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That Girl! Beyoncé Talks Gratitude After ‘Renaissance’ Film’s Successful Opening Weekend

<p>Beyoncé recently blessed the innanet with one of her longest <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;reel&sol;C0iNHutRK3u&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;web&lowbar;copy&lowbar;link&amp&semi;igshid&equals;MzRlODBiNWFlZA&equals;&equals;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Instagram captions<&sol;a>&period; The lengthy post highlighted her gratitude for the support the &&num;8216&semi;Renaissance&colon; A Film By Beyoncé&&num;8217&semi; has received&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The film&&num;8217&semi;s success is <em>extra<&sol;em> special to Beyoncé given that the deadline was tighter than the bodycon looks she served us on tour this year&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;listicle&sol;beyonce-renaissance-world-tour-sweden&sol;">Beyoncé Kicks Off Her &&num;8216&semi;Renaissance&&num;8217&semi; World Tour In Sweden<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I am so deeply thankful to AMC and every team member who worked so hard on this film&period; I just can’t thank all of you enough for your support&period; It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done because of the short turnaround time&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Bey said&period; &&num;8220&semi;I practically slept in the edit&comma; color&comma; and mix sessions&period; The race against time continued in order to get this film out so quickly&period; But it was so worth all the grind&period; I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of love from my Hive&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"C0kSJrHyO-S" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Beyoncé Says Mute Challenges In The Theaters Have Her &&num;8220&semi;Cracking Up&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Queen Bey credited her fans for going all out at the premiere and additional showings&period; Viewers pulled up to AMC theaters on Dec&period; 1 decked out in platinum drip and futuristic looks &&num;8212&semi; a continuation of a fashion trend tied to her <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;beyonce-trailer-upcoming-renaissance-world-tour-film&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">recent tour&period;<&sol;a> Ticket holders have also been reportedly continuing Beyoncé&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;megan-thee-stallion-beyonce-renaissance-tour-houston&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">viral mute challenge<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-tiktok data-src&equals;"7307649148646640942" width&equals;"325" height&equals;"575"><&sol;amp-tiktok><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And if anyone was wondering&comma; the singer is <em>definitely<&sol;em> here for all this ENERGY&excl; She encouraged her Hive to keep it up while thanking and welcoming newly-made fans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She wrote&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;And WOW&excl; I am so touched and encouraged by the incredible reviews&excl;&excl;&excl; I love seeing everyone all dressed up in their most opulent lewks in the theaters&period; The mute challenges still happening&comma; even in the theater&excl;&excl; Y’all are cracking me up&period; Please keep that energy going&period; I can’t wait to see what else yall do &colon;&rpar; I also love seeing the positive take aways from people who were not my fans or didn’t yet know my story&period; The people who had no interest in seeing my shows who have now gained a deeper understanding and respect for all it takes to be a RENAISSANCE woman&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>After selling out concert venues in the U&period;S&period; and Europe&comma; Beyoncé confirmed a permanent way to re-live the experience was on its way&period; She unveiled the trailer for &&num;8216&semi;Renaissance&&num;8217&semi; in early October&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cx5YxD9O1ER" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Queen Bey Celebrates Her Film&&num;8217&semi;s Accolades<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to the &&num;8216&semi;Alien Superstar&&num;8217&semi; artist&comma; her documentary has shot to the top of film charts in the U&period;S&period; and scored 100&percnt; on<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;rottentomatoes&period;com&sol;m&sol;renaissance&lowbar;a&lowbar;film&lowbar;by&lowbar;beyonce" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"> Rotten Tomatoes<&sol;a>&period; As of Thursday evening&comma; that score stands at 97 percent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Still&comma; on Dec&period; 3&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;billboard&period;com&sol;culture&sol;tv-film&sol;beyonce-renaissance-film-number-one-box-office-debut-1235531125&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">AMC estimated<&sol;a> that &&num;8216&semi;Renaissance&colon; A Film By Beyoncé&&num;8217&semi; pulled in &dollar;21 million in North American ticket sales opening weekend&comma; per Billboard&period; The part-documentary&comma; part-concert footage film is reportedly the first time a film has done over &dollar;20 million in the first weekend of December since the release of &&num;8216&semi;The Last Samurai&&num;8217&semi; in 2003&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;deadline&period;com&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;renaissance-a-film-by-beyonce-animal-ranbir-kapoor-global-international-box-office-1235649852&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Deadline<&sol;a> reported the final opening number as &dollar;27&period;4 million&comma; including &dollar;6&period;4 million in overseas cinemas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bey released the film on Dec&period; 1 in honor of her Uncle Johnny&comma; who passed away and is largely the inspiration behind the singer&&num;8217&semi;s latest album&period; The date marks World AIDS Day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I’m very proud that we launched the film on World AIDS Day in memory of my Uncle Johnny&period; I pray I continue to make something that lifts all of y’all up the way you continue to lift me up&period; While I’m often critical and feel my art is never finished&comma; the pendulum swings&period; I feel gratitude&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We did it&period;” We have the &num;1 movie in the country&excl; And a 100 on Rotten Tomatoes&period; And it’s because of you and your support&excl; I humbly thank you&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Her self-celebratory post comes after her mother&comma; Tina Lawson&comma; clapped back at critiques of her premiere look&period; Some online users accused the singer of white-washing her skin&comma; and Mama Tina went IN&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Peep her clapback behind her baby girl below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"C0M5u6pPgWV" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; 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