Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé took a major tumble during its second weekend in movie theaters. The tour doc easily topped the box office tally on opening weekend, but in its second frame it is expected to tumble more than 77% from its initial peak.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie directed, written and produced by the Queen Bey tumbled from No. 1 to a seeming tie for No. 5 with Disney’s animated Wish, with an estimated $5 million haul; the final Renaissance number could be closer to $5.5 million when complete numbers are released on Monday morning.
Either way, it was a swift and steep fall from the movie’s $21 million opening last weekend, which marked the first film to open with over $20 million in the typically slow post-Thanksgiving period in 20 years, not accounting for inflation. THR reported that the big second-week drop suggested that the movie was “frontloaded and is relying primarily on superfans”; like Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour film run, the Beyoncé movie only played Thursday-Sunday.
Swift’s Eras film made more than $92 million in its first frame on its way to more than $250 million in global receipts to date. The two superstars have supported each other, with Swift recently flying to London for the Renaissance premiere. Sunday (Dec. 10) was the final day in theaters for Renaissance.
The movie had more robust competition during its second go-round, especially from The Boy and the Heron, acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki’s latest animated spectacle. The Studio Ghibli-produced film scored a record-breaking $12.8 million open, marking the first anime title in history to debut atop the North American box office chart.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Songbirds and Snakes was expected to end up at No. 2 on a projected $9-$10 million, followed by Godzilla Minus One and the Justin Timberlake-topped threequel Trolls Band Together.