When final receipts are tallied Monday, it’s likely going be the lowest-grossing box office weekend of the year to date with "Novocaine" leading the pack.

Movie theaters haven’t exactly been bustling since the start of 2025 and the calendar year is about to turn in one of its most meagre frames yet. Even with two new wide releases - Paramount’s slapstick actioner “Novocaine” and Focus Features’ spy film “Black Bag” - exhibitors are in danger of a particularly beleaguered weekend,

When final receipts are tallied Monday, it’s likely going be the lowest-grossing weekend of the year to date with around $54 million in total ticket sales.

UPDATED: A generally quiet weekend at the international box office, amid holdover play for the major studio titles and the start of staggered release for newer entries, nevertheless included another milestone for Chinese phenomenon Ne Zha 2 which has moved up to become the 5th highest-grossing movie ever worldwide.

Ne Zha 2 has earned over $2.085 billion worldwide, including just over $2 billion in just China. The animated film is now the 5th highest-grosser ever.

Ne Zha 2 has passed another major box office milestone. The animated movie has dominated the global box office since its January 2025 debut in China, including surpassing the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Avengers: Infinity War in worldwide earnings,