Thursday Night Previews: Zombieland Shows Signs of Life

October 18, 2019

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Zombieland: Double Tap had the better previews of the two wide releases earning $2.85 million last night. Solid reviews should also help the film’s legs during its opening weekend and it should have no trouble topping Zombieland’s debut and our $25 million prediction. In fact, it has a shot at $30 million over the full weekend.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil managed $2.3 million, but it is a family film opening on a school night, so it wasn’t going to do great business during previews. This is much better than The Addams Family earned last week and not that much below Dumbo’s previews. Depending on what film it emulates the most, it could earn between $40 million and $50 million over the weekend. Either end would beat our prediction.

Filed under: Midnight Previews, Zombieland: Double Tap, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, The Addams Family