Lots of news this week on media that drive sales.
While all the attention was focused on the massive box office hits Moana 2, which hit $600 million in its second weekend, and Wicked, which had taken in over $400 million after its third, there was news on a couple of films hitting closer to home. Sony/Crunchyroll projects that Solo Leveling: ReAwakening, a recap of S1 of the webtoon-based anime and the first two episodes of S2 (see “Solo Leveling’ Gets a Date”), will take in a strong $2.4 million from just 846 locations in its opening weekend, according to Deadline. And in its first territories overseas, the anime The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (see “’War of the Rohirrim’ Trailer”) underwhelmed, with only $2 million from 3,410 screens in 31 mostly minor markets, according to Variety.
Prime Video has released the trailer …