The one-two punch of Night School and Smallfoot this weekend helped September 2018 close out to near-record highs (second only to last year), with the new releases bringing in an estimated $ million and $ million, respectively. Further down the chart, Hell Fest had a decent opening while Little Women debuted just outside the Top 10.
Though it fell on the lower end of expectations, Night School nonetheless won the crown at the North American box office this weekend thanks to the pairing of two of comedy’s biggest stars (Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart). The duo’s combined A-list wattage allowed the Universal release to overcome negative reviews (it’s at 30% at Rotten Tomatoes) to fall right in line with the opening of Hart’s 2014 release About Last Night, which debuted to $25.6 million back in 2014. Looking at Hart’s box office history, that’s actually one of the lower openings among his recent films, several of which have debuted north of $30 million (Central Intelligence, Get Hard, and both Ride Along films being examples). That said, it’s higher than 2015’s The Wedding Ringer, which debuted to $20.6 million back in 2015.
For Haddish, who has a much less extensive filmography than Hart up to this point, the film came in lower than her starmaking 2017 release Girls Trip ($31.2 million), though that film also fared much better with critics. Still, Night School has a healthy “A-” Cinemascore, and with a reported production budget of $29 million, this is another clear success for both stars and super-producer Will Packer, whose filmography includes Girls Trip, both Ride Along movies, and this year’s Gabrielle Union thriller Breaking In.
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