An unlucky St. Patrick’s Day weekend at the box office

Hello! Welcome to The Box Office Report for the weekend of March 14-16, 2025.

1. Novocaine

Weekend gross: $8.7M
Total domestic gross: $8.7M
Last weekend: New release
Percent drop: NA

Slow box office weekend, huh?

Not a single release cracked the $10 million mark. The movie in the No. 5 slot didn’t hit $4 million.

The Jack Quaid-starring Novocaine numbly stumbled into the No. 1 spot, keeping Mickey 17 from back-to-back weekend wins.

2. Mickey 17

Weekend gross: $7.51M
Total domestic gross: $33.3M
Last weekend: 1st
Percent drop: 60

That B CinemaScore didn’t bode well for Mickey 17’s box office success after last week’s No. 1 debut. The Bong Joon-ho adaptation fell 60 percent week to week — a drop that people would be freaking out over if this were an MCU movie.

Will Mickey 17 have the box office stamina left to match Parasite’s domestic haul of $53.9 million? That film’s $199.9 million worldwide box office haul absolutely feels out of reach at this point.