Saturday morning: Get quick updates here. Universal/DreamWorks Animation Kung Fu Panda 4 It's coming to a higher level. $19.4 million Friday (with preview) and $55MThis amounts to: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World It reopened in 2019. Brand animation always opens wide. It's still the second-best American start. kungfu Panda franchise. It has a CinemaScore of A-, the same rating as the first film but one notch below the A's earned by the second and third films.
PostTrak audiences gave the fourth film an 80% positive and 59% definite recommendation, while kids under 12 gave it a 90% positive and 70% must-see film. The audience is 67% between the ages of 13 and 24 and skews male at 58%. The 18-24 year old age group was 48%. The diverse population is 44% Latino and Hispanic, 22% White, 11% Black, and 18% Asian. PLF accounts for 6% of ticket sales and 3D accounts for 17%. West and South are the most vibrant as the highest-grossing movie theaters in the country, with The Cinemark Tinseltown El Paso TX grossing close to $40,000 to date.
Legendary/Warner Brothers Dune: Part 2 earned around $12.3M What will happen to yesterday $44M Second weekend, -47%, cumulative $154.7M. With these two films leading the pack, the weekend is expected to gross $133.3 million. This is a 13% increase compared to the same frame a year ago. Scream VI I bowed. wow. It's been quite a while since I've seen The Weeknd.
Lionsgate/Blumhouse imaginary It came in third place yesterday with $3.6 million (including previews) from 3,118 theaters. $9.3 million open. It's no surprise to see the film under $10M-$14M projections, with a C+ CinemaScore and a 57% from PostTrak. For a PG-13 horror movie, it's a bit slow and doesn't have anything fancy enough to attract the girls. M3GAN. But it was cheap to make it for $10 million. More product means box office depth.
The demo is 53% female, 62% 18-34, 32% 18-24, and 20% 13-17. The diverse population is 38% Latino and Hispanic, 35% white, 17% black, and 6% Asian. Teddy bears sell best in the East, South, and South Central regions. CNMK Tinseltown El Paso is the biggest earner at $8,000. .
Angel Studio's Goat The 2,840 theaters are also meeting expectations, with $3 million yesterday and thereabouts not shocking. 8 million dollars Over the weekend. Even though it was made by the same director sound of freedom, Alejandro Monteverde, a holy nun on QAnon and the extreme right, has nothing to get excited about. Thank you God. Religious believers gave the film an A CinemaScore and a 94% PostTrak. 69% of the audience is female and the largest demographic is over 55 (49%). The diversity demo is 65% White, 21% Latino and Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, and 5% NatAm/Other. The West is the softest region. Goat Although the rest of the country is fairly fair. The Regal UA King of Prussia in the Philly market is the highest-grossing theater in the picture, grossing nearly $29,000 to date.
Friday afternoon: As expected, Universal/DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda 4 It's heading towards the second-biggest opening of the franchise. $52M After grossing $18.4 million Friday (including previews) from 4,035 theaters. usually kungfu Panda Opened at $60.2M This is a DWA title distributed by Paramount in 2008.
Legendary/Warner Brothers Dune: Part 2 It has the same strength as the Arrakis Sandworm. $41M or -50%. It could be better. That amount gets you a Denis Villeneuve featurette on a Frank Herbert novel. $152 million It runs in 4,074 theaters through Sunday EOD. Thanks to last year scream VI, All movies earned $118 million. You can see the same amount again in the market.
Lionsgate/Blumhouse's $10 Million Teddy Bear Horror Film imaginary That's a decent showing in 3,118 theaters over three days. Today's price is $3.2 million to $3.8 million.
4th place: Angel Studios' Goat, “This is not a film that distorts Catholicism,” the distribution representative said. Think about it. But my mom will be the first person in line. 2,840 theater reservations, expected $3.6 million today and $9 million to $9.4 million Over the weekend.
Fifth is Paramount's Bob Marley: One Love In 2,764 theaters $1.1 million Today and the fourth weekend $4.45 million-40%, cumulative: $89.7M. The movie will be released digitally on March 19th.
Friday morning: Universal/DreamWorks Animation Kung Fu Panda 4 It grossed $3.8 million in Thursday night previews, which began at 2 p.m. Thursday, shattering 2019's preview numbers. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World ($3 million) is the best opening for a DWA title since Universal acquired the studio. third photo from kungfu Panda The franchise opened 2016 on $55 million after Friday's $17.3 million. Projections for the fourth film this weekend are for it to cross the $50 million mark at No. 1. The audience score on Rotten Tomatoes was 82%, surpassing the film's critical point of freshness, which was 72%.
Other family previews Kung Fu Panda 4 I stepped on Disney/Pixar elemental ($2.5 million, 3 p.m.) and Wonka ($3.5 million, 3 p.m.).
PG-13 horror thriller from Lionsgate/Blumhouse imaginary The show, which started at 6pm, raised $725,000. This figure corresponds to imaginary a 2018 title from filmmaker Jeff Wadlow; truth or dare, It grossed $750,000 and rose to $18 million, and is from 20th Century Studios. boogeyman It recorded $1.1 million and $12.3 million over three days. imaginary It is expected to open between $10M-$14M. With a 29% on Rotten Tomatoes, it's clear critics aren't loving Teddy Bear.
We are waiting for the official preview figure from Angel Studio. Goat But we were told it was around $500,000. The photo is expected to cost between $5 million and $10 million.
Meanwhile, Legendary/Warner Bros.' Dune: Part 2 It hit $6.4 million on Thursday night, up -4% from Wednesday and bringing its total to $111 million for the week. Released in theaters in a week Dune: Part 2 It beat the overall domestic performance of its predecessor in 2021. sand dune, It earned $108.8 million. The film's fortunes were taken away from HBO Max, theaters, and daily releases by COVID-19.