‘Ready Player One’ plays to the audience with $53.7m win
Opening gives Steven Spielberg his best since 2008’s ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’
Game on for Ready Player One. Steven Spielberg’s virtual reality adventure launched slightly above expectations with $53.7 million (Dh197.2 million) over the four-day Easter weekend and $41.8 million over the three-day weekend, according to final box-office figures on Monday.
The opening gave Spielberg his best since 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, as well as 2018’s high-grossing debut for anything not named Black Panther.
Still, for a $175 million film, the Warner Bros release will need to have strong legs to make Ready Player One a success. Its international rollout is helping, where the film grossed $128 million over the weekend, including an especially robust $61.7 million from China.
Tyler Perry’s Acrimony followed in second with $17.1 million over the three-day weekend. The Lionsgate release, starring Taraji P. Henson, drew an overwhelmingly female audience. The film is releasing in the UAE on April 5.
