'The Woman King' debuts with $19 million
The movie earned $19 million from 3,765 North American theatres during the weekend, exceeding forecast
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Independent monitoring agencies predicted "The Woman King" would earn $15 million to $18 million, while Sony forecast $12 million.
"The Woman King" cost $50 million to make, without considering marketing costs like TIFF.
Fil"X" opened in March to $4.2 million and ended with $11 million.
A healthy $20.9 million was brought in by "Barbarian" at the domestic box office since its release.
The movie has been a fall mainstay, with ticket sales exceeding $96 million.
Tom Cruise's blockbuster sequel collected $2.18 million over the weekend, bringing North American ticket sales to $709 million.