Culture news This new sci-fi film is off to a very strong start: it could rival Denis Villeneuve’s Dune 2 at the box office
Published on 05/13/2024 at 8:10 p.m.
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Science fiction still has a bright future ahead of it. This is evidenced by the recent success of another film of the genre released at the beginning of the year. Far from Dune 2, it nevertheless made a great breakthrough.
The top 10 of 2024
Released at the beginning of the month in cinemas, the film Planet of the Apes: The New Kingdom got off to a very good start at the box office. With 56.5 million dollars collected on the other side of the Atlantic, the feature film did better than Planet of the Apes: Origins and Supremacy but stay away from The Confrontation. If it is therefore not the most viewed episode of The Planet of the Apes, today it remains a film that people will see. This is therefore evidenced, in comparison with its receipts, by those of other films in the top 10 of the year.
1. Dune: Part 2 – $281.3 million 2. Kung Fu Panda 4 – $188.3 million 3. Godzilla x Kong – $188 million 4. Ghostbusters – The Frozen Menace : 109.9 million dollars 5. Bob Marley – One Love : 96.8 million dollars 6. Mean Girls: Lolita in spite of myself – $72.4 million 7. The Beekeeper : 66.2 million dollars 8. Civil War – $62 million 9. Planets of the Apes: The New Kingdom – $56 million 10. Argyle – $45.2 million
With this top 10 (Source RottenTomatoes), we can note a trend: that of the American public’s appetite for science fiction films, especially if they concern a saga already released in the cinema.
Back to the future for science fiction in cinema
In fact, four of the top ten startups of the year check this box. Ghostbusters: The Frozen Menace, Godzilla x Kong: The New Kingdom, Planet of the Apes: The New Kingdom so and of course the second part of Dune. In an interview given to Varietyanalyst David A. Gross (of movie consulting firm Franchise Entertainment Research) explains why this startup The Planet of the Apes is an excellent one:
The weekend’s figure is about average for the genre, but the average is based on the greatest action films of all time.
A start on paper which is excellent especially since it cost less than the two previous episodes: 160 million dollars for the most recent against 190 million dollars, especially since it should work better than its predecessors. elders. Enough, perhaps, to compete with the top of the year 2024 recovered by Dune: part 2.
