Summary
A Quiet Place: Day Onejust passed an important box office milestone. As the third movie intheQuiet Placefranchise,Day Oneserves as a prequel and doesn’t feature the leading cast members, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, who defined the franchise. Instead, Lupita Nyong’o takes the leading role, alongside Joseph Quinn and Alex Wolff. The movie is set on the first day of an alien invasion, as survivors desperately attempt to escape to far-off safety, while Nyong’o’s Sam tries to protect her cat, Frodo.
According to a report byDeadline,A Quiet Place: Day Oneearned $21.1 million overseas this weekend, which brings its international total to $83.8 million. Support from overseas helped torocket the movie to a grand global total of $178.2 million. On a budget of just $67 million,Day Oneneeded approximately $134 million to break even. Having now crossed the $175 million milestone, it has alreadypassed profitabilityand is bringing in nothing but profit.
How A Quiet Place: Day One Compares To Other Quiet Place Movies
Day One’s Opening Weekend Success Beat Every Other Movie In The Franchise
By the time its run concludes,Day Onecould take the top spot in franchise history. Its booming opening weekend produced $50.2 million in the domestic market. Overseas, it did even better with a $45 million total that doubled the previous franchise record of $22 million. While it is still far behind other franchise offerings, there is still an opportunity for it to gain grounds in the coming weeks. Check out the chart below, which detailsQuiet Placebox office performances:
$50.2 million
$21 million
$341 million
$47.5 million
$22 million
$297 million
$53 million
$45 million
$178.2 million (so far)
That remarkable total comes despite having the lowest Rotten Tomatoes scores in franchise history, as it sits at an 87% Tomatometer score and a 73% audience score, which are both considerably lower than any other movie in the franchise.A Quiet Placehad a Tomatometer score of 96% and an audience score of 83%, while the 2021 sequel had 91% and 92%. Reviews, therefore, have not been the driving factor in drawing audiences to theaters. Instead, timing has played a key role in ensuringDay One’s box office success.
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The 2021 sequel might have seenDay One’s success, but it was held back by a box office that was still struggling in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though theaters still see some shaky performances, there have been several movies that have seen a full recovery, includingBarbie,Inside Out 2, andOppenheimer.Day Oneis a return to form for the franchise, and it is currently preparing to pass the original’s overall box office take in the coming weeks. Good timing and an intriguing premise have launchedA Quiet Place: Day Oneinto extreme success.
A Quiet Place: Day One
Cast
A Quiet Place: Day One is a spin-off of the A Quiet Place franchise conceived by John Krasinski. The film is set at the beginning of the invasion as humanity scrambles to survive, before the events of the original film, with Lupita Nyong’O leading the cast, directed by Michael Sarnoski.
