‘M3GAN’ made $2.75 million in Thursday’s preview

The Blumhouse-Universal PG-13 genre opened with $2.75 million after its 5 p.m. showing.Universal bets $17 million heading into weekend M3GAN And the tracker sees more than $20 million. Horror fans came out on Thursday night, so here’s hoping the momentum keeps up.

A well-received Blumhouse film for its under-25 demo always bodes well for box office prospects: Critics give M3GAN Rotten Tomatoes score 95%.Booked in 3,509 theaters, the film is expected to finish at No. 2 Avatar: The Way of Water Week 4 grossed between $25 million and $30 million. So far, the James Cameron-directed sequel has grossed just under $472 million over the weekend — and it’s on track to hit the $500 million mark stateside.

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About the game, Thursday preview M3GAN just below shoutA year ago, it made $3.5 million ahead of its $30 million opening weekend, but that was over the MLK holiday weekend.It’s also higher than Sony’s escape room It kicked off 2019 with a preview of $2.3 million, and went on to open with $18.2 million. The photo got 50% of the comments on RT, with an audience score of 52%.

Among regular movies released, 20th Century Studios/Lightstorm/Disney’s Avatar: The Way of Water Thursday led the way with $6.7 million from 4,202 theaters, a 10 percent gain over Wednesday’s total of $471.7 million. The sequel made $113.5 million this week.

Uni/Dreamworks Animation’s puss in boots: the last wish $2 million in transactions was done on 4,121 sites yesterday, -11% from Wednesday and $30 million in the second week, for a total of $74.6 million.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Closing week eight with 2,310 and estimated earnings of $8.8 million, it took in $490,000 on Thursday for a total of $441.9 million.

Samsung / Eye-Catching Images / Black Label Media i want to dance with someone It took in $3,625 for the second Thursday and $6.7 million for the second week, for a total of $17.3 million.

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paramount Babylon At 3,351, the estimate released on Thursday was $353,000, -16% from Wednesday, and $4.7 million in the second week, for a total of $12 million.That beats the $11.3 million lifetime domestic gross of the Guillermo del Toro-era champ nightmare alley It went on to be nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture. Proof that poor ticket sales don’t necessarily hurt awards season’s chances.

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