Nobody was expecting big-time box office numbers from Uncharted, but Sony Pictures claim the movie is an enormous success.
A report from Deadline states that the rip-roaring adventure film is doing much better during its theatrical run than many were predicting. Early estimates put Uncharted at around $30 million domestically over a four-day period, but the movie wound up raking in $51 million, sending its worldwide revenue up to $139 million. Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman reportedly sent a company-wide memo celebrating Uncharted’s success.
“With over [$100 million] in box office worldwide in just one weekend, and a 90% positive audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, Uncharted is a new hit movie franchise for the company,” Rothman said. “This marks a great victory for every single division of the company, as the film was our first major production entirely shut down by the advent of Covid, yet we persevered to complete a picture the audience loves and marketed and distributed it with strategic verve worldwide, despite the pandemic.”
#UnchartedMovie is now the #1 Movie in the World! Join the adventure, get out to theaters to experience it now! pic.twitter.com/LMGIz7itH1
— Uncharted (@unchartedmovie) February 22, 2022
It probably helps that Tom Holland’s star power is at an all-time high after Spider-Man: No Way Home, though he said filming Uncharted was brutal by comparison.Sony releasing the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection around the same time as the movie likely did wonders as well. Or maybe it was the collaboration with Fortnite that put Uncharted over, who knows!
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
