Box Office: No News Is Bad News In Stupidly Empty Oscar Weekend

'Mickey 17' nabs a strong $9 million in South Korea as 'Ne Zha 2' prepares to pass $2 billion worldwide as US theaters are abandoned amid the Academy Awards telecast.

Today’s “no news is bad news” weekend box office report…

• Captain America 4 will sell fewer tickets globally than Captain America 1.

• Last Breath and My Dead Friend Zoe are relatively small-scale openers, but (at least) the Briarcliff-distributed PSTD dramedy is worth your time and your money.

• The Monkey races up Neon’s all-time charts alongside likely Oscar champ Anora.

• Paddington 3, Bridget Jones 4 and the British Invasion that wasn’t.

• China’s Ne Zha 2 is huge in America by recent Chinese (and even Indian) import standards as it prepares to cross $2 billion worldwide.

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