Can ‘Uncharted’ Hit Blockbuster Status After $51 Million Box Office Opening?

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Sony Pictures’ latest hit “Uncharted” is off to a very good start with a $51 million domestic opening at the box office and $139 million grossed worldwide so far. But with a reported budget of $120 million before marketing, the next 10 days will be what really determines how much of a theatrical hit this tentpole is.

The video game adaptation cleared the first hurdle this past weekend, winning over the young, male audience that turned out for hits like “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” and “Jackass Forever” with a movie that eschewed faithfulness to the lore of “Uncharted” Playstation games in favor of being a fun adventure filled with banter between Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg with the games serving merely as the basic framework.

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