TriStar has a sequel to their sleeper comedy One among Them Days within the works with stars Keke Palmer and SZA anticipated to return.
The comedy opened to $11.8M and did a close to 5x a number of on the home field workplace making $50M.
The buddy comedy follows greatest mates and roommates Dreux and Alyssa who uncover that the latter’s boyfriend has spent all of their lease cash. The 2 discover themselves going to extremes in a race in opposition to the clock to keep away from eviction and maintain their friendship intact. The pic notched 94% with critics and 90% with audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. The film value earlier than P&A a reported $14M.
The film’s inventive workforce can be anticipated to return, Deadline can affirm. Lawrence Lamont directed off a screenplay by Syreeta Singleton.
Sony has a status for retaining their manufacturing prices low and their revenue margins excessive, notably on titles which are counterprogramming and stoking underserved demographics, i.e. feminine moviegoers.
It Ends With Us, which they co-financed for $25M mushroomed to a web $207M in spite of everything ancillaries in its first cycle off a world field workplace take close to $350M. One other money cow for Sony was the Sydney Sweeney-Glen Powell romantic comedy which netted $103M off a funds of $25M earlier than P&A after racking up $219M worldwide.
Sony presently has Karate Child: Legends in theaters which opened to $20.3M this previous weekend, and near $50M worldwide off a $45M manufacturing value. The film groups Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan from the earlier Karate Child motion pictures.
