Steven Spielberg’s high-octane futuristic homage to films of the 1980s, “Ready Player One,” debuted in top spot at the North American Easter Weekend box office, industry data showed on Monday.
The film about a teenage gamer, who finds himself inside an addictive virtual reality world in the year 2045, scored $41.8 million in its opening weekend, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said.
Starring Tye Sheridan as the gamer Wade Watts, the all-star support cast features Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, TJ Miller and Simon Pegg.
Reviewers have framed “Ready Player One” — in which Wade encounters 1980s pop culture icons including Freddy Krueger — as something of a cinematic autobiography for Spielberg, the veteran director of a number of successes including “E.T.” and “Jaws.”
Another newcomer, Lionsgate thriller “Tyler Perry’s Acrimony,” displaced Marvel’s…
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