Napoleon
Summary
Napoleonhas go bad a box office curse for manager Ridley Scott . The movie , which follows the rise and dip of the titular Gallic loss leader , stars Joaquin Phoenix in the lead role . The story also concenter on Napoleon ’s relationship with his first wife , Empress Joséphine ( Vanessa Kirby ) . After its Thanksgiving weekend premiere , it is set to stream on Apple TV+ at an as - yet unrevealed date .
PerDeadline , theNapoleonbox officeis project to shut out its Thanksgiving weekend first step with a 5 - day gross between $ 32 and $ 33 million . This makes it the first adult - point or diachronic drama that the director has put out since 2010’sRobin Hoodthat has opened over $ 30 million . While the holiday weekend helped promote its sum , it nevertheless hands down outgrossed the second - stead Scott title in the interim , which was 2021’sHouse of Gucciat $ 14.4 million .
How Napoleon Compares to Ridley Scott’s Overall Filmography
Of the nineRidley Scott moviesthat were stagily distributed afterRobin Hood , five were incoming in the biopic or diachronic play genres , encompass more than one-half of his output . However , Napoleonis the only entry in either of those genres to adjudge a place on the chart of the Top 5 opening weekends for that full point . Check out a comparison of Ridley Scott ’s Top 5 opening weekends between 2011 and 2023 below :
Title
Domestic Opening Weekend
The Martian(2015 )
$ 54.3 million
Prometheus(2012 )
$ 51 million
Alien : Covenant(2017 )
$ 36.1 million
Napoleon(2023 )
$ 32-$33 million
Exodus : divinity and Kings(2014 )
$ 24.1 million
All of this has occurred in spite of the fact that theNapoleoncastisn’t as star - dot as titles likeThe Last Duel , which star Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and open to $ 4.7 million , orThe Counselor , which featured Brad Pitt and Cameron Diaz and open to $ 7.8 million . In fact , Napoleonopening higher thanExoduscould mean it is about to become one of the highest - gross motion picture of the director ’s full career . At the meter of composition , the biblical epic is Scott ’s sixth highest - gross directorial characteristic of all time behindRobin Hood , Hannibal , Prometheus , Gladiator , andThe Martian .
It is significant to play up the fact that these numbers racket forNapoleonare slightly inflate by the fact that it opened over a 5 - day vacation weekend . However , the movie ’s 3 - day totality between Friday and Sunday is still approximately $ 20.5 million . While that clock in more or less lower thanExodus , it remain Scott ’s highest - grossing opening weekend for a non - genre drama sinceRobin Hood .
Source : Deadline
