I totally blew off press screenings this past week. Yes, I was going out of town on Friday for the holidays, but I could have easily caught “Breakthrough” and “The Curse of La Llorona” earlier in the week. Sometimes, even a film buff needs a break. I know what’s coming, a weekly barrage of summer blockbusters on near non-stop basis for the next 16 weeks, starting with next Friday’s “Avengers: Endgame.” God help me.
“The Curse of La Llorona,” which is yet another horror spin-off from the ‘Conjuring’ series, err, conjured-up an excellent $26.5 million this weekend; The film just cost $9 million to make. The six films in the series have grossed $1.569 billion worldwide, the cost of all six movies combined is just over $100 million (Thanks Rodrigo over at The Playlist for this nifty stat).
1. The Curse of La Llorona — $26,505,000
2. Shazam! — $17,340,000
3. Breakthrough — $11,100,000
4. Captain Marvel — $9,100,000
5. Little—$8,451,000
6. Dumbo— $6,800,000
7. Pet Sematary— $4,850,000
8. Missing Link— $4,369,756
9. Us— $4,264,000
10. Hellboy — $3,880,000 ($19,676,271)
Marvel's "Ghost Rider" just hired one of the best cinematographers working today. Linus Sandgren will serve as DP on Shawn Levy's MCU flick, and, most notably, the project will be shot on film.