The character Marla in ‘Playmobil’
STX Movies, promotional picture of Playmobil film
It appears Disney’s reign over the animation field workplace continued this weekend. Whereas “Frozen II” neared $1 billion throughout its third weekend in theaters, STX’s “Playmobil” film garnered lower than $1 million in ticket gross sales over its opening weekend in North America.
STX, the distributor of the movie, stated Sunday that it expects the movie will haul in $668,000 for the three-day weekend domestically. It is without doubt one of the worst openings in current cinematic historical past.
Solely “The Oogieloves within the Huge Balloon Journey,” “Delgo” and a 10-year re-release of “Noticed” had worse opening weekends.
Internationally, the movie has introduced in simply over $12 million, however has stagnated since its August launch in Europe, the Center East and Africa. At this tempo, it’s unlikely that the animated flick will recoup the $75 million co-finaciers Wild Bunch, Pathe, Dimitri Rassam and On Animation shelled out for its manufacturing.
STX solely paid to distribute the film and doesn’t have a monetary stake.
“For STXfilms, Playmobil is a no-risk alternative that allowed the studio to collaborate with key exhibition companions to supply a vacation film for teenagers and households,” the corporate stated in an announcement Sunday.
“Main exhibitors and regional chains had been supportive about utilizing a date historically not…