Ridley Scott’s Napoleon is of course tracking with older and younger guys, and its 5-day opening is in the range of the helmer’s previous Thanksgiving 2021 launch, House of Gucci, which did $22M over 5-days as well as Prime Video’s Ben Affleck directed title Air which minted $20.2M in a 5-day launch this past Easter.
Napoleon reps Apple’s second mega wide theatrical release on a long window after Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon which Paramount distributed. That pic opened to a solid $23.2M in the middle of an actors strike where performers aren’t permitted to promote struck work. Napoleon begins media previews next Wednesday. The movie starring Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix in the title role has a 2 hour 38 minute running time which is significantly shorter than Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon at 3 1/2 hours.
