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“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” led the box office again on Friday despite competition from Anne Hathaway and a horde of hungry dinosaurs.
The Warner Bros. sci-fi thriller “The End of Oak Street” landed in second place on opening
day with $8.1 million from 3,446 North American theaters. Rivals estimate the film will earn about $18.7 million domestically by Sunday. That’s a soft start since “Oak Street” cost more than $80 million to produce. Reviews (84% on Rotten Tomatoes) and word-of-mouth (”B” grade on CinemaScore exit polls) have been positive, so there is a chance “Oak Street” sticks around in theaters and justifies its price tag.
“It Follows” filmmaker David Robert Mitchell wrote and directed “The End of Oak Street,” which chronicles a suburban family whose neighborhood is suddenly blipped to prehistoric times. Hathaway stars alongside Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, Christian Convery and Jordan Alexa Davis.
This weekend’s other major newcomer, “PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie,” took third after earning $7.35 million on Friday from 3,545 North American cinemas. The animated family adventure should dig up about $20 million for Paramount through the weekend. That projection aligns with its predecessor, “The Mighty Movie,” which opened with $22 million and grossed $205 million by the end of its run.
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” still reigned supreme with $19 million domestically on Friday. Through its third weekend, the Marvel-Sony tentpole is targeting $67 million, which represents about a 53% decline from last week’s numbers. That would push “Brand New Day’s” North American revenues to roughly $783 million.
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is still holding strong at No. 4 through its fifth weekend. The Greek epic added $6.5 million domestically on Friday and is expected to pull in $23 million through the weekend. That would put the film’s North American haul at $504 million.
Finally, in fifth was “Katseye: Wild Hearts.” The documentary, which offers a behind-the-scenes look at the global girl group, made an estimated $2.2 million on Friday from just 724 theaters. By Sunday, it’s expected to gross about $3.8 million.
