{"id":10778,"date":"2019-11-04T11:08:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T19:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=10778"},"modified":"2019-11-18T11:57:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T19:57:07","slug":"box-office-insider-terminator-dark-fate-wins-the-weekend-but-loses-the-franchise-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/box-office-insider-terminator-dark-fate-wins-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office Insider: \u2018Terminator: Dark Fate\u2019 Wins The Weekend But Loses The Franchise War"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each week on <\/span>Atom Insider<\/span>, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. This week,<\/span> Joker<\/span><\/i> finally said \u201chasta la vista\u201d to the top spot to make room for <\/span>Terminator: Dark Fate<\/span><\/i>, which had a far stronger performance overseas than stateside.<\/span><\/p>\n

This Week\u2019s Top Earner \u2013 \u2018Terminator: Dark Fate\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Not every critic gave <\/span>Dark Fate <\/span><\/i>a thumbs up, but overall, reviews were mostly positive<\/a> for the new film from Tim Miller, which Paramount released in early November despite this action flick feeling so much like a summer blockbuster. Regardless, <\/span>Dark Fate <\/span><\/i>pulled in $29 million domestically over the weekend, which is a slight uptick from the opening weekend for <\/span>Terminator: Genisys<\/span><\/i> (not adjusted for inflation).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But let\u2019s really crunch these numbers. <\/span>Dark Fate <\/span><\/i>had the second-lowest opening weekend of all six Terminator films<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(<\/span>Rise of the Machines <\/span><\/i>is still #1 in this regard with $44 million). This is despite <\/span>Dark Fate <\/span><\/i>having the widest release ever for one of these films (over 4,000 theaters) and years of inflation to beef up those numbers comparatively. Additionally, Terminator:<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Dark Fate <\/span><\/i>has the second-largest production budget of these films ($185 million, reportedly).<\/span><\/p>\n

All that said, <\/span>Dark Fate <\/span><\/i>might just experience its own salvation in the form of international box office numbers, including a release in China. Worldwide, it\u2019s made over $123.6 million, and it will need far more than that to make up for its high budget and marketing costs, or else this franchise\u2026*puts on sunglasses*…won\u2019t be back.<\/span><\/p>\n

Second Place\u00a0 \u2013 \u2018Joker\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n