Despite declining revenue, the action-comedy in the videogame universe
Free Guy
remained at the top of the North American box office for its second weekend of operation, grossing $ 18.8 million in revenue, according to provisional figures from the specialist firm Exhibitor Relations.
The film, which lightly explores the border between virtual and real, features an anti-hero played by Ryan Reynolds, a simple extra in a video game who seeks to take his destiny in hand, disrupting the well-oiled mechanics thought by the creators.
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A family comedy,
Free Guy
registered some decline from the previous weekend when the film grossed $ 28 million.
But experts say the results remain impressive as the shadow of the Covid-19 epidemic still hangs over the movie industry, and Storm Henri in the northeastern United States may have dissuade part of the public from going to the theaters.
In total the film has accumulated $ 112 million in revenue.
In second place, with $ 13 million in cash between Friday and Sunday, is a new movie,
Paw Patrol - The Movie
.
An honorable result according to
Variety
magazine
for this animated film aimed at young children - still ineligible for anti-Covid vaccines.
Paw Patrol
tells the story of a boy named Ryder and the brave puppies who help him save the people of Aventureville from an evil mayor.
Third place went to the Disney adventure film
Jungle Cruise
with $ 6.2 million.
Inspired by a Disney park attraction, the film follows the adventures of Dr. Lily Houghton, played by Emily Blunt, and her brother (Jack Whitehall) in the Amazon rainforest.
The horror feature
Don't Breathe 2
, which chronicles a game of massacre perpetrated by a blind veteran, comes in fourth, with $ 3.8 million, for its second weekend.
Finally, the biopic on soul queen Aretha Franklin,
Respect
comes in fifth place with $ 3.8 million.
The rest of the top 10:
The Suicide Squad
($ 3.4 million)
The Protégé
(2.9 million)
The prey of a shadow
(2.9 million)
Reminiscence
(2 million)
Black Widow
(1.2 million)
Ryan Reynolds and
Free Guy
director
Shawn Levy in New York City in August 2021. Behar Anthony / SPUS / ABACA