Net production cost on Karate Kid: Legends was $45M before P&A.
Men over 25 for Karate Kid were 37% and women under 25 the lowest turnout at 11%.
Great exits though for Karate Kid: Legends with an A- CinemaScore, the same grade as the 1986 sequel, Karate Kid II.
PREVIOUS FRIDAY AM: Sony’s Karate Kid: Legends grossed $2.3M from previews that began at 2 p.m. Thursday.
Karate Kid: Legends was made for $45M net before P&A; that’s $5M more than the 2010 version cost (unadjusted for inflation).
SATURDAY AM: After a strong Memorial Day weekend, all titles generated about $144 million in sales, which is 117 percent more than the post-holiday slump of the previous year. Take it and let’s celebrate.
In 2023, Sony’s entertaining fanboy animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse led all titles to a $205M+ marketplace, so no, it’s not the biggest for the post-4-day holiday during post-pandemic times. But only ten of the twenty-two weekends in 2025 have brought in more than $100 million. Let us be happy. I have no doubt that the novelty popcorn buckets from the circuits are still being sold out.
Sony’s Karate Kid: Legends is expected to open with $21M to $23M after a $7.5M Friday, Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning is indicating that Imax makes a difference in weekend 2 with a -58 percent hold and $26.7M, and Disney’s Lilo and Stitch is still on track for a $60M to $64M second weekend. It is lower in the high teens, according to competitors, but as we stated yesterday, it all comes down to Saturday business and whether or not it pushes more families toward the higher end of the Karate Kid and Lilo & Stitch price ranges.
Demo-wise, there is some overlap between the two movies, despite the fact that Karate Kid: Legends leans more male (59 percent) and Lilo leans more female (62 percent). Both their women over 25 (Legends is 30 percent and Lilo is 34 percent) and men under 25 (Legends is 22 percent to Lilo’s 18 percent) are close. Admittedly, a lot more mothers are taking their children to see Lilo.
Prior to P&A, Karate Kid: Legends had a net production cost of $45 million. It will be intriguing to observe the extent of overseas. In 1984, the franchise began before studios began to rely on foreign distribution. Japan made a fantastic $17.4M, but the foreign box office for the 2010 reboot, which starred Jackie Chan, outperformed the domestic one by $182.5M to $176.5M, even without China.
Thirty-seven percent of men over 25 attended Karate Kid, while only eleven percent of women under 25 did. Women over 25 receive the highest scores for the crossover, at 95 percent. 36 percent of the diversity demos were Caucasian, 31 percent were Hispanic and Latino, 16 percent were Asian American, and 12 percent were Black.
However, Karate Kid: Legends performed admirably, earning an A- CinemaScore, which is the same as that of the 1986 follow-up, Karate Kid II. Chan’s 2010 version received an A. Naturally, according to Screen Engine/Comscore’s PostTrak, the primary reason for Legends ticket purchases is that the game is a part of a beloved franchise (46 percent). It’s also noteworthy that 68 percent of the moviegoers who planned to watch Karate Kid: Legends stated that Netflix was their preferred streaming service. Cobra Kai resides there as well as Sony has an output deal in the pay-one.
A24’s Bring Her Back is currently in fifth place with $7M to $8M following a $3.1M Friday. The movie, wow, received a B+ CinemaScore, which is impressive considering that horror movies, especially A24 ones, tend to split audiences. In addition, it has four stars, a 57 percent positive rating, and an 80 percent recommendation. Best wishes. I hope that everything goes well for the movie this weekend and physically. 48% of those who purchased tickets stated that they went because it was a horror film, and 31% said they went because it was a Philippou twins film.
RelishMix saw positive word-of-mouth from fans of Philippou’s Talk to Me and excitement about their trailer, with some horror fans commenting that the film reminded them of Pet Sematary from 1989.
Sally Hawkins Gaslights Children and Turns Grief Into Fear in the Philippous: A Trauma-Soaked Sophomore Feature. RELATED: “Bring Her Back” Review.
I understand that A24 paid about $20 million to finance the film, and that Sony received about $13 million from the sale of the foreign rights.
