Thursday Night Previews: Tomb Raider Steals $2.1 million during Midnight Shows

March 16, 2018

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider started its box office run with $2.1 million during its midnight showings. This is almost exactly what the film needed to earn to match our prediction. In fact, it might be a little on the high side. The film’s reviews are, according to Rotten Tomatoes, the best for a video game adaptation of all time, at least for films that got a theatrical release here. If the film can top $25 million over the weekend, then the studio will be mostly happy. They can’t be completely blown away, as the film reportedly cost $90 million to make and it likely won’t have great legs, due to the Fanboy Effect.

Love, Simon earned $850,000, which is also a little higher than we anticipated. The reviews are amazing, so the word-of-mouth could help it earn $17 million during its opening weekend, which is as much as it cost to make. That’s a little too bullish for me, but it is not out of the question. We will have a better idea tomorrow when Friday’s estimates come in.

We don’t have numbers for I Can Only Imagine, nor do I expect to get any. That said, its tracking appears to be improving, so it could be a pleasant surprise at the box office this weekend.

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