“Kung Fu Panda 4” grosses $55 million in the second-biggest debut in the series

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Saturday morning: Quick update here. Universal/DreamWorks Animation Kung Fu Panda 4 It comes up with a $19.4 million Friday (including previews) and 55 million dollarswhich is the same amount as How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World It opened again in 2019. The brand's animation always opens great. This is still the second best start in the United States for Kung Fu Panda Commercial franchise. The CinemaScore is an A-, the same as the first film, but lower than the A grade the second and third films received.

PostTrak audiences gave Part IV 80% positive and 59% a definite recommendation while under 12s were 90% positive and 70% a must see. The skew is male, 58%, and 67% of the audience is between 13 and 24 years old. People between the ages of 18 and 24 showed up at a whopping 48%. Diversity offerings are 44% Latino and Hispanic, 22% Caucasian, 11% Black, and 18% Asian. PLFs represent 6% of ticket sales while 3D represents 17%. The liveliest West and South with the highest grossing cinema in the country for the pic is The Cinemark Tinseltown El Paso TX with nearly $40k to date.

Legendary / Warner Bros Sand Dunes: Part Two He got around $12.3 million Yesterday was shaping up to be 44 million dollars Second weekend, -47%, overall $154.7 million. With these two films leading the pack, the weekend is expected to be $133.3 million, up 13% from the same frame a year ago when Sixth scream Bend over. amazing. It's been a long time since we've seen a weekender.

Lionsgate/Blumhouse imaginary Finished third with $3.6 million yesterday (including previews) in 3,118 theaters for what will become a movie $9.3 million Opening. It's not surprising to see this film fall short of its $10 million to $14 million forecast, nor saddled with a C+ CinemaScore and 57% on PostTrak. It's too slow for a PG-13 horror movie and there's nothing really great to attract girls M3GAN. But it was cheap to make at $10 million. Still, more productions mean depth at the box office.

Demos are 53% women, 62% 18-34, with 18-24 the largest quartet at 32% and another 20% 13-17. Diversity offerings are 38% Latino and Hispanic, 35% Caucasian, 17% Black, 6% Asian. The Teddy Bear is best stuffed in the East, South and South-Central, with CNMK Tinseltown El Paso being the top spot by revenue at $8,000. .

Angel Studio Cabrini At 2,840 theaters, it also comes in below expectations which isn't a shock with yesterday's $3 million and around 8 million dollars For the weekend. Although the same manager Freedom's voice, Alejandro Monteverde There is nothing about the Holy Nuns that excites QAnon and the far right. Thank God. Those religious who attended gave the film a CinemaScore and a 94% PostTrak score. Sixty-nine percent of the audience is women, and the largest demo was 55+ at 49%. Diversity offerings are 65% Caucasian, 21% Latino and Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Native/Other. The west is the softest area for Cabrini Although the rest of the country is fairly equal. The Regal UA King of Prussia in the Philly market is the highest-grossing theater in the PIC so far at about $29,000.

Friday afternoon: As expected, Universal/DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda 4 Heading for the franchise's second-biggest opening with 52 million dollars After a Friday cume of $18.4 million (including previews) in 4,035 theaters. the original Kung Fu Panda It opened with $60.2 million In 2008, this DWA title was distributed by Paramount at the time.

Legendary / Warner Bros Sand Dunes: Part Two He has the power of the Arrakis Sandworm, which holds him down $41 million Or -50%. And it might be better. This amount gets Denis Villeneuve's advantage from Frank Herbert's novel $152 million by EOD Sunday in 4,074 theaters. Last year thanks sixth scream, All films grossed $118 million. We may see the same amount in the market again.

Lionsgate/Blumhouse produces $10 million teddy bear horror film imaginary It looks exactly like that over its three days, which is good for 3,118 theaters. Today it is $3.2 million-$3.8 million.

In fourth place is Angel Studios cabrini, “It's not a movie that misrepresents Catholicism,” the distribution reps told me. Go to the number, but mom will be first in line. It is booked in 2,840 theaters, for an estimate of $1,000 $3.6 million Today and $9 million – $9.4 million For the weekend.

The fifth goes to Paramount Bob Marley: One Love In 2,764 theaters $1.1 million Today and the fourth weekend of $4.45 million-40%, bringing the current total $89.7 million. The film will be released digitally on March 19.

Friday morning: Universal/DreamWorks Animation Kung Fu Panda 4 It grossed $3.8 million in Thursday night previews beginning at 2pm on Thursday, a figure that represents the 2019 preview figure How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World ($3 million), the best opening for a DWA title since Universal acquired the studio. The third picture in Kung Fu Panda The franchise opened with $55 million in 2016 after a $17.3 million cume on Friday. The forecast for Q4 this weekend is north of $50 million for first place. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score of 82% beats the film's critical score of 72%.

Other family previews it Kung Fu Panda 4 Disney/Pixar stepped up on it racist ($2.5 million, 3 p.m.) and Wonka ($3.5 million, 3 p.m.).

PG-13 horror thriller from Lionsgate/Blumhouse imaginary He earned $725,000 from shows that started at 6 p.m. This number is in line with imaginary director jeff wadlow's 2018 title, the truth, Which grossed $750,000 and went on to gross $18 million, which was less than 20th Century Studios boogeyman That posted $1.1 million and posted $12.3 million for 3 days. imaginary It is expected to open to between $10 million-$14 million. With a score of 29% on Rotten Tomatoes, it's clear that critics don't like the teddy bears.

We are waiting for the official Angel Studios preview number Cabrini But we hear that its price is around $500,000. The PIC is expected to cost between $5 million and $10 million.

Meanwhile, Legendary/Warner Bros. Sand Dunes: Part Two It posted $6.4 million Thursday night, -4% from Wednesday, versus $111 million for the week. In one week, the theatrical release of Sand Dunes: Part Two Overcoming the entire domestic range of its 2021 predecessor, Sand dunes, Which grossed $108.8 million; This film's fortunes have been sapped by a day-and-date release on HBO Max and theaters, as well as Covid.