Bob Marley: One Love debuted at No. 1 at the box office collecting $33.2 million over the weekend, bringing its domestic total to $51 million. Internationally, the film earned $29 million and is expected to collect $80 million globally, exceeding expectations and toppling Marvel’s latest film.
On its first day alone, the film raked in $14 million in North America, a record for a midweek Valentine’s Day debut. While critics remain mixed, the film is outperforming initial expectations.
The movie stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as the iconic artist and songwriter, Lashana Lynch as his wife and bandmate Rita Marley, and the film was directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
The Associated Press reports that Bob’s oldest son Ziggy gave producers his blessing, sealing the deal after deciding that making the film felt right this time around. “It was just a feeling,” Ziggy Marley told The Associated Press. “We explored it without knowing that we definitely wanted to do it because we needed to make sure that the people we did it with was the right people. People who respected what we wanted to do, the culture, the authenticity that we wanted.” The whole process took about five years to come to fruition.
The movie takes place during a period of tumult. “I’m a movie guy,” Ziggy said. “My selfish goal was to have a movie that had entertainment and action. I said to them, ‘I don’t want a boring movie.’ And this period of time was the most active and entertaining.”
This Valentine’s Day, everything’s gonna be alright. Watch the NEW @BobMarley @OneLoveMovie trailer now – Coming to theatres February 14, 2024. #BobMarleyMovie #OneLoveMovie #BobMarley pic.twitter.com/wN3DcDBpLH— Ziggy Marley (@ziggymarley) December 5, 2023
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