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Early Sunday morning update: A 4-day battle between Warner Bros. Furiosa And Alcon/Sony Garfield movie Running through Monday, both titles are currently in hot water and looking at $31 million over 4 days, and $25 million over 3 days.
There’s one that shows the 48-year-old comic cat eating a one-armed desert rebel’s lunch for $31 million to $30.96 million, but it’s too close to call right now. Regarding Garfield annoying furiosa, We told you this was in the cards.
whether Garfield or Furiosa A win would be the lowest No. 1 opening on Memorial Day weekend in 29 years, most recently in 1995 Kasper At a price of 22 million dollars.
After beating Furiosa Saturday, $8.3 million to $8 million, Garfield It seems to have an advantage over them on Sunday and Monday. Garfield It is booked at 4,035 supported by some PLFS. Furiosa It is played in 3804 halls divided into 400 halls Imax, Dolby, 4DX, D-box, etc.
Some blame the Warners for starting the final stretch of their campaign so late in May. We realize that they are starting Furiosa Late in the fourth quarter at Brazilian Comic-Con with Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth. It’s a pretty big platform to spread word of mouth from, and it’s the same place where Warners reignited Legendary’s campaign Sand Dunes: Part Two. Others believe the slowdown here stems from Taylor-Joy taking over the lead role from Charlize Theron. However, in any case, the truth is that Furiosa And Mad Max Appeal to a limited, largely male audience. It’s rated R, not four-five, which is why there wasn’t a lot of heat coming out of the first trailer drop in November.
At PostTrak exits, 52% said they went for it Furiosa Because it was part of a franchise they love, while 34% cited director George Miller, 32% cited Taylor-Joy and 25% cited Chris Hemsworth. Regarding GarfieldThe general reason people buy tickets is because they look fun.
Sonny and Alcon are ecstatic that they have been revived Garfield Who can disagree. The pic’s 3-day opening even beats previous debuts in 2006 Garfield: The tail of two kitties ($7.2 million in 3 days) and 2004 Garfield: The Movie Which opened with $21.7 million. Garfield movie From a production cost of $60 million before P&A became profitable with the $50 million already in existence since its overseas release.
Paramount if At 4,068 theaters it remains in third place with a second weekend of $15.6 million, -54%, after $6 million on Saturday, +41% from $4.3 million on Friday. 4-day total of $20.2 million, EOD Monday’s total run of $62.7 million.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes From 20th Century Studios/Disney in 3,550 theaters, it grossed $5 million on Saturday, up 48% from Friday. Third weekend cume of $12.8 million, -50%, 4-day cume of $16.5 million and total run of $125.9 million. PIC became the first summer 2024 title to surpass $100 million last weekend. Look, there is some pulse in the market.
The fifth goes to Universal’s victim At 2,955 with $2.3M on Saturday, +44%, 3-day of $6M, 4-day of $7.6M, and total run by end of Monday of $73.8M.
The religious title of Angel Studios Vision It crashed with $830,000 on Saturday, a 24% discount from $1 million on Friday which translates to $2.8 million for 3 days and $3.6 million for 4 days.
Part one of our analysis of the weekend and why you shouldn’t worry about the fate of the play, click here.
We’ll have more updates for you on Monday.
