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‘Free Guy,’ a comic action film starring Ryan Reynolds, is set to enter at the top of the domestic box office this weekend, grossing $26 million, reports Variety.
The well-reviewed picture earned about $10.5 million on Friday from 4,165 cinemas and is anticipated to earn another $13 million to $16 million during the weekend. With the emergence of the delta variation, Covid-19 issues are once again on the increase.
‘Free Guy,’ distributed by 20th Century Studios, is the first Disney film to be released solely in theaters in over a year. The picture will be shown exclusively in theaters for 45 days, and its revenues will be a key measure of the condition of the movie theater industry.
Reynolds plays a Guy, a non-playable video game character in the popular game Free City, in ‘Free Guy.’ Guy embarks on a mission to become the game’s hero after realizing he is living in a fictional game, with the assistance of the game’s creators, played by Joe Keery and Jodie Comer.
Horror sequel ‘Don’t Breathe 2’ is projected to come in at No. 2 on the domestic box office charts, bowing to $4.365 million on Friday from 3,005 theaters. Coming in at third is ‘Respect,’ the Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson. Directed by Liesl Tommy, the film opened to roughly $3.6 million from 3,207 theaters on Friday. It is expected to triple that amount by the end of the weekend at $9 million.
Rounding out the top five are Disney’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ and Warner Bros’ ‘The Suicide Squad.’ ‘Jungle Cruise’ is expected to add another $8.9 million to its haul, bringing it to a healthy $88 million. In its second weekend of release, ‘The Suicide Squad’ has slipped to the No. 5 slot, and is aiming to add another $7.2 million to its earnings for a total of $42.3 million.
