This Week At The Box Office: Debuts falter as Coronavirus creeps

Well, fears of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) seem to have started seeping into the box office already last weekend: despite a raft of new releases this week, the overall weekend taking was $7,928,178. That’s over a million less than last week’s takings of $9,127,938, despite last week’s lack of significant box office debuts. Not even a new superhero film could draw in the crowds: Bloodshot debuted in the top spot, but brought in a screen average of just $4,081 across 346 screens. Not bad numbers – but you’d expect better from a comicbook adaptation starring Vin Diesel. It was closely followed by The Invisible Man, which is down 49 screens, and earned 51% less than last week. The sci-fi thriller still brought in an average of $3,958 across its remaining 273 screens, however, for a total taking of $1,080,497.