Friday Estimates: Kong Grows Larger with $20.2 million
March 11, 2017
Friday was a great day for Kong: Skull Island, as it pulled in $20.2 million. This is better than predicted and certainly better than its Thursday previews would indicate. It could be a sign of long legs in theaters. On the one hand, the film’s reviews are 78% positive, which is good for a special effects driven blockbuster like this, but not amazing. Additionally, its CinemaScore was only a B plus. That’s not bad, but it is also not great. It is right on the border between hurting and helping a film’s legs. It would take a serious collapse on Saturday for Skull Island to miss $50 million over the weekend, while more than $55 million is a real possibility. Let’s go with $53 million.
Logan fell faster than expected, but not as fast as some had feared. The film was down 69% from its opening Friday with $10.38 million. It will bounce back on Saturday, but it is still on pace for a 60% decline over the weekend, giving the film $35 million over the weekend and $150 million after two. It remains on pace for $200 million domestically, but it will be close.
Get Out earned $6 million on Friday, which puts it on pace for $21 million over the weekend. It will become the fifth film released in 2017 to hit $100 million domestically. It obviously won’t be the last film released in 2017 to hit the century mark, but it could be the least expensive film to get to that milestone all year.
On the limited release front, Personal Shopper earned close to $30,000 in just four theaters on Friday and will earn nearly $100,000 over the weekend.
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