The Blumhouse-Universal PG-13 genre title opened strong with $2.75 million at 5 p.m. Universal is betting $17 million for the weekend M3GAN while tracking was over $20 million. Horror fans always come out on Thursday nights, so hopefully this great momentum will continue.
A well-reviewed Blumhouse film aimed at the U25 demo always bodes well for box office prospects: critics gave M3GAN 95% on rotten tomatoes. The film has been booked in 3,509 theaters and is expected to leave number 2 behind Avatar: the way of water which is targeting between $25 million and $30 million by weekend 4. Currently, the James Cameron-directed sequel is priced under $472 million over the weekend – it has a chance to reach the half-billion mark in the United States.
As for compositions, previews on Thursday for M3GAN is just below ShoutIt had been a year since it earned $3.5 million on a $30 million opening weekend, but that was over an MLK holiday weekend. It’s also above Sony’s The escape room Kicking off 2019 with $2.3 million in previews before hitting an $18.2 million opening. This photo is rated 50% by critics on RT with a viewer rating of 52%.
Mainstream films released include 20th Century Studios/Lightstorm/Disney’s Avatar: the way of water leads Thursday with $6.7 million in 4,202 theaters, down 10% from Wednesday’s running total of $471.7 million. The sequel earned $113.5 million this week.
Uni/DreamWorks Animations Puss in Boots: The Last Wish on 4,121 sites earned $2 million yesterday, -11% from Wednesday for a second week of $30 million and a running total of $74.6 million.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever At 2,310, it ends its eighth week with an estimated $8.8 million, a Thursday at $490,000 and a running total of $441.9 million.
Three-star/persuasive photos/Black Label media I want to dance with someone at 3,625 there was a second Thursday at $444,000, a second week at $6.7 million and a running total of $17.3 million.
by Paramount Babylon at 3,351 booked an estimated $353,000 Thursday, down 16% from Wednesday, for a second week of $4.7 million and a running total of $12 million. That beats Guillermo del Toro’s overall title of $11.3 million nightmare alley which was subsequently nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture. Proof that poor ticket sales don’t necessarily affect seasonal odds.
Author pmc-u-font-size-14″>Writer: Anthony D’Alessandro
Source: Deadline
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