Retiring Guy's Digest: USA box officeon third weekend in April (2017-2023)

The USA box office on the Friday of the 3rd weekend April 2023 is up 12% compared to last year when "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" was the top-grossing movie.

It also outperformed the same April weekend in the pre-Covid years of 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Box Office Mojo

Variety, 4/16/2023

“Mario” stayed strong even as several new movies entered the theatrical race, to varying results. In a surprise finish, Universal’s wacky horror-comedy “Renfield,” which sees Nicolas Cage as Count Dracula and Nicholas Hoult as his rebelling henchmen, landed in fourth place with a disappointing $7.7 million from 3,375 locations. Heading into the weekend, it seemed like the film would take the No. 2 slot. Instead, “Renfield” arrived behind Sony’s R-rated demonic thriller “The Pope’s Exorcist,” which also fell slightly short of expectations with $9.1 million, and Lionsgate’s “John Wick: Chapter 4.”

Original 4/15/2023 post starts here

The USA box office on the Friday of the 3rd weekend April 2023 is down 5% compared to last year when "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" was the top-grossing movie.

On the other hand, it outperformed the same Friday in April in the pre-Covid years of 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Box Office Mojo

Variety, 4/9/2023

The vampire screwball is having trouble keeping up with the more grave new horror release “The Pope’s Exorcist,” which stars Russell Crowe as the Catholic Church’s most trusted fixer. The Screen Gems production earned $3.46 million on Friday from 3,178 locations. Sony’s religious thriller is compelling audiences to an $8.6 million opening weekend, good for No. 2 on domestic charts. Compared to “Renfield,” the film carries a more modest $18 million production budget.

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