season hopefuls got a post-Oscar nomination boost. Without much in the way of competition, “Raya and the Last Dragon” was able to easily repeat No. The film, which is available to Disney Plus subscribers for an additional $30, has generated $71 million globally to date. “Raya and the Last Dragon” amassed another $8 million overseas from 29 countries. “It gives me immense joy to say that by the end of next week we expect that 99% of our U.S. “It was exactly one year ago that we closed all AMC locations in the United States,” said Adam Aron, the CEO of AMC. The circuit expects to reopen even more locations by March 26. In a sign that moviegoing is on the mend, AMC Theatres, the cinema chain with the biggest footprint in the country, has reopened 98% of its locations, including 40 venues in California, as of March 19. “Eager movie fans in Los Angeles showed up in solid numbers to enjoy the big screen experience once again.” “This weekend showed solid results from holdovers, demonstrating the revenue generating horsepower of opening the biggest box-office market in North America,” said Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst with Comscore.
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