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‘Working Man’ works its way to No. 1, ‘Snow White’ freezes out of top spot

MGM’s new thriller A Working Man, with Jason Statham, emerged atop a flock of new films this weekend in North America, earning an estimated $15.2 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.

The action film, from Suicide Squad director David Ayer, features Statham as a military veteran who comes out of retirement to seek the kidnappers of his boss’s daughter.

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It grabbed the top spot from Disney’s Snow White remake, which saw ticket sales plunge.

Disney’s ‘Snow White’ faces a sharp box office drop in its second week despite a wide release

The big-budget Disney film plummeted from last weekend’s $45 million opening to just $14.2 million despite showing in 4,200 theaters—the year’s lowest debut for a movie opening in at least 3,000 theaters, analysts said.

For Snow White, “any hopes of a box office rebound evaporated with a very poor showing,” said Daniel Loria, a vice president at the Boxoffice Company. While it “should still cross the $100 million mark domestically, (it) stands out as the first major box office disappointment of 2025.”

Three other new releases rounded out the weekend box office.

The Chosen: Last Supper Part I, part of a Fathom Events series about the life and teachings of Jesus, scored an unexpectedly strong $11.5 million, placing third for the Friday-through-Sunday period.

Universal’s psychological horror film The Woman in the Yard, about a widowed single mother who receives an ominous warning from a strange woman, placed fourth, at $9.5 million. Danielle Deadwyler stars.

And A24’s comedy horror film Death of a Unicorn, with Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega as a father and daughter who accidentally kill a young unicorn—drawing the wrath of its parents—scored $5.8 million in ticket sales.

The year’s first quarter, Loria said, will be the worst such three-month stretch since 2022, “but we expect the market to begin its rebound in April before a strong summer season kicks off.

Rounding out the top 10 were Princess Mononoke 4K with $4 million, Captain America: Brave New World with $2.8 million, Black Bag with $2.2 million, Mickey 17 with $1.9 million, and Novocaine with $1.5 million. AFP

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