The Uncharted movie has struck gold with a $44.1 million domestic weekend box office victory, and the Tom Holland-led video game adaptation is expected to earn a total of $52 million through the President's Day holiday.
As reported by Variety, Uncharted also earned another $55.4 million overseas, bringing its global total to $139 million. This is more than enough to cover its production budget of $120 million.
In our Uncharted review, which is currently only available in theaters, we said, "Uncharted is a safe but serviceable sampling of a new globe-spanning adventure. As a young Nathan Drake, Tom Holland is fun to watch and has good chemistry with Mark Wahlberg’s Victor Sullivan, even if their antagonists are pretty forgettable and the story never thinks outside the treasure chest box."
As Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes' Erik Davis notes, Uncharted had the fourth highest-grossing video game film opening weekend of all time in North America. While it surpassed Angry Birds' $38 million, it failed to pass Tomb Raider (2001)'s $47 million, Detective Pikachu's $54 million, and Sonic the Hedgehog's $58 million.
Dog, which stars Channing Tatum as a former Army Ranger who is driving down the Pacific Coast with his dog to make it to a fellow soldier's funeral on time, took second place with $15.1 million. This is already enough to cover its budget of $15 million, and it undoubtedly helped that it came with the tagline, "Don't worry, the dog doesn't die."
Not content with just having the #1 film of the weekend, Holland also secured the #3 spot as Spider-Man: No Way Home's $7.2 million in ticket sales was enough to get it there. Spider-Man: No Way Home's domestic total has now reached $771.74 million and that is more than enough to make it the third highest-grossing domestic film of all time.
Death on the Nile placed fourth with $6.3 million, bringing its global total to $90 million. Jackass Forever rounded out the top five with $5.2 million and passed the $47 million mark domestically.
For more Uncharted, check out our explainer on the ending and post-credits scene and how the film features fight moves "stolen straight from the games."
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As reported by Variety, Uncharted also earned another $55.4 million overseas, bringing its global total to $139 million. This is more than enough to cover its production budget of $120 million.
In our Uncharted review, which is currently only available in theaters, we said, "Uncharted is a safe but serviceable sampling of a new globe-spanning adventure. As a young Nathan Drake, Tom Holland is fun to watch and has good chemistry with Mark Wahlberg’s Victor Sullivan, even if their antagonists are pretty forgettable and the story never thinks outside the treasure chest box."
As Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes' Erik Davis notes, Uncharted had the fourth highest-grossing video game film opening weekend of all time in North America. While it surpassed Angry Birds' $38 million, it failed to pass Tomb Raider (2001)'s $47 million, Detective Pikachu's $54 million, and Sonic the Hedgehog's $58 million.
Dog, which stars Channing Tatum as a former Army Ranger who is driving down the Pacific Coast with his dog to make it to a fellow soldier's funeral on time, took second place with $15.1 million. This is already enough to cover its budget of $15 million, and it undoubtedly helped that it came with the tagline, "Don't worry, the dog doesn't die."
Not content with just having the #1 film of the weekend, Holland also secured the #3 spot as Spider-Man: No Way Home's $7.2 million in ticket sales was enough to get it there. Spider-Man: No Way Home's domestic total has now reached $771.74 million and that is more than enough to make it the third highest-grossing domestic film of all time.
Death on the Nile placed fourth with $6.3 million, bringing its global total to $90 million. Jackass Forever rounded out the top five with $5.2 million and passed the $47 million mark domestically.
For more Uncharted, check out our explainer on the ending and post-credits scene and how the film features fight moves "stolen straight from the games."
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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.
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