Summary
A Quiet Place: Day Onejust achieved a major milestone at the box office. Led by Lupita Nyong’o, rather than previous stars John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, the movie follows Nyong’o’s terminally ill Sam as she desperately tries to survive the invasion at the beginning oftheQuiet Placetimeline. The movie has enjoyed immense success at the box office, having earned $52.2 million in its opening weekend alone, which is nearly its entire $67 million budget.
In its fourth week at the box office,Deadlinereports thatDay Onecrossed another major milestone after taking the fifth spot in the weekend box office. With an estimated $5.9 million domestic total this weekend, the prequel has earned a total of$127.4 million in the domestic market. It has crossed the vaunted $125 million total and is just $7 million away from doubling its budget among domestic audiences alone.
How Does Day One Compare To Other Quiet Place Movies?
Day One Still Hasn’t Beaten The Rest Of The Franchise
Despite having a stronger start than the rest of the franchise,A Quiet Place: Day One’s box officetake has slowed in the weeks since its opening. It debuted to a massive $53 million, which was $5.5 million more thanPart IIand approximately $3 million more than the 2018 movie. Since then, however,Day Onehas proven to lack the longevity of other franchise entries, with itsslowing domestic total potentially not matching the previous two movies. It is currently $33 million behindPart IIand $61 million behind the original. Check out how theQuiet Placemovies compare at the box office below:
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$188 million
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After five weeks at the box office,Day Onehas already slipped to fifth place, and it has never taken the top spot at any point in its run. It has faced stiff competition fromInside Out 2,Despicable Me 4,Twisters, and fellow horror movieLonglegs. Next week will see the debut of the Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbusterDeadpool & Wolverine, which is likely to pull any crowds away from Nyong’o’s high-stakes tragedy.
A Quiet Place: Day One Review - John Krasinski’s Horror Franchise Has Officially Overstayed Its Welcome
Lupita Nyong’o is great, but A Quiet Place: Day One has the depth of paper and less effective scares and tension than either of the first two movies.
Failing to match previous domestic totals is not necessarily damning for the movie, as it could recover through streaming.A Quiet Place: Day Onewill stream on Paramount+, where audiences will be able to view the well-reviewed prequel in their own homes. That could help to provide an opportunity for it to expand its reach through word-of-mouth without viewers having to invest too heavily in a ticket or a day at theaters.A Quiet Place: Day Oneis breaking records, but it is unlikely to catch up with other movies in the franchise without streaming support.
A Quiet Place: Day One
Cast
A Quiet Place: Day One is a spin-off of the A Quiet Place franchise conceived by John Krasinski. The film is set at the beginning of the invasion as humanity scrambles to survive, before the events of the original film, with Lupita Nyong’O leading the cast, directed by Michael Sarnoski.
