Weekend Wrap-Up: Tax Collector Collects What’s Due
August 12, 2020
For the third weekend in a row, a new film topped the weekend box office chart. This time it was The Tax Collector, as the action film opened in first place with $310,000 in 129 theaters. The film didn’t win over many critics, but it has a grindhouse feel that helped it thrive in drive-ins. The overall market for films reporting official results was close to $750,000, making this technically the best weekend since March 13. It’s a low bar to clear, but we’ll take what we can get at the moment.
It also performed strongly on VOD—our tracking estimates it earned around $750,000—so it will be interesting to see where it lands on the DEG Watched at Home chart this week.
The Empire Strikes Back earned second place with an estimated $225,000 to $240,000. Last week’s winner, The Rental, was pushed into third place with $141,000 in 178 theaters over the weekend for a three-week total of $1.20 million. While it was knocked out of the top spot, it did hit $1 million before the weekend, so the film has plenty of reasons to celebrate. Jurassic Park was right behind with an estimated $138,000, while Inside Out rounded out the top five with an estimated $120,000.
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula started its run in Canada with $119,000 in 48 theaters. That’s an excellent start, given both the pandemic, and its release only in Canada. It will be interesting to see how well it does when it debuts in the States in a couple of weeks. The last two new releases to report box office were Made in Italy with $34,000 in 111 theaters and Juvenile Delinquents with $11,600 in four.
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