The Woman King Reigns Supreme At Weekend Box Office With $19M Opening Performance
Sony's The Woman King finished the theatrical weekend sitting atop the domestic box office standings with a higher than expected $19 million performance across its three-day opening slate. The Black female historical epic looked to earn between $15 and $18 million by the weekend's conclusion, but a star-studded cast and raving reviews allowed the film to outperform even the studio's expectation, which was a projected $12 million opening performance.
The Woman King comes from director Gina Prince-Bythewood, whose directorial credits include some outstanding projects such as the Netflix original filmThe Old Guard. The Sony historical epic starred Academy Award-winner Viola Davis in the films leading role, alongside Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, and notable Star Wars star John Boyega. The Bythewood-directed film was inspired by true events in the African kingdom of Dahomey.
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Per Deadline, The Woman King officially arrived this past Friday and took home $6.8 million to conclude its highly-anticipated opening night. The film saw an uptick in numbers by the end of Saturday, earning $7.15 million before heading into Sunday, where the film earned $5 million to end the weekend. The film made an accumulated $19 million total to take the box office crown, which was good enough to dethrone last weekend's winner Barbarian, which earned $6.3 million to finish second.
Other notable releases this past weekend included the brand-new A24 film Pearl, which comes from director Ti West. The film serves as a prequel to West's previous horror film from earlier this year, X, and centers around the origin story of the emblematic psychopath played by Mia Goth. The A24 film earned
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