Pablo O. Scholz
07/26/2021 10:32
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Updated 07/26/2021 4:38 PM
This weekend, the middle of the winter holidays, historically is the one with the highest attendance at movie theaters across the country.
What happened in this second pandemic year?
Remember that last year at this point, there was no dream that the rooms were open.
LeBron James and Bugs Bunny must play the game of their lives.
Photo WB
Without being a marvel, far from it, the 438,314 spectators who paid their tickets from Thursday to Sunday mark an upward trend.
And if we evaluate that in Greater Buenos Aires only as of today, Monday, July 26, the allowed capacity will be 50% (in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires it rose from 30% to 50% last Monday), and that the functions are less than usual, due to the sanitization of the rooms, which forces more space between one projection and another, things don't look so bad.
Many sequels
Before going on to evaluate and count which were the most viewed films, something that is not surprising, but by the percentage: Seven of the ten most popular films are sequels.
All in all, the 110,255 tickets sold by
Space Jam 2: A New Era
are not for throwing popcorn butter on the ceiling, but hey, it is what it is.
The new adventure of Bugs Bunny and his friends from the Looney Tunes, with LeBron James playing a basketball game to “get back” one of his sons, was the most watched this weekend, and in its first eleven days on the bill it totals 283,497 tickets.
Here is the criticism
The original voices in "Boss in Diapers 2"?
Alec Baldwin, Jeff Goldblum, Ariana Greenblatt, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Eva Longoria, James Marsden ... UIP Photo
Second, and with a round number, one of the novelties of the week was located.
It is also a sequel:
A Boss in Diapers 2: Family Business
sold 96,000 tickets.
The animated film, without flesh and blood characters, then had a more than acceptable performance, taking 21.90% of the total.
Just over two viewers out of ten chose to watch it.
Here the criticism
Toretto faces his brother in the ninth installment of "Fast and Furious".
Photo UIP
The podium of the most viewed closes with
Fast and Furious 9
, with its 54,493 tickets.
The film featuring Dominic Toretto's younger brother, played by John Cena, is now in its fifth week on the bill.
And it sold 796,374 tickets in 32 days.
Here the criticism
Emily Blunt headlines "A Place in Silence Part II".
Photo UIP
Fourth entered the Top Ten, according to figures managed by the company ComScore,
A place in silence Part II
, which released on Thursday The film with Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy sold 53,198 tickets.
Here the criticism
Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh, present and future of "Black Widow".
Disney Photo
Fifth is
Black Widow
, the film with which Scarlett Johansson withdraws from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and which was seen by 41,664 viewers over the weekend.
Since its premiere 18 days ago, it has totaled 386,039 in theaters.
And you have to remember that you are on Disney +, Premier Access, with an additional cost of $ 1,050 in addition to the subscription.
Here the criticism
Latinos who do not have a good time in "La purga por siempre".
Photo UIP
Sixth was a horror / horror and action film, like
The Purge Forever
.
Fifth installment of the saga 35,580 spectators suffered violence in the United States, when many decide to continue massacring people beyond the hours stipulated by the Government in the not too distant future.
In 11 days, 127,416 people watched it.
Here the criticism
Seventh was another animated production,
The Croods 2
, with 27,878 tickets (244,302 in 25 days on the bill).
"The spell" is already in the third film.
Photo WB
The spell: the devil made me do it
, it was eighth.
The third in the saga, no longer directed by James Wan, was seen by 14,150 spectators.
It's been on the bill for 7 weeks, and it's on HBO Max.
In cinemas, it totals 391,438 entries.
Here the criticism
Emma Stone and Mark Strong, in "Cruella."
Disney Photo
Ninth,
Cruella
, with just 3,167 entries.
The Disney movie premiered 9 weeks ago, and it was obviously better on Disney +, where it is available at no additional cost from Friday.
In cinemas, since its premiere 132,701 spectators have seen it.
Here the criticism
Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche in "The Truth".
Photo MACO Cinema
And closes the Top Ten
The Truth
, the dramatic comedy with Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche Ethan Hawke, with its 519 viewers.
Since its premiere three weeks ago, it has totaled 3,741.
Here the criticism
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