The Henry Cavill movie The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare fails to crack the domestic box office Top 3, though it still exceeds expectations.
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Summary
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
has opened at No. 4 at the domestic box office. - The Henry Cavill movie has nevertheless exceeded its original box office expectations by several million dollars.
- The movie’s streaming release in international markets changes its standard for success.
The new Henry Cavill movie The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare has been shut out of the Top 3 in its opening weekend despite overperforming. The new war movie from director Guy Ritchie, which is based on the 2014 nonfiction book Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII, boasts a stacked cast that includes Cavill, Reacher‘s Alan Ritchson, Crazy Rich Asians‘ Henry Golding, and 3 Body Problem‘s Eiza González. It has been generally well-received, earning a 73% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and a 94% score from audiences at the time of writing.
Per Deadline, the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare release is set to close out its first weekend in theaters with a 3-day total of $9 million at the domestic box office. This will place it at No. 4 on the domestic chart for its opening weekend, below the other new wide release Abigail at No. 2 and the holdover hits Civil War at No. 1 and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire at No. 3. However, it has nevertheless exceeded expectations, which originally saw it landing in the mid-single-digit range nearer to Spy x Family Code: White, which made $4.88 million.
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Source: Deadline
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a World War II film following a top-secret combat unit who were formed by Winston Churchill to hunt down Nazis. The film is directed by Guy Ritchie and based on the book The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill’s Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops by Damien Lewis.
- Release Date
- April 19, 2024
- Studio(s)
- Black Bear , Jerry Bruckheimer Films , Toff Guy Films
- Distributor(s)
- Lionsgate
- Writers
- Paul Tamasy , Eric Johnson , Arash Amel , Guy Ritchie
- Cast
- Henry Cavill , Eiza González , Alan Ritchson , Alex Pettyfer , Hero Fiennes Tiffin , Babs Olusanmokun , Til Schweiger , Henry Golding , Cary Elwes , Henrique Zaga
- Runtime
- 120 Minutes