Friday Report: Universal’s Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! is off to a strong start this weekend with $3.4 million in Thursday night revenue. That came from 7pm shows at 2,850 locations. Given the usual caveats for comparisons to Thursday night performers, that figure matches the $3.4 million of Ghostbusters two years ago this month while coming just behind the $4.0 million of Ocean’s 8 earlier this summer, the latter film debuting a few hours earlier on Thursday. Respectively, those titles grossed $46 million and $41.6 million opening weekends.
Sony’s Equalizer 2 is off to a positive start all its own as Denzel Washington’s first career sequel posted $3.1 million yesterday. Those shows began at 4pm in 2,934 theaters. The sequel’s most relevant/recent comp is likely to be Sicario: Day of the Soldado, which earned $2.0 million from opening night shows at 7pm on its way to a $19 million weekend.
Thursday night earnings for Unfriended: Dark Web were not yet available at the time of this story’s publishing.
For the weekend, it’s expected that Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation will round out the top three, but it’s possible to be in a close race for second with fellow Sony title Equalizer 2.
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