In a weekend in which total takings reached almost 4 million 166 thousand euros, down 12% on last week and 19.41% on the same period last year, we return to the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
More than 50 years after the first appearance of the sentient ape Caesar, the new chapter of the famous franchise started in 1968 by Franklin Shaffner and now directed by Wes Ball, earned just under 962 thousand euros with an average of 2,141 euros in 441 cinemas , reaching 1 million 118 thousand euros in 5 days.
Excellent debut in second place for Il Segreto di Liberato by Francesco Lettieri and Giorgio Testi which, using music, animation, investigation and imagination, reveals some secrets of the mysterious Neapolitan musician capable of representing himself only with a rose: the takings are 661 thousand euros ( 685 thousand in total, with the best average print of the top ten (2,297 euros on 288 theaters) and 76 thousand admissions.
The horror film The Prophecy of Evil made its third debut, generating almost 431 thousand euros in 4 days with an average of 1,696 on 254 screens.
The run of Challengers continues, slightly exceeding 3 million 624 thousand euros in three weeks thanks to the takings of 346 thousand over this weekend (-56%). The average is 930 euros in 372 theaters. In fifth place, falling off the podium and down by 58% is the blockbuster The Fall Guy with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, which brings in another 281 thousand euros for an overall result of 1 million 629 thousand euros in 15 days. Garfield – A tasty mission, which lost 53% and earned almost 266 thousand euros for a total of 1 million 616 thousand in two weeks, slipped to sixth place.
The event film Sarò con te, which a year later celebrates Napoli’s third championship, directed by Andrea Bosello and produced by Filmauro di Luigi and Aurelio De Laurentiis. It grossed another 250 thousand euros (-68%) with an average of 1,613 on 155 screens for a total of 1 million 280 thousand euros.
The other two new releases in the top ten are in eighth place Il gusto delle cose by Tran Anh Hung with Juliette Binoche, shown in competition at the last Cannes festival and French candidate for the Oscar, with almost 145 thousand euros. Mother’s Instinct by Benoit Delhomme with Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain, a Hollywood remake with Hitchcockian influences of Double Suspect by Belgian director Olivier Masset-Depasse, debuted ninth with almost 104 thousand euros.
Confidenza by Daniele Luchetti with Elio Germano closes the top ten: it grossed almost 101 thousand euros for a total of 1 million 570 thousand.
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