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Friday afternoon. After New Year’s Day and from M.L.L. For the first weekend of January just before, it sure won’t sleep. Some adult movies may have a hard time making it at the box office when they come out of the pandemic, but you can bet the house on horror movies. Universal has a bright No. 2 winner in Blumhouse’s horror film Posh Doll. M3GAN It concerns a $26.7 million It opens after a $11.4 million Friday (in addition to previews) in 3,509 theaters. The Gerard Johnston-directed PG-13 horror film has a 94% certified hot critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a current audience score of 78%. This movie is in great shape, kicking around ideas for a sequel, I hear.

Avatar: The Waterway

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Meanwhile, James Cameron Avatar: The Waterway It’s on track to break the target (per filmmaker) of just north of half a billion on Sunday. The 20th Century Studios/Disney/League of Legends movie appears to be the fourth Friday $10 million-60% from last Friday for 3-day $37 million-45%, for the general run $508.7 million First in 4,340 theaters.

Universal owns DreamWorks Animation’s third weekend at No. 3. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish in 3,913 places. It’s Friday. $2.5 million (-62%), is the third weekend. $10 million (-40%) and is Sunday’s total run. $84.6 million.

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Popping into the top five in fourth place is Sony.S Limited release A man named Otto It goes from four theaters in NYC and LA to 637 stations approximately for Friday $1.2 million3-day of $3.4 million. The film ended its first week grossing over $85,000. The picture sits on Rotten Tomatoes at 67% fresh but remains entertaining at 94%.

The fifth installment of Disney/Marvel Studios goes on the 9th weekend Black Panther: Wakanda Forever In 2,255 theaters from A 900 thousand dollars Friday, -53%, 3-day of $3.1 million-39% and running km $445.1 million.

The third weekend of Babylon It’s in 6th place with Paramount/C2 Friday 400 thousand dollars-57% from a week ago $1.3 million 3-day, -50%, for Sunday’s general run $13.4 million.

Friday morning: The Blumhouse-Universal PG-13 genre title is off to a $2.75M start after 5PM. Universal is playing to $17 million over the weekend. M3GAN North of $20M when monitored. Horror fans always come out on Thursday nights so hopefully this great initiative will continue.

A well-reviewed Blumhouse film aimed at the under-25 audience is always a good sign for box office prospects: critics say M3GAN 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. The picture is booked in 3,509 theaters and is expected to take the No. 2 spot behind. Avatar: The Waterway It’s looking at between $25M – $30M in Weekend 4. Currently, the James Cameron-directed sequel is heading into the weekend with just under $472M – it has a shot at hitting the half-billion mark stateside.

Thursday preview for comps M3GAN They are below it noiseIt made $3.5M before a $30M opening weekend a year ago, but that was just past the MLK holiday. It’s more than Sony. escape room It started the new year 2019 with $2.3M in previews before seeing an $18.2M opening. That picture was 50% on RT from critics with a 52% audience score.

Avatar: The Waterway

Avatar: The Waterway

Disney/20th Century Studios

Among the standard films released, 20th Century Studios/Lightning Storm/Disney Avatar: The Waterway They lead Thursday with $6.7M in 4,202 theaters, -10% from Wednesday’s total of 471.7M. The sequel earned $113.5M for the week.

Uni/DreamWorks Animations Puss in Boots: The Last Wish They made $2M yesterday at 4,121 sites, -11% from Wednesday for a second week of $30M and a total run of $74.6M.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever At 2,310, it will finish its eighth week with $8.8M, $490K Thursday, and a total of $441.9M.

Three-star/compulsory images/black label media I want to dance with someone At 3,625, it grossed $444K on its second Thursday, $6.7M in its second week, and $17.3M overall.

Paramount’s Babylon It posted $353K Thursday with 3,351 estimates, -16% from Wednesday, a second week of $4.7M and a total run of $12M. This is Guillermo del Toro’s period title with a lifetime domestic total of $11.3M. Nightmare Alley It was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture. Proof that poor ticket sales don’t hurt awards season opportunities.



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