FRIDAY PM: For all of the chatter in years previous about folks getting distracted by vacation stuff, if there’s one factor that’s on their checklist this weekend, it’s going to the films.
Disney’s Moana 2 will see a second weekend of $55M-$60M, probably the most any No. 1 film has seen throughout the traditionally ratcheted down post-Thanksgiving interval. Again, something over Frozen 2‘s post-Thanksgiving body take of $35.1M again in 2019 is a file No. 1 take for this body. This is after a second Friday that’s within the neighborhood of $11M-$12M, which can get the sequel previous the 2016’s authentic’s remaining stateside cume of $248.7M. Second body is -57% to -60% from pic’s opening weekend of $139.7M.
Both Moana 2 and Wicked are anticipated to cross $300M this weekend, the latter ahead of the previous. The highest grossing Broadway musical of all-time on the home field workplace will hit $300M someday on Saturday whereas Moana 2 ought to cross by EOD Sunday. Moana 2 is booked at 4,200 theaters whereas Wicked is at 3,885 theaters.
The Jon M. Chu directed Ariana Grande-Cynthia Erivo Wicked is a 3rd Friday of $9.25M, for a 3rd weekend of $31.7M, -61%. As we instructed you yesterday, Wicked received Thursday and Wednesday over Moana 2. Wicked‘s Thursday quantity this AM was $4.78M.
Third place goes to Paramount’s Gladiator II at 3,440 theaters with a 3rd Friday of $3.45M at 3,450 areas, $12.3M third weekend, -60%, for a working whole of $132.5M.
Making waves in fourth place is Prathyangira Cinemas’ Pushpa 2 – The Rule at 1,245 theaters. The film, which included Wednesday previews, beat Moana 2 yesterday for second place with $4.5M, the latter settling at $4.2M. Outlook for the Indian motion gangster cop sequel is a $5.6M 3-day with a $10.1M four-day run by EOD Sunday.
Fifth goes to the fourth weekend of Amazon MGM Studios’ Red One at 3,150 theaters which is shaping up for a $1.5M Friday and 3-day of $5.5M, -57%, for a working whole of $84.2M.
A24’s Kyle Mooney directed, Rachel Zegler starring horror comedy Y2K is eyeing $1.1M in the present day after $300K in previews final evening for a $2M+ opening. Yikes, that’s low for the hipster cinema model. The film price beneath $15M.
Don’t dismiss Paramount’s tenth anniversary re-release of Chistopher Nolan’s Interstellar which at 165 areas is placing up $1.6M in the present day for a $4.77M 3-day; folks, that’s a $28,9K theater common. The authentic Matthew McConaughey film ended its home run at $188M.
