'Onward' Opens to Muted $40M at North American Box Office | THR News - video Dailymotion

Box office analysts say it's unclear how much of an impact worries over the coronavirus had on moviegoing over the weekend.

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00:00We only have 24 hours to bring the rest of him back.

00:04Until then, ta-da!

00:07Pixar's Onward bounded to a muted $40 million in North America,

00:11making it one of the lowest nationwide starts for the studio.

00:14While the Pixar film received strong reviews and an 86% rating on Rotten Tomatoes,

00:19it had only been tracking for a domestic launch in the $40-45 million range to begin with.

00:23Now it's unclear as of now just how much of those figures and movie going over the weekend

00:27were impacted by the growing concerns over coronavirus.

00:31The impact of COVID-19 is clearly being felt overseas.

00:34Onward came in well behind projections overseas with an underwhelming $28 million

00:39from its first 47 territories for a global bow of $68 million.

00:44This could have been a direct impact of many theaters across China being closed due to the

00:48coronavirus concerns and box office revenue being compromised in other markets including

00:52South Korea, Italy and Japan.

00:54The movie did not open in any of the countries most impacted by the virus.

00:58But it's also unclear whether Onward faced its own challenges.

01:02Comparisons to last year when Captain Marvel opened to $153 million were always going to be brutal.

01:07Overall, revenue for the weekend was down more than 50% from the same frame in 2019.

01:13The film, which earned an A- cinema score of voice stars Chris Pratt and Tom Holland as two

01:17teenage elf brothers who embark on a quest to discover if there is still magic out in the world

01:21and if they can use it to bring back their late father.

01:24Some of Pixar's other lowest nationwide openings have included 1995's Toy Story,

01:29its first release with $29.1 million, 2015's The Good Dinosaur which earned $39.2 million,

01:36and 1998's A Bug's Life which dropped over the Thanksgiving holiday of that year with a

01:40three day gross of $33.3 million and roughly $40 million for the long holiday frame.

01:45For more box office news and updates head to THR.com.

01:48The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.