Though the film will likely still turn a profit on its relatively low $45 million budget, the trade suggests that the success of Netflix’s Cobra Kai may have trained audiences to see Karate Kid as a watch it on your couch sort of franchise. (If true, a major victory for CEO Ted Sarandos’ war on movie theaters.) That doesn’t seem to be the case for Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning, which are still doing solid numbers in their respective second weeks. The little blue alien crashed into the top spot once again this week with an impressive $63 million, while M:I grabbed $27 million. That’s promising momentum for the Tom Cruise film, which has already flown to $354 million worldwide, but it will have to keep it up if it wants to surpass its massive $400 million budget.
This week’s list saw one other newcomer in Bring Her Back, Danny and Michael Philippou’s chilling follow-up to 2022 horror hit Talk To Me. With $7 million this weekend, Bring Her Back opened slightly lower than its possession-centric predecessor ($10 million). It’ll have to scare up some good cash next weekend if it wants to make it within the range of Talk To Me‘s $91 million total.
Check out the rest of this week’s top 10, via Box Office Mojo, below:
- Lilo & Stitch, $63,000,000
- Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, $27,300,000
- Karate Kid: Legends, $21,000,000
- Final Destination: Bloodlines, $10,800,000
- Bring Her Back, $7,081,501
- Sinners, $5,225,000
- Thunderbolts*, $4,800,000
- Friendship, $2,567,097
- The Last Rodeo, $2,145,785
- j-hope Tour ‘Hope on the Stage’ in Japan: Live Viewing, $939,173
