Box Office: ‘Novocaine’ Holds Off New Arrivals While ‘Mickey 17’ and ‘Brave New World’ Slip

Jack Quaid’s latest action thriller took the top spot at the box office this weekend despite opening with less than $10 million domestically. With exactly $8.7 million in earnings coming from stateside markets and $1.8 million internationally, Novocaine led the slowest weekend of the year at the box office thus far, which saw the total collective gross of every movie playing in theaters land at $50 million. This has been well over $100 million for some weekends of the year, but even with three new arrivals and other major blockbusters playing in theaters, Novocaine’s $8.7 million was the best the domestic box office could return this weekend. The film also stars Prey breakout Amber Midthunder and MCU Spider-Man star Jacob Batalon.