Apple’s ‘Argylle’ Leaves Box Office in Drought With Weak $16.5 Million Opening

Universal/Apple’s “Argylle” stumbled out of the gate at the box office, suffering weak critical and audience reception as it opens to an estimated $16.5 million from 3,605 theaters.

That’s enough to place Matthew Vaughn’s film in the No. 1 spot at the box office, but that says more about the weak state the market is in now as the rest of the top 5 are holdover titles in their fourth weekend of play or later, all grossing between $4 million and $5 million each.

The mid-teens domestic launch of “Argylle,” which includes around $17 million overseas for a $33.4 million global start, is water off the back of Universal, which is only a distribution partner for the film.