Paramount biopic Bob Marley: One Love led the North American box office for a second straight weekend, taking in an estimated $13.5 million, as Love prevailed over films about demons and angels.
The global take for the film, which stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as the iconic reggae singer, has now surpassed $120 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday, showing exceptional strength for a music biopic.
Sony and Crunchyroll’s latest in the Demon Slayer manga series, Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training, placed second for the weekend, earning an estimated $11.6 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period.
In third was Lionsgate’s new inspirational drama Ordinary Angels, at $6.5 million. Hilary Swank stars in the fact-based story of a Kentucky hairdresser who rallies her town to help a widower with a gravely ill young daughter.
The film “pulls your heartstrings with the expertise of Jascha Heifetz,” said Hollywood Reporter, and critics’ reviews and audience scores have been “excellent.”
Sony/Marvel superhero thriller Madame Web dropped two spots from last weekend to place fourth, with ticket sales of $6 million. The film has managed to spin only a 13 percent positive rating on the Rotten Tomatoes website. Dakota Johnson stars.
And in fifth place, down one spot, was Universal’s family-friendly animation Migration, at $3 million.
