‘Jackass Forever’ tops North American box office

The latest North American box office statistics were released on the 6th, and the action comedy documentary “Jackass Forever” replaced “Spider-Man” to top the latest North American weekend box office charts.

The film market data released by North American box office statistics website boxofficemojo.com on February 6 shows that the weekend box office of 27 films reported about 59.52 million US dollars, a month-on-month increase of 70.6%.

“Jackass Forever” and “Moonfall”, “The Wolf and the Lion” three new films into the North American weekend box office top ten.

“Jackass Forever” is a low-budget film series from Paramount Pictures that started out as a hilarious TV show featuring absurd pranks and was first brought to the big screen in 2002.

In October of that year, the film version of “Jackass: The Movie” premiered in the United States, earning nearly $80 million at the box office at a cost of $5 million.

Paramount Pictures took advantage of its success and launched a sequel and a 3D version in 2006 and 2010, of which the 3D version grossed $170 million at the box office.

On February 4, “Jackass Forever,” the latest addition to the series, hit North American theaters, and its opening weekend grossed about $23.5 million, not very prominent compared to several “predecessors.”

Some viewers said that “Jackass Forever” is a spoof and curiosity, not to mention the connotation, but it is fun to watch occasionally.

Another analysis said that under the protracted new crown epidemic, people may need “such a smirk”, so it is expected that the film will successfully continue its low-cost gold-absorbing model.

Lionsgate’s action-adventure sci-fi film “Moonfall”, released on the same day, failed to reach the top as expected in the industry, ranking second on this list with only about $10.01 million at the opening weekend box office.

“Moonfall” tells a story about uncovering the secrets of the moon’s deviance and saving the planet, starring Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry.

Some viewers commented that “Moonfall” has a big brain hole and complete sci-fi disaster elements, but if you are too entangled in the logic of the plot, the special effects scenes are better.

Under the impact of the above-mentioned two new faces, the Hollywood superhero movie “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, which has dominated the weekend box office in North America since its premiere in December 2021, returned with a weekend box office of 9.6 million US dollars, a decrease of 12.8% month-on-month. ranked third on the list.

However, the film is still the uncompromising box office king. At present, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has a total box office of about 749 million US dollars in North America, and a total global box office of nearly 1.8 billion US dollars. top spot.

In addition, another new film, BlueFox Entertainment’s family film “The Wolf and the Lion”, which was released on February 4, ranked at the bottom of the top ten in this round with about $680,000 in its opening weekend. it tells the story of a wolf, a lion cub and a little girl

Horror thriller “Scream”, cartoon “Sing2”, action adventure thriller “The King’s Man”, historical drama “Redeeming Love”, biographical drama “American Underdog” and action thriller “The355”, share this issue in turn Other seats on the top ten list.

The new week brings a number of new films to the North American screen, such as Twentieth Century’s new action drama “Death on the Nile”, Universal’s musical romantic comedy “Marry Me” and Briarcliff Entertainment’s action thriller Films such as “Blacklight” will be released on February 11.