The Bob Marley Movie has made its way to the top of the Box Office with a staggering 46 Million Haul.
Bob Marley‘s One Love Biopic has seen a colossal number of people turning out to the showing of the film, which began to air on Valentine’s Day across the globe, both local and international theaters are packed and sold out around the clock as many turned out to see the Bob Marley Movie, played by Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob and Lashana Lynch, as Rita Marley, showcasing part of his life story on film.
According to Deadline, the movie scored the biggest opening day of all time in Jamaica and internationally; it is the number one film for the biggest and second biggest launch days for a music biopic. Bob Marley: One Love tops the US Box Office this weekend with an expected $46 million haul, beating out the superhero movie, Madame Web, which raked in $24 million.
Jamaica Weekly also understands the film, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, broke box office records and earned $4.9M across ten markets on the opening day. International cumulative audience accounts for $5.4M, including previews.
A breakdown reveals that the movie is No. 1 in the United Kingdom, grossing $2.3m, in France at $1.3M, No. 1 in Australia on Wednesday with $615K, No. 3 in Spain with $185K, No. 1 in New Zealand with $175K among many others.
Local Theater, Palace Amusement Cinema, hosted the first premiere of the show and hosted British royals, Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex, Megan Markle, the movie has been sold out for days now.
In other news, many Jamaicans turned out to see the film, however some were not pleased by the movie and the depiction of Marley, with the majority criticizing Ziggy Marley, one of the producers of the film. In contrast, others were not pleased with English actor Kingsley Ben-Adir being chosen to play the iconic reggae singer.
One local public figure had this to say after watching the film;
“Ziggy Marley, mi nuh know a wah u and Bob have! What kinda movie dat mi bredda? The movie take 30 minutes fi do! Ziggy you will answer to these charges. I promise you, when the Privy Council (case) is over, the Jamaican government will take you to court for this f**kery weh you just put out. Ziggy wah do you?” Podcaster Jaii Frais reacted to the movie on Thursday night.
Watch Bob Marley movie trailer below