The Phoenician Scheme, starring Wes Anderson, is also, predictably, on track to have the highest theater average of 2025, with $95K from six theaters in NYC and LA. Although it isn’t as high as the director’s Asteroid City ($142,2K) from two years ago, it is sufficient for the post-pandemic specialty sector, which is in dire need of income. In 12th place, 3-day looks like $570K. Yesterday, the Angelika in New York, which offered a premium $62 ticket that included popcorn and an “Immersive Experience,” brought in $78K more than any other theater. Alamo Brooklyn made about $23K, AMC Lincoln sq\. made $63K, AMC Century City in LA made $38K, AMC The Grove made a similar amount, and AMC Burbank made $31.3K. Nicely.
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The numbers for Saturday.
1. . 4,410 theaters, Lilo & Stitch (Dis), Friday $17M (-70%), three days $60M-$64M (-56 to -59%), total $277M-$281M/Wk 2.
2. Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning (Par) 3,861 (+4) Fri $7.5M (-70 percent), 3-day $26.7M (-58 percent), Total $122M/Wk 2.
3. . 3,809 theaters, Fri. $7:5M, 3-day, $21M–$23M/Wk 1. Karate Kid: Legends (Sony).
4. . Final destination: Bloodlines (NL) 3,134 (-389) Fri $3.1M (-43 percent), 3-day $11M (-43 percent), Week 3 total: $111.9M.
5. 2,449 theaters, Bring Her Back (A24), Friday $3:01M, 3-day $7M–$8M/Wk 1.
6. . Sinners (WB) $267M/Wk 7 (2,138 (-494) theaters, Friday $1.55M (-35 percent), 3-day $5.1M (-40 percent).
7. . Thunderbolts (Dis) $2,520 (-660) theaters $1.3M (-48 percent) 4-day $4.7M (-51 percent), $181.7M/Wk 5.
Eight. Friendship (A24) 1,293 (+238) theaters, Friday $780K (-56 percent), 3-day $2.5M (-44 percent), and total $12.3M/Wk 4.
9. 9. Last Rodeo (Angel) 1995 (-210), Friday $640K (-69 percent), three days $2.25M (-59 percent), Weekly Total $10.8M.
10. 10. The Accountant 2 (AMZ) 820 (-1182) theaters, Total $65M/Wk 6; Fri $214K (-56 percent); 3-day $778K (-62 percent).
Notables:.
Phoenician Scheme (Foc) Six theaters, Friday $270K, three days $570K, PTA $95K, Week 1.
Friday afternoon: Lilo & Stitch by Disney is performing exactly as we expected, with $60 million in weekend two, -59 percent, at 4,410 locations. That hold is comparable to that of Little Mermaid’s second weekend of release, which also happened to be a Memorial Day movie. For Lilo’s second Friday, today’s estimate is $17 million, or -70 percent. The projected total for the Sunday release of the Dean Fleischer Camp film is $277 million.
Nevertheless, Sony’s Karate Kid: Legends is opening $20 million, less than expected, following a $7–$8 million Friday that included previews in 3,809 theaters. With a second Friday of $7.7M and a second weekend of $27.3M, -57 percent at 3,861, the Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan collaboration would be in third place, behind Paramount’s second weekend of Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning. That is better than the -65% drop in Dead Reckoning’s second weekend without Imax screens. Tom Cruise’s film, which was directed by Christopher McQuarrie, is expected to gross $122.06 million by Sunday.
It is expected that Saturday will be advantageous for Karate Kid: Legends and Lilo.
With $2.8M today at 3,134 and a third weekend of $10M, -48 percent, New Line’s Final Destination: Bloodlines comes in at number four. By Sunday, the running total will be $110.9M.
Bring Her Back by A24 comes in fifth place with $3 million today (including previews) and $6–7 million over the weekend at 2,409 locations.
A year ago, when there were no big studio releases and Garfield Movie took the lead with a second weekend take of $14M, the post-Memorial Day weekend only brought in $66M, so even if Karate Kid: Legends does not perform as well as anticipated, we are in much better shape now. This weekend’s top five high-end films have already made over $124 million.
