Novocaine Is King of 2025’s Weakest Box Office Weekend
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Novocaine Is King of 2025’s Weakest Box Office Weekend

With Novocaine and Black Bag now in theaters, their box office performances and audience reception have become key industry discussions. Novocaine secured the top spot with a modest opening, while Black Bag tied for second place alongside Mickey 17. Despite multiple new releases, this weekend seemingly marked the lowest-grossing of the year, highlighting ongoing challenges for theaters amid a lack of major tentpole films.

Novocaine starts on top despite a slow box office opening

Paramount’s Novocaine led the domestic box office with an $8.7 million opening across 3,365 theaters.

The film earned $3.9 million on Friday, $2.89 million on Saturday, and $1.9 million on Sunday. Internationally, it grossed $1.8 million, bringing its worldwide total to $10.5 million (via Box Office Mojo). The R-rated action-comedy received a B CinemaScore, with 58% of the audience being male. Premium Large Format screenings accounted for 32% of ticket sales, and AMC Burbank recorded the highest individual theater gross at approximately $33,000.

The total domestic box office revenue for the weekend was approximately $54.7 million, which appears to be the lowest-grossing weekend of 2025. Warner Bros.’ Mickey 17 and Focus Features’ Black Bag earned the second place with $7.5 million each.

Mickey 17, in its second weekend, dropped 60% and reached a domestic total of $33.2 million. The film’s worldwide gross stands at $90.5 million. Black Bag, a spy thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh, had a strong performance on the East and West Coasts, with AMC Lincoln Square in New York reporting approximately $59,000 in revenue.

Other new releases included The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, which debuted with $3.17 million, earning a B+ CinemaScore. The Last Supper opened with $2.8 million and got an A- CinemaScore, performing strong in the South and Midwest. A24’s Opus grossed $1 million across 1,764 theaters and received a C+ CinemaScore. Audience turnout for Opus was 54% female, with the largest age group being 25-34 years old.

Despite multiple new releases, industry analysts pointed to a lack of compelling content as a key factor behind the low box office numbers. A film finance expert stated, “It’s not a marketplace problem, it’s a studio problem because they’re not making two-quadrant movies that audiences want to see.” (via Deadline)

Originally reported by Anubhav Chaudhry on ComingSoon.

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