28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is arriving after people expected more, as the only new wide movie opening this week during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The main movie showing this weekend will be Avatar: Fire and Ash, which is still playing.
Sony's The Bone Temple is hoping to make $15 million in four days and $13 million in three days.
That is much less than the first 28 Years Later, which made $30 million in three days back in June. It's also lower than the $20 million that was thought to be possible for Bone Temple before the weekend started.
Avatar 3, which has been playing for five weekends now, is expected to make $17 million this week.
So far, the movie has made $353.4 million in the US and more than $1.23 billion worldwide.
Related stories include Nia DaCosta, the director of The Bone Temple, who is building a strong career based on her childhood interests.
Jack O'Connell plays Sir Jimmy Crystal in The Bone Temple. The 28 Years Later series was created by director Boyle and writer Alex Garland, who brought the franchise to Sony after a big competition. Nia DaCosta is directing Bone Temple, the second part of a planned trilogy. Sony said last month they will make a third part with Cillian Murphy, who played in the original 28 Days Later, and Boyle will direct again. It's not clear if this weekend's results might change that plan.
Sony insiders are hopeful that the positive reviews could help Bone Temple do well.
The movie earned strong reviews (94% on Rotten Tomatoes), an A- CinemaScore (which is rare for a horror movie), and a 4.5 PostTrak rating. The movie stars Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, and Chi Lewis-Parry.
Disney Animation's Zootopia 2 has become the highest-grossing animated film ever globally, surpassing Inside Out 2 and becoming the ninth highest-grossing film overall with a $1.313 billion global total.
It is ending its eighth weekend in the US at third place with a projected $11.6 million this week.
Lionsgate's The Housemaid dropped 22% in its fifth weekend and is expected to come in fourth with $10.1 million this week, bringing its total domestic earnings to $108.7 million.
Josh Safdie's Marty Supreme is in fifth place.
It has done better than expected since its Christmas release, and people wondered if it would get a boost after Timothée Chalamet won best actor at the Globes. It's expected to make around $6.9 million this week, raising its total domestic earnings to $80 million.
Chloé Zhao's Hamnet is expanding.
It won best drama at the Golden Globes on January 11, and Jesse Buckley won the actress prize. The movie, which first came out in limited release over Thanksgiving, is now playing in 718 theaters and is expected to make $1.6 million this week, bringing its total domestic earnings to $15 million. Focus Features plans more expansion after Oscar nominations are announced.
January 18, 8:30 a.m.: Updated with Sunday figures.
This story was originally published on January 17 at 8:15 a.m.
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