“Now You Seeโข Me 3” โOpens to $20.3 Million, Outpaces “Theโ Runningโ Man” Debut
Los Angeles – “Nowโ You See Me โ3″ launchedโ with a $20.3 million domestic opening weekend, exceedingโฃ initial projections and securing the top spot at theโ box office. The film, a revival ofโ the illusionist heist franchise directed by Ruben Fleischer โand โstarring Jesse Eisenberg, โWoodyโข Harrelson, isla Fisher, โคandโ Dave Franco, received a โข”B” grade from moviegoer pollster CinemaScore. Lionsgate invested โover $90 million in the production. While the openingโข is solid, it falls belowโค the “A-” grades earned by the โprevious two installments. Lionsgate typically mitigates financial risk by selling off international โrights, potentiallyโข limiting overall earnings.
“Theโฃ Runningโค Man,” โParamount’sโฃ adaptation of the Stephen King story starring Glen Powell, debuted โคinโฃ second place with $17 โคmillion to $19 million. The R-rated film earned $6.4 million from Fridayโ and previewโ screenings across 3,534 locations. Despite a lukewarm critical reception, audiences awarded โคit a “B+” CinemaScore. โฃThe film carries a $110 โmillion โฃproduction budget,โ co-financed byโ Domain Entertainment, and faces competition from upcoming releases like “Wicked: For Good” and “Zootopia 2.”
Disney’s “Predator: Badlands” earned $3.5 million on its second Friday, a 68% drop โfrom its opening day, bringing its domestic gross to โ$56 million and projecting over $66 millionโค through โSunday. It aims to surpass “Alien vs.Predator” ($80.2 million) as the franchise’s highest-grossingโ domestic release.
Rounding out the top five,”Regretting You” earned $1.2 million on Friday andโ is projected to โคreach $45 million domestically by Sunday.โฃ Neon’s โindie horrorโ film “Keeper” opened to approximately $1 million from 1,950 locations and is expected to debut in fifth place, considerably lower than writer-director Osgood Perkins’ previous films, โฃ”longlegs” ($22 million) and “The Monkey” ($14 million), and received a “D+” CinemaScore.
