Sunday Am Update: Focus Features’ Downton Abbey: A New Era is coming in at 16M, and while some might snipe that it’s lower than the first one’s robust 31M start, particularly against a production cost that’s double from the first at 40M, keep in mind this is a sequel to a period drama franchise, not Marvel.
For Focus, it’s their best opening during the pandemic, ahead of Northman‘s 12.3M start. By the way, New Era‘s opening is right where tracking spotted it earlier this week.
It stands to reason that grosses would wane, even in a healthy marketplace for this older adult IP, given how established it is. Rivals would say the first movie was capturing lightening in a bottle, arriving three years after the six season series ended. The sequel isn’t really selling a cliffhanger here which would create a stampede, i.
For Focus, it’s their best opening during the pandemic, ahead of Northman‘s 12.3M start. By the way, New Era‘s opening is right where tracking spotted it earlier this week.
It stands to reason that grosses would wane, even in a healthy marketplace for this older adult IP, given how established it is. Rivals would say the first movie was capturing lightening in a bottle, arriving three years after the six season series ended. The sequel isn’t really selling a cliffhanger here which would create a stampede, i.
- 5/22/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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