'Novocaine' Tops Box Office with Paltry $8.7M in Weakest Weekend for Theaters in Years

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Novocaine Is King of 2025’s Weakest Box Office Weekend

Novocaine Is King of 2025’s Weakest Box Office Weekend: With Novocaine and Black Bag now in theaters, their box office performances and audience reception have become key industry discussions.

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Box Office: Jack Quaid’s ‘Novocaine’ Leads Painfully Slow Weekend With $8.7 Million Debut

Jack Quaid’s action-comedy “Novocaine” topped a painfully slow weekend at the box office with $8.7 million.

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Jack Quaid's Novocaine leads slowest box office weekend of the year with $8.7M debut

However the lackluster box office was most likely affected by deadly storms that affected a large portion of the US Last week's champ, Mickey 17, starring Robert Pattinson as an 'expendable' reprint trying to colonize a dangerous ice planet, dropped to second place, digging up $7.51 million. Newcomer Black Bag starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender as a pair of married spies questioning their loyalties opened in third place with a score of $7.5 million Fourth place went to Captain America: Brave New World.

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‘Novocaine’ leads numbingly slow weekend at domestic box office

Five new movies opened in wide release in North American theaters this weekend. And yet it's likely going to be the lowest-grossing of the year to date.

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Jack Quaid And Robert Pattinson Led The Worst Weekend At The Box Office In Decades - SlashFilm

"Novocaine" topped the charts with $8.7 million. Steven Soderbergh's new thriller "Black Bag" earned just $7.5 million. Last weekend's winner, the Robert Pattinson-starring "Mickey 17," landed at number two.

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As Sequels Like ‘Captain America’ and ‘Paddington’ Fall Short and Original Films Like ‘Black Bag’ and ‘Mickey 17’ Struggle, When Will Box Office Rebound?

Original films like "Novocaine," "Black Bag" and "Mickey 17" are failing to draw sizable crowds. Once-reliable franchises such as "Captain America: Brave New World" are falling drastically short of their predecessors. Attendance is expected to pick up in spring and into the summer.

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‘Ne Zha 2’ back on top of worldwide box office; ‘Black Bag’, ‘Novocaine’ make soft impact

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy(various)$5.7m$120.7million.Captain America: Brave New World(Disney)$11.5m$388.6m$6m $203.2m535.Novocaine(Paramount)$10.5 m$10,5m $1.8m$1.7 million.

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‘Novocaine’ leads numbingly slow weekend at domestic box office

‘Novocaine’ leads numbingly slow weekend at domestic box office. Five new movies opened wide in North American theaters this 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.

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‘Novocaine’ Grossed Awfully Low for No. 1 at the Box Office, but There’s Been Worse

"Novocaine" grossed just $8.7 million this weekend. That's the lowest total for a movie to top the box office this year in a given weekend. The Top 10 earned just a cumulative $45.2 million, the worst of 2025 thus far.

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'Novocaine' Gut Punches 'Mickey 17' in Domestic Box Office Debut

Paramount's Novocaine led the field with an estimated opening weekend haul of $8.7 million. It toppled last week's number one film, Mickey 17, from the top spot and sent it spiraling to number three. Mickey 17 is turning out to be quite a disaster; it debuted with around a tenth of its reported $120 million production budget.

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'Novocaine' Is Winning the Year's Most Abysmal Weekend at the Box Office

'Novocaine' is currently leading the weekend box office. The film has only managed to take in a rather unimpressive $8.5 million so far. The total nationwide box office tally for all movies is hovering around $52 million. That's enough to make it the year's worst weekend at the movies.

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Box Office: ‘Novocaine’ Tops Slowest Weekend of Year With $8.7M as Moviegoers Numbed By New Offerings

‘Novocaine’ Tops Slowest Weekend of Year With $8.7M as Moviegoers Numbed By New Offerings. Jack Quaid stars as a new kind of action hero who is not so great at dishing it out, but boy, can he take it — thanks to genetically feeling no harm.

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‘Novocaine’ Leads Miserably Slow Box Office With $8.5 Million Opening

“Novocaine’ was the top grossing film on Friday with an opening day total of $3.9 million. “Mickey 17” continues to struggle with a $33.3 million domestic total against a reported $118 million production budget and $80 million marketing budget.

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‘Novocaine’ Gets $1.75M Injection From Previews – Box Office

Paramount's Novocaine made $1.75M in previews last night. The R-rated action comedy cost a net $18M before P&A. Mickey 17 is expected to fall around -55% to -60% with $9M to $10M.

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‘Novocaine’ Needs Just $8.7 Million Opening to Lead Extremely Poor Box Office

‘Novocaine’ needs Just $8.7 Million Opening to Lead Extremely Poor Box Office. “Novocane” earned Rotten Tomatoes scores of 82% critics and 88% audience. The overall total for this weekend is expected to come in at an anemic $55 million.

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