Civil War attracts audiences strongly, showing no signs of cooling down

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According to movie statistics company Comscore, Civil War earned an additional $11.1 million over the past three weekends.

Thus, after 2 weeks of showing, the film by A24 (headquartered in New York) has earned a total of 44.9 million USD from theaters in North America.

48% of Civil War viewers are curious about a sequel

With a production budget of $50 million, Civil War was written and directed by Alex Garland, and stars Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman and Jesse Plemons.

Affirming that his cinematic inspiration often comes from hot and socially relevant topics, Alex Garland demonstrates his unique filmmaking style by placing the audience at the center of America's nightmare.

Set in a fictional near future, the film follows a group of courageous reporters as they travel across America, as a second civil war rapidly escalates and engulfs the country in division and violence.

The brutality of the conflict is recreated through the pictures taken by reporters, showing the special importance of journalism to life and in historical periods.

A survey found that 48% of Civil War viewers are curious about the sequel.

Horror film Abigail gets attention

Not far behind Civil War is Universal's newly released Abigail, which grossed $10.2 million.

That's a pretty good opening for a horror film. The film tells the story of a bizarre and terrifying kidnapping and ransom, inspired by the 1936 work Dracula's Daughter .

A group of people kidnap the young daughter of a wealthy and powerful family in the "underworld" to demand a ransom of 50 million USD.

In an old mansion in a remote area of the city, these captors are suddenly attacked and find themselves locked up with an unusual little girl, along with an ever-increasing fear of stalking.