PRIOR FRIDAY AM: From previews that started at 2:00 PM, Sony’s Karate Kid: Legends brought in $2.03 million. M. Thursday.
With Ralph Macchio’s Daniel-san, Jackie Chan’s Mr. Dot Han, and, shhh, the Cobra Kai gang (I mean, is it really a secret?), the PG-13 film is a whirlpool of old school and new school. With a potential second frame of $60M, Disney’s Lilo & Stitch is dominating the market, and the movie is expected to make $25M to $30M. Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning aims to stay within $32 million or less with those Imax screens.
With a 55 percent Rotten rating, critics like this Karate Kid slightly less than the 2010 Chan one. Sixty-seven percent fresh. The movie Karate Kid: Legends was rated 4 stars on PostTrak with a 68 percent definite recommend from definite audiences, 4 1/2 stars from parents with a 63 percent definite recommend, and 4½ stars with a 79 percent must-see immediately rating for children under the age of twelve. The majority of the under-12 group, which is a crucial component of the Cobra Kai cult, consisted of boys aged 10 to 12 (64%). In total, 60% of men attended last night.
Last May, Sony/Alcon’s The Garfield Movie reboot made $1.09 million, followed by a Friday of $8.4 million and a three-day run of $24 million. Karate Kid: Legends’ Thursday night comes just ahead of that total.
Prior to P&A, Karate Kid: Legends was produced for $45 million net, which is $5 million more than the 2010 version’s price (not including inflation). The majority of the $620 million earned by the five previous Karate Kid films, which are 41 years old, came from the Chan/Jaden Smith version that came out 15 years ago and brought in $359 million worldwide.
With previews starting at 4 p.m., A24’s Danny and Michael Philippou horror film Bring Her Back earned $850K at 2,409 theaters. m. on Thursday. Heretic, A24’s fall sleeper, made $1.02 million in previews beginning at 7 p.m., which is just less than that amount. M. before becoming a $10.8M opening and a $4.3M Friday. Talk to Me, the Philippou twins’ previous A24 film, debuted at $10.04 million. Last night, 58 percent of the fanboy audience gave Bring Her Back a good, definite recommendation, while 83 percent of women over 25 gave the film its highest positive rating. Men made up 57% of the Thursday crowd, compared to 43% of women. Overall, 83 percent of women said they enjoyed it more than 77 percent of men. Go, Sally Hawkins. $5 million to $7 million is the pre-weekend outlook. According to Rotten Tomatoes, Bring Her Back has an 88 percent certified fresh rating. No audience score has been assigned yet.
At 4,410 theaters, Lilo & Stitch closes its first week with $217 million, down 9% from Wednesday’s $9.2 million yesterday. The first week of the movie is 15% behind the $255M run of Inside Out 2, which ended at $652.9M, and it is 9% behind the first seven days of Moana 2, which brought in $239.3M (final $460.4M). No, we are merely attempting to give you a sense of where Lilo and Stitch reside; we are not claiming that the film is failing. Although nobody is predicting this for Lilo & Stitch, these beloved Disney films occasionally have a hard time keeping up. E. With $101 million, Inside Out 2 had the best second weekend ever for a PG film. And that wasn’t anticipated.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning concludes its first week with an estimated $95.3M at 3,857, 7 percent ahead of the first week of Mission: Impossible – Fallout ($220.1M final domestic) in 2018 and 4 points7 percent ahead of the first seven days of Dead Reckoning (final domestic B) in 2022. Oh. was $172.60 million.
These are the remaining five top picks for the week.
3. Week 30.7M (-56 percent), Week $1.85M (-13 percent from Wednesday), and Final Destination Bloodlines (WB/NL) in 3,523 theaters totaled $100.9M for Week 2.
From the start, it had the franchise’s highest earnings. Nothing stands in its way.
4. * Thunderbolts* (Dis) 3,180 theaters, Total $177M/Wk 4, Thu $765K (-10 percent), Wk $14.8M (-36 percent).
