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FRIDAY AFTERNOON: As anticipated, Common/DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 4 is headed to the second-biggest opening for the franchise with $52M after an $18.4M Friday (together with previews) at 4.035 theaters. The unique Kung Fu Panda opened to $60.2M in 2008, that DWA title distributed by Paramount on the time.
Legendary/Warner Bros’ Dune: Half Two has the power of an Arakis sandworm, holding in at $41M or -50%. It might even be higher. That quantity will get the Denis Villeneuve characteristic take of the Frank Herbert novel to $152M by EOD Sunday at 4,074 theaters. Final yr due to Scream VI, all movies made $118M. We would see that very same quantity for {the marketplace} once more.
Lionsgate/Blumhouse’s $10M manufacturing of teddy bear horror movie Imaginary is eyeing precisely that in its 3-day, which is okay at 3,118 theaters. In the present day is $3.2M-$3.8M.
In fourth is Angel Studios’ Cabrini, which I’m informed by the distribs’ reps “isn’t a Catholic-skewing film.” Go determine, however my mother can be the primary one in line. Booked at 2,840 theaters, it’s taking a look at an estimated $3.6M at present and $9M-$9.4M for the weekend.
Fifth goes to Paramount’s Bob Marley: One Love at 2,764 theaters with $1.1M at present and a fourth weekend of $4.45M, -40%, for a working whole of $89.7M. The film hits digital on March 19.
FRIDAY AM: Common/DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 4 grossed $3.8M in Thursday evening previews that started at 2 p.m. Thursday, a determine that KOs the preview variety of 2019’s Easy methods to Practice Your Dragon: The Hidden World ($3M), which stands as the very best opening for a DWA title since Common acquired the studio. The third pic within the Kung Fu Panda franchise opened to $55M in 2016 after a $17.3M Friday. The outlook for the fourthquel this weekend is north of $50M for the No. 1 spot. Rotten Tomatoes’ viewers rating of 82% is forward of the film’s important rating of 72% recent.
Different household previews that Kung Fu Panda 4 stepped on have been Disney/Pixar’s Elemental ($2.5M, 3 p.m.) and Wonka ($3.5M, 3 p.m.).
Lionsgate/Blumhouse’s PG-13 horror thriller Imaginary drew $725K from reveals that started at 6PM. That’s a determine in step with Imaginary filmmaker Jeff Wadlow’s 2018 title, Reality or Dare, which posted $750K and went on to $18M, and it’s beneath twentieth Century Studios’ Boogeyman which posted $1.1M and posted a 3-day of $12.3M. Imaginary is predicted to open to between $10M-$14M. At 29% on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s clear critics don’t like Teddy Bears.
We’re ready on the official preview determine for Angel Studios’ Cabrini however we’re listening to it’s round $500K. The pic is predicted to do between $5M-$10M.
In the meantime, Legendary/Warner Bros.’ Dune: Half Two posted $6.4M on Thursday evening, -4% from Wednesday, for per week’s take of $111M. In a single week, the theatrical launch of Dune: Half Two beat the whole home run of its 2021 predecessor, Dune, which did $108.8M; that film’s fortune siphoned by a day-and-date launch on HBO Max and theaters, in addition to Covid.