Sci Fi Box Office: Weekly post tracking the performance of sci fi and fantasy movies in the theaters and on streaming.
Box Office Results
The Gore Verbinski sci fi comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die got off to a decent start in limited release, coming in at Number 7 at the Box Office this past weekend with $3.6 million in domestic receipts across 1610 theaters. It has pulled in $4.2 million globally so far, though it may have to rely on home video and streaming to recoup its $20 million budget. Avatar: Fire and Ash held at the Number 8 slot and added another $3.5 million to its tally, while Iron Lung slipped to Number 9 in its third with $3.3 million in receipts. Luc Besson’s Dracula took a notable drop in its second week from Number 5 to Number 10, and with $38.6 million in global receipts, it still has a way to go to turn a profit on its $52 million budget. New entry Cold Storage did not do too well with its premiere, coming in at Number 14 and pulling in less than $1 million domestically across 1,041 theaters. Horror film The Mortuary Assistant did a little better per theater with its premiere, pulling in an average of $1,246 across 208 cinemas. Below are all of the genre films from the Top 20 based on the weekend results.
Box Office Results for the Weekend of February 13th to 15th:
| Rank | Prior | Title | Weekend Gross | Theaters | Average | Total Gross | Weeks |
| 7 | – | Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die | $3,644,275 | 1610 | $2,263 | $3,644,275 | 1 |
| 8 | 8 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | $3,510,781 | 1650 | $2,127 | $396,277,025 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | Iron Lung | $3,300,000 | 2374 | $1,390 | $34,100,000 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | Dracula | $2,935,003 | 1787 | $1,642 | $8,935,542 | 2 |
| 14 | – | Cold Storage | $966,446 | 1041 | $928 | $966,446 | 1 |
| 18 | 11 | Mercy | $576,388 | 765 | $753 | $24,018,009 | 4 |
| 23 | – | The Mortuary Assistant | $259,338 | 208 | $1,246 | $259,338 | 1 |
Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com
You can see the schedule of current and upcoming sci fi and fantasy movies at this link.
Streaming Results
The reboot of The Running Man made it into the Nielsen Streaming Rankings for the week of its premiere on Paramount+, coming in at Number 3 with an estimated 380 million minutes of viewing. For Netflix, the live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon made it into the Top 10 for its premiere on that service, landing at Number 3 with 12.7 million hours watched across 6.1 million accounts. Following are all the genre films from the Nielsen Streaming Rankings and the Netflix Top 10.
Nielsen Streaming Rankings for the Week of January 12th:
| Rank | SVOD Provider | Program Name | Minutes Viewed (Millions) |
| 3 | Paramount+ | The Running Man | 380 |
| 5 | Netflix | KPop Demon Hunters | 295 |
Source: Nielsen
Netflix Top 10 for the Week of February 9th:
| Rank | Title | Wks in Chart | Hours Watched | Views |
| 3 | How to Train Your Dragon | 1 | 12,700,000 | 6,100,000 |
| 4 | KPop Demon Hunters | 35 | 9,500,000 | 5,700,000 |
Source: Netflix
You can see the schedule of current and upcoming sci fi and fantasy TV shows at this link.
