SATURDAY AM: Regardless of “Marchmellow” within the Northeast weather-wise and a B+ CinemaScore, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is predicted to nonetheless attain a gap between $42M-$44M this weekend after a $16M Friday.
Extra…chart and extra evaluation coming
FRIDAY PM: As of proper now, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is trying all proper with a $16M Friday and $42M-$43M opening at 4,345 theaters. That Friday is on par with Ghostbusters: Afterlife‘s first day (plus previews) of $16.6M, and may that 3-day sustain, it is going to solely be a $1M shy of the 2021 Jason Reitman directed title.
In second is the fourth weekend of Legendary/Warner Bros’ Dune: Half Two at 3,437 theaters with an estimated $4.6M, -43% for a 3-day of $16.9M and a operating whole of $232.6M.
Third belongs to Common/DreamWorks Animation’s third body of Kung Fu Panda 4 at 3,805 theaters with a Friday of $4.3M, -51%, and 3-day of $15.3M, -49%, and operating whole by EOD Sunday of $131.7M.
The NEON, Sydney Sweeney nun horror film, Immaculate, is seeing an estimated $1.8M-$2.2M Friday, and $5M opening at 2,354 websites. Black Bear financed and produced the film for below $10M. Black Bear is dealing with the UK launch of the movie with Elevation releasing the pic in Canada.
Lionsgate’s second body of Arthur the King at 3,003 theaters is fifth after a second Friday of $1.2M, -60%, and a 3-day of $4.1M, -46%, and a ten-day gross of $14.3M.
IFC has the David Dastmalchian 1977-set horror film, Late Evening With the Satan, which world premiered a yr in the past at SXSW, which is seeing $1.3M at this time for $3.3M opening at 1,034 areas. The Cameron and Colin Cairness-directed horror pic follows a stay tv broadcast in 1977 which works horribly improper, unleashing evil into the nation’s residing rooms. Critics like it on Rotten Tomatoes at 96% licensed recent and an 86% viewers rating.
FRIDAY AM: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Sony‘s sequel to Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, took in $4.7M from Thursday night time previews that started at 2 p.m. at 3,561 theaters.
That whole is near the $4.5M previews of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which opened heading into the pre-Thanksgiving 2021 body when audiences had been nonetheless shaking off Covid fears. Thursday night time’s money is also greater than the previews of Paul Feig’s 2016 all-female Ghostbusters, which did $3.4M (and opened to $46M). These showtimes started at 4 p.m. and resulted in a $16.6M Friday and $44M opening weekend. I’m advised from sources that Frozen Empire would require lots of walk-up enterprise to get to that degree as presales for some exhibitors had been low.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire acquired 4 stars from the Thursday night time viewers, which all the time is crammed with die-hard followers, with a 80% constructive and a 66% particular suggest. Principally males confirmed up at 55%, and so they had been the pic’s harshest critics at 76% constructive, with ladies at 45% with a greater 85% grade. Breaking that down, males over 25 — Thursday night time’s greatest quad at 43% — gave the film a 79% grade, whereas males below 25, who repped 12% of ticketbuyers, loathed the film at 68%.
On Afterlife, households and the center of the nation propped grosses. Near a 3rd of that viewers was households with mother and father, who awarded Afterlife 5 stars with children below 12 at 4½. Rotten Tomatoes critics gave Afterlife, which was directed by Jason Reitman, 64% constructive whereas audiences graded it 94%. Frozen Empire out of the gate is decrease with 45% Rotten in evaluations, and 86% with RT audiences.
Directed by Gil Kenan, the author of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the sequel price $100M. This Ghostbusters simply will put the five-movie franchise over $1 billion. Which may or won’t be this weekend, as Frozen Empire might underperform.
We’re ready on preview figures for Neon’s Sydney Sweeney film Immaculate, however within the meantime, PostTrak audiences didn’t prefer it final night time at 2½ stars and 60% constructive. Critics didn’t thoughts it at 78% constructive. We’re seeing projections now for the nun horror film, which world premiered out of SXSW, within the mid-single digits.
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Legendary/Warner Bros’ Dune: Half Two received the night time amongst common releases with $2.2M at 3,847, -23% from Wednesday and a 3rd week of $39.5M and operating whole of $215.7M. The pic will preserve its Imax screens into weekend 4, sharing them with Frozen Empire.
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Common/DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 4 at 4,067 websites made $1.7M, -10% from Wednesday, for a $38.7M second week and operating whole of $116.4M.
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Fathom busted its method into the chart midweek with two releases. Religion-based documentary The Ark and the Darkness did $750K on Wednesday and one other $955K yesterday for a operating whole of $1.7M at 1,010 theaters. The Ralph Stearn-directed docu facilities on Noah’s Ark and scientific proof supporting the biblical story. Fathom additionally had the remastered Hal Needham-directed 1986 BMX film Rad booked at 707 areas, and it did $508K yesterday.
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Lionsgate/eOne’s Mark Wahlberg canine sports activities movie, Arthur the King, taking part in at 3,003 theaters, did an estimated $477K yesterday, -13% from Wednesday, ending its first week with $10.2M.
Verify again later at this time for updates.