LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — Sony Pictures’ motion comedy movie “Bullet Train” sprinted to the highest of North American field workplace with an estimated three-day cume of 30.1 million U.S. {dollars} on its opening weekend, confirmed figures from measurement agency Comscore on Sunday.
It’s the 2nd highest opening for an R-rated movie to date this 12 months and the third highest R-rated authentic for the reason that begin of the COVID-19 pandemic in North America.
Directed by David Leitch, the movie stars Brad Pitt as an unfortunate murderer whose newest mission places him on a collision course with deadly adversaries from across the globe — all with related, but conflicting, goals — on the world’s quickest practice.
“Bullet Train” holds an approval score of 54 % based mostly on 238 evaluations so far on review-aggregation web site Rotten Tomatoes. According to market analysis agency CinemaScore, the movie obtained a “B+” score from audiences.
Overseas, the movie took in 32.4 million {dollars} this weekend for a worldwide whole of 62.5 million {dollars}.
Warner Bros. Pictures’ animated movie “DC League of Super-Pets” slipped to second place with 11.2 million {dollars} on its second weekend, pushing its North American cume to 45.1 million {dollars}.
Rounding out the highest three, Universal Pictures’ science-fiction thriller movie “Nope” earned 8.5 million {dollars} on its third weekend for a North American whole of 97.97 million {dollars}.