Karate Kid : Legends mis K.O. par Lilo & Stitch au box-office US
With $ 21 million in revenue for its opening weekend, the film derived from Cobra Kai starts below the expectations of Sony Pictures.
The long -awaited return of Karate Kid In the cinema has not completely succeeded in his kick returned: Karate Kid: Legends Recolité 21 millions from dollars to American box office For its first operating weekend. A correct start, but below the expectations of Sony, which rather hoped for 25 million out of 3,809 screens in North America.
Despite an enthusiastic reception of the public, the film could not seduce beyond the hard core of fans of the saga. The feature film, which cost $ 45 million, benefits from a modest budget for a consumer public action film and should be able to quickly reach its profitability threshold.
Directed by Jonathan Entwistle, Karate Kid: Legends – which will be released on August 13 in France – marks the first cinema outing of the franchise since the 2010 reboot with Jackie Chanwhich had opened much higher, at $ 55 million at the time. The film had finished its race at 359 million worldwide. This new version brings together Chan with Ralph MacchioStar of the original film of 1984, for a sequel which takes place three years after the end of the series Cobra Kai. The story follows a new student, embodied by Ben Wang (American Born Chinese), taken under the wing of Daniel Larusso (Macchio) and Mr. Han (Chan).
Despite this muscular return, Karate Kid: Legends only win the third place from box-office USdominated for the second consecutive week by the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch. The film of Disney Encouraged still $ 63 million out of 4,410 screens, a decrease of 57 % compared to its impressive opening to 146 million. In two weekends, the new version of the animated classic has already accumulated $ 280 million in the United States, and 610 million worldwide. A huge hit!
In second position, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning augment 27,3 millions to his counter. As Lilo & Stitchthe film drops 57 % after the Memorial Day weekend. This eighth part of the saga led by Tom Cruise now reached 122,6 millions on the North American territory, and 353,8 millions worldwide. Good figures … But the film is also one of the most expensive ever produced, with a budget of $ 400 million. We will still have to climb high – like Ethan Hunt on the wings of a biplane – to reach profitability.
Finally, at the exit limited to the USA, after its passage through Cannes, The Phoenician Schemethe new feature film of Wes Andersonmade an impressive start with 570 000 dollars… on only 6 screens!
Or an average of $ 95,000 per room – the best score per screen of 2025 to date. It is so exceeded Friendship A24, which held the record with an average of $ 74,000 per room on the same number of screens.
Despite this spectacular start, The Phoenician Scheme is a little less strong thanAsteroid City (in 2023), which had totaled $ 790,000 on 6 screens – and an average of $ 132,211 per room, the best average per screen of the year 2023 and from the pandemic! The film had finished at 28 million.
