‘Uncharted’: Tom Holland & Mark Wahlberg Sony PlayStation Pic Looks To Score $70M+ Global Haul This Weekend – Box Office Preview
deadline.comSony will release it’s first movie of 2022, and second Tom Holland title after Spider-Man: No Way Home over the 4-day Presidents Day weekend, Uncharted, in what is expected to be a $70M+ haul worldwide.Broken down that’s another $40M overseas from 47 markets starting Wednesday with France and Korea, then traveling to Australia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Japan and Norway.
The movie, directed by Ruben Fleischer, and based on the 15-year old, Amy Henning-created Sony PlayStation game, has already bagged $21.5M from last weekend’s offshore start in 15 markets including UK, Russia and Spain where it ranked No.
1. The pic had a particularly huge start in Ukraine despite the threat of Russian forces in the headlines.Holland plays street-smart Nathan Drake, who is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter, Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg), to recover a fortune amassed by Ferdinand Magellan, and lost 500 years ago by the House of Moncada.While video game adaptations can be tricky, Uncharted is being marketed to the non-gaming audience and is looking for family play.
Sony is smart to position this potential franchise-starter coming off the Holland-Spider-Man halo effect, that movie becoming the third highest grossing title ever at the domestic box office yesterday with close to $761M to date.
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