The “Imply Women” film musical topped a sleepy field workplace as “I.S.S.,” a sci-fi thriller that takes place aboard the Worldwide Area Station, misfired in its opening weekend.

“Imply Women” added $11.7 million in its second weekend of launch, bringing its home tally to $50 million. Ticket gross sales dropped a steep 59% from its debut. Nevertheless, the movie’s decline is cushioned by its modest $36 million finances, which makes its field workplace efficiency outsized.

Total, it’s been a desolate weekend for the movie show enterprise. To punctuate the field workplace doldrums, three motion pictures within the prime 5 had been launched round Christmas.

“With no large studio launch, this weekend is the sort of ‘gap’ within the 2024 launch schedule left by the strikes and pandemic,” says David A. Gross, who runs the film consulting agency Franchise Leisure Analysis.

This weekend’s solely newcomer “I.S.S.” crash-landed in seventh place, amassing simply $3 million from 2,520 theaters in its debut. Ariana DeBose and Chris Messina star within the Bleecker Avenue movie, which was suffering from unfavorable opinions and a bleak “C-” CinemaScore from viewers members.

“The Beekeeper,” an motion thriller directed by David Ayer, remained in second place with $8.3 million from 3,330 venues. Thus far, the movie, starring Jason Statham as a former operative who exacts revenge on behalf of a pal, has generated practically $31 million in North America.

“Wonka,” a fantasy musical starring Timothée Chalamet because the titular chocolatier, claimed third place once more with $6.7 million from 3,136 theaters. The movie has loved endurance for the reason that holidays, and after six weeks of launch, it has generated a mighty $187 million in North America and $513 million globally to this point. It value $100 million to supply, so it’s been a candy deal with for each Warner Bros. and cinema operators.

Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell’s R-rated romantic comedy “Anybody however You” landed on the No. 4 spot with $5.4 million from 2,928 theaters. After 5 weekends on the large display screen, Sony’s movie has grossed $64.2 million domestically and $100.2 million worldwide, making “Anybody however You” the very best grossing R-rated rom-com since 2016’s “Bridget Jones’s Child.” With a $25 million manufacturing finances, “Anybody however You” marks a win for Sony and a reminder that rom-coms haven’t gone out of favor on the field workplace — so long as budgets are stored in verify.

Common and Illumination’s animated journey “Migration” glided to fifth place with $5.3 million from 3,094 areas. The $72 million-budgeted film, additionally launched round Christmas, has collected $94.6 million in North America and $191.6 million globally.