Nanisca (Viola Davis) in TriStar Pictures’ THE WOMAN KING.Ilze KitshoffThe Woman King (review) held firm in weekend two, dropping just 41.5% and grossing $11.145 million for a $36.3 million ten-day total. That’s not a barn-burning figure, especially for a film with unpredictable overseas potential, but the opening and hold (along with reception) implies a strong domestic showing on par with Where the Crawdads Sing ($89 million from a $17 million debut this past summer). Obviously, along with Don’t Worry Darling (a $19.4 million chart-topping debut), this shows that putting films about/for/by women in theaters instead of tossing them to streaming can be a fun new way to make money. Moreover, if The Woman King continues to leg out, it will probably gross more at the domestic box office than most year-end awards season contenders. As such, it’s time to discuss the Viola Davis-led and Gina Prince-Bythewood-directed action drama as a big-deal Oscar contender. For the record, the film, co-starring Lashana Lynch, John Boyega and Thuso Mbedu, debuted in mid-September with a big-deal premiere at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. It’s not like Sony didn’t at least somewhat treat it as a… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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