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 It's a premise so unexpected,
so curious, that it just might have enticed
audiences to watch "Nobody," a revenge thriller
that sees an otherwise unassuming Odenkirk
("Breaking Bad," "Better Call Saul") kick ass
and take names. "Nobody" debuted atop domestic
box office charts, generating $6.7 million from
2,460 venues. It's a solid but not stellar start
as movie theaters in Los Angeles and around the
country begin to reopen in earnest.
Directed by Ilya Naishuller, "Nobody" was well
received by critics and audiences. It centers on
a mild-mannered suburban dad who goes into
vigilante mode after someone breaks into his
house.
At the international box office, "Nobody" added
another $5 million, boosting its worldwide haul
to $11.7 million. With solid word-of-mouth and
without notable competition, "Nobody" is primed
to stick around on the big screen before
Universal puts the film on premium
video-on-demand in a matter of weeks. The budget
was $16 million, so it shouldn't be difficult to
get out of the red.
Though "Nobody" easily topped box office charts
in the U.S., the film was hardly the biggest
winner of the weekend. Outside of North America,
"Godzilla vs. Kong" kicked off internationally
with a massive $121 million from 28 countries.
The Warner Bros. movie -- pitting the iconic
monsters against each other in the matchup for
the ages -- had an especially impressive start
in China, where it amassed $70.3 million over
the three day stretch. Ticket sales for
"Godzilla vs. Kong," a co-production with
Legendary Entertainment, mark the biggest
opening weekend in China for a non-local film.
That could bode well as the film gears up to
open in the U.S. on Wednesday in theaters and on
HBO Max.
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 Aside from "Godzilla vs. Kong"
(March 31) and another Warners title, video game
adaptation "Mortal Kombat" (April 16), domestic
movie theater marquees will be light on new
releases in early spring. That's because Disney
majorly overhauled its film calendar last week,
delaying or amending plans for several titles,
including "Black Widow," Emma Stone's "Cruella,"
"Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," "Pixar's
"Luca." In perhaps the biggest blow to cinema
operators, "Black Widow" was pushed from May 7
to July 9. The Marvel superhero adventure will
premiere simultaneously in theaters and on
Disney Plus for a premium $30 rental fee. "Cruella,"
an origin story for the "101 Dalmatians"
villain, will similarly launch theatrically and
on the company's streaming platform when it
arrives on May 28.
Disney has tested several
hybrid strategies amid the pandemic, most
recently with the animated adventure "Raya and
the Last Dragon." The animated adventure,
currently in theaters, slipped to second place
on box office charts with $3.5 million in its
fourth weekend of release. So far the film,
which is also available to Disney Plus
subscribers on Premier Access, has made $28
million in U.S. theaters and $82 million
globally.
Otherwise, a swath of holdovers
rounded out box office charts. "Tom and Jerry"
came in third place with $2.5 million from 2,464
locations. After five weeks in theaters, the
Warner Bros. live-action-animated hybrid has
amassed $37 million.
At No. 4, Lionsgate's sci-fi fantasy film "Chaos
Walking" pulled in $1.18 million for a domestic
tally of $11.3 million. Starring Tom Holland and
Daisy Ridley, the $100 million-budgeted film
will result in a massive write-down for the
studio. "The Courier," a Cold War drama led by
Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel Brosnahan,
rounded out the top five with $1 million,
bringing its overall ticket sales to $3.4
million.
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