‘Death On The Nile’ Leads Super Bowl Weekend Box Office
thewrap.comThe Kenneth Branagh adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Poirot murder mystery is a follow-up to “Murder on the Orient Express,” which was released by 20th Century Fox prior to the Disney acquisition in November 2018 and opened to $28.6 million largely off of turnout from moviegoers over the age of 50.
Such turnout was not expected for “Nile” given the pandemic.Reception for “Death on the Nile” has been mildly positive with a 65% score on Rotten Tomatoes and a B from audiences on CinemaScore, the latter of which was the same grade given to “Orient Express.” “Nile” is one of the last pre-acquisition projects from Fox to be released by Disney, with “The Bob’s Burgers Movie” coming out on Memorial Day weekend.
Also opening this weekend is Universal’s romantic comedy “Marry Me,” which is neck-and-neck with the second weekend of Paramount’s “Jackass Forever” for No.
2 on the charts with both estimated to earn around $8 million this weekend. “Marry Me,” which has been released simultaneously on Peacock for paid subscribers, has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 57% and a B+ CinemaScore grade. “Jackass Forever,” meanwhile, is heading for a 10-day total of around $37 million.
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