Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group Very satisfied Uncharted territory The box office success was so high that its chairman and CEO Tom Rothman called it a “new hit movie franchise.”
In a company memo (thanks Deadline), Rothman said the success “marked a huge win for the company” as the film was “the first major production to shut down completely due to the emergence of the coronavirus, but we’re holding on to it.” Take a photo and the audience loves it.”
according to Eric Davis of FandangoIn terms of video game adaptations, Uncharted had the fourth-highest opening weekend in the U.S. behind Sonic the Hedgehog, Detective Pikachu and 2001’s Tomb Raider.
Expected to gross $30 million in its opening weekend, the Uncharted movie is estimated to have grossed $52 million as of Monday, February 21.
Globally, the film has made $139 million to date against a $120 million budget — and it hasn’t even been released in all territories.
A prequel to the game, Uncharted tells the story of how Nathan Drake and Sully met and became friends. It covers how Drake became a treasure hunter as he unraveled one of the greatest mysteries in history spanning the globe.
It has lost many directors over the years and has been rewritten, rewritten and delayed more than once.
The film stars Tom Holland of Spider-Man fame, veteran actors Antonio Banderas and Mark Wahlberg, Tati Gabriel (The 100), Sofia Ali (The Wilds, The Anatomy) Grey) and others.
It is directed by Venom’s Ruben Fleischer and written by Art Marcum, Matt Holloway and Rafe Judkins.