Napoleon
Summary
Napoleon ’s box office empire is crack up . The motion picture is a historical epic take by Ridley Scott that follow the rise and free fall of French leader Napoleon Bonaparte ( Joaquin Phoenix ) and his complicated relationship with his first wife Empress Joséphine ( Vanessa Kirby ) . It premiered midweek and ended up claiming the No . 1 position on the worldwide box office chart over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend despiteThe Hunger game : The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakesoutgrossing it in the U.S.
PerThe Hollywood Reporter , theNapoleonbox officehas stumbled in its 2nd weekend . It is project to close Sunday with a 3 - day total of $ 7.1 million at the domestic box agency , a staggering drib of 66 % . Though it was vying for 4th place withTrolls Band Togetherand Disney’sWish , it ended up taking No . 6 , falling off the domesticated Top 5 chart whole .
Can Napoleon Recover From This Box Office Slump?
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It remains to be see if theNapoleonmoviecan stop its box seat office from continuing to see such spartan calendar week - over - workweek drops . However , there is a slight chance that it can regain a spot on the Top 5 in its third weekend . While it ’s possible , however slim the chance may in reality be , this effort will require quite a few things to go right for the Ridley Scott movie .
The first would be forTrolls Band Together(which opened the weekend before theNapoleonrelease ) andWish(which open up the same day ) to have more knockout drops on the weekend of December 8 . WhileTrollshas had more time in theaters andWishis underperforming , both are animated movies that still have the potential to line in family audience during the vacation season . It ’s plausibly not probable that either will drop belowNapoleon , but the fact that all three titles were neck and neck opening this weekend could mean a similar struggle will play out inNapoleon ’s third weekend .
Wishstill land aboveNapoleon , but it had an even bad second - weekend drop than Disney ’s 2022 Thanksgiving flopStrange World .
Beyond that , Napoleoncould come after if no other pic land above either animise form of address in the Top 5.This is a sly proposal , however , as no major wide releases are slated to open on December 8 . Hayao Miyazaki’sThe Boy and the Heronand the awards contendersPoor ThingsandEileen(the latter in its all-embracing expansion ) , will all allow challenger but may not end up drawing huge mainstream audiences , which could allowNapoleonanother shot at the Top 5 .
seed : THR
