The Keke Palmer buddy comedy One of Them Days opened in first place on the North American box office charts on a particularly slow Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. The R-rated Sony release earned $11.6 million from 2,675 theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, beating Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King by a hair. By the end of Monday's holiday, Mufasa will have the edge, however, the AP reports. The total box office for Friday, Saturday and Sunday will add up to less than $80 million, according to data from Comscore, making it one of the worst King holiday weekends since 1997.
One of Them Days cost only $14 million to produce, which it is expected to earn by Monday. The well-reviewed buddy comedy—carrying a stellar 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes—stars Palmer and SZA as friends and roommates scrambling to get money for rent before their landlord evicts them. It's the first Black female-led theatrical comedy since Girls Trip came out in 2017. The Walt Disney Co.'s Mufasa was close behind with $11.5 million from the weekend, its fifth playing in theaters. Globally, the Barry Jenkins-directed prequel has made $588 million. It beat a brand-new offering, the Blumhouse horror Wolf Man, which debuted in third place with $10.6 million from 3,354 North American theaters.
Below are estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at US and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
- One of Them Days, $11.6 million.
- Mufasa: The Lion King, $11.5 million.
- Wolf Man, $10.6 million.
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3, $8.6 million.
- Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, $6.6 million.
- Moana 2, $6.1 million.
- Nosferatu, $4.3 million.
- A Complete Unknown, $3.8 million.
- Wicked, $3.6 million.
- Babygirl, $2 million.
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