Saturday Update: The box office isn’t in for the kind of rebound long expected this weekend as its two headliners have started their runs below expectations, most notably the crucial building block of The LEGO Movie 2. Warner Bros. reports the sequel opened to $8.5 million on Friday, which puts the animated sequel on pace for an opening weekend around $30 million or slightly higher (excluding January’s 26’s $600K sneak preview earnings). Unfortunately, these figures come in well below expectations entering the weekend — made all the more surprising given the film’s largely positive reviews and the lack of direct family competition in the market to begin the new year.
Four years ago, The LEGO Movie opened to $17.1 million on its first day (toward a $67.6 million weekend), followed by The LEGO Batman Movie‘s strong $14.5 million first day and $53 million first frame. The LEGO Ninjago Movie represented the franchise’s first misfire with a $5.8 million first day and $20.4 million opening weekend in September 2017. To the surprise of many in the industry, LEGO Movie 2 is performing much closer to that benchmark than the first two films in the series. While this underscores the apparent burn-out of interest among audiences after four films in five years, the positive takeaway at this point is that the film will at least be able to enjoy a double holiday weekend in its second frame next week.
In slightly more positive news this morning, What Men Want scored a $6.6 million opening day for Paramount. While this comes in below pre-release expectations as well, the comedy is at least on course for a weekend around the studio’s conservative projections earlier in the week. We’re expecting an $18.5 million frame based on yesterday’s figure.
Liam Neeson’s thriller Cold Pursuit opened to $3.643 million Friday, generally in the realm of expectations entering the weekend. Lionsgate projects a $10.25 million frame.
Rounding out the openers, The Prodigy pulled $2.02 million on Friday and looks to be on track for a $5.45 million weekend based on distributor Orion’s projections this morning.
Early Weekend Estimates (Domestic)
FRI, FEB. 8 – SUN, FEB. 10
WIDE (1000+)
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part | $30,500,000 | — | 4,303 | — | $7,088 | $31,100,000 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | What Men Want | $18,500,000 | — | 2,912 | — | $6,353 | $18,500,000 | 1 | Paramount |
| 3 | Cold Pursuit | $10,250,000 | — | 2,630 | — | $3,897 | $10,250,000 | 1 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 4 | The Upside | $7,000,000 | -19% | 3,372 | -196 | $2,076 | $85,580,366 | 5 | STX Entertainment |
| 5 | Glass | $6,000,000 | -37% | 3,254 | -411 | $1,844 | $98,054,580 | 4 | Universal |
| 6 | The Prodigy | $5,453,981 | — | 2,530 | — | $2,156 | $5,453,981 | 1 | Orion Pictures |
| 7 | Green Book | $3,500,000 | -19% | 2,149 | -499 | $1,629 | $61,434,776 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | Aquaman | $3,300,000 | -32% | 2,202 | -724 | $1,499 | $328,547,042 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | $3,200,000 | -30% | 1,726 | -508 | $1,854 | $179,981,627 | 9 | Sony / Columbia |
| 10 | Miss Bala | $2,600,000 | -62% | 2,203 | 0 | $1,180 | $11,740,096 | 2 | Sony Pictures |
| 11 | A Dog’s Way Home | $2,000,000 | -45% | 2,009 | -953 | $996 | $38,978,019 | 5 | Sony Pictures |
| 12 | The Kid Who Would Be King | $1,500,000 | -65% | 1,846 | -1682 | $813 | $15,714,805 | 3 | 20th Century Fox |
| 13 | Escape Room | $1,500,000 | -49% | 1,339 | -603 | $1,120 | $54,540,233 | 6 | Sony Pictures |
LIMITED (100 — 999)
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They Shall Not Grow Old | $1,600,000 | -34% | 827 | 92 | $1,935 | $13,492,516 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Bohemian Rhapsody | $1,200,000 | -34% | 839 | -525 | $1,430 | $210,464,432 | 15 | 20th Century Fox |
| 3 | Bumblebee | $830,000 | -57% | 976 | -805 | $850 | $125,735,470 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | The Favourite | $780,000 | -50% | 605 | -949 | $1,289 | $30,180,041 | 12 | Fox Searchlight |
| 5 | Mary Poppins Returns | $730,000 | -64% | 842 | -862 | $867 | $169,663,344 | 8 | Disney |
| 6 | Vice | $634,000 | -44% | 707 | -630 | $897 | $45,204,053 | 7 | Annapurna |
| 7 | A Star is Born | $540,000 | -39% | 456 | -496 | $1,184 | $208,725,869 | 19 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | The Mule | $440,000 | -51% | 503 | -548 | $875 | $102,592,904 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | $380,000 | -50% | 398 | -397 | $955 | $197,610,984 | 12 | Disney |
| 10 | Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga | $300,000 | -50% | 193 | 0 | $1,554 | $1,090,595 | 2 | FIP |
| 11 | If Beale Street Could Talk | $270,000 | -44% | 266 | -188 | $1,015 | $13,765,407 | 9 | Annapurna |
| 12 | Serenity | $125,000 | -93% | 283 | -2278 | $442 | $8,446,614 | 3 | Aviron Pictures |
| 13 | Destroyer | $90,000 | -64% | 144 | -91 | $625 | $1,463,307 | 7 | Annapurna Pictures |
PLATFORM (1 — 99)
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perfect Strangers | $34,000 | 0% | 83 | 46 | $410 | $1,002,370 | 5 | Lionsgate / Pantelion Films |
| 2 | Replicas | $8,000 | -53% | 29 | -22 | $276 | $4,037,141 | 5 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
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Friday Report: Warner Bros.’ The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part earned a healthy $2.1 million in pre-weekend grosses, including $1.5 million from shows beginning at 4pm yesterday. The overall figure also includes $600K from sneak previews on January 26. Comp-wise, the combined earnings are similar to LEGO Batman Movie and The Grinch ($2.2 million each) — although neither of those films had pre-Thursday sneak earnings.
Paramount’s What Men Want is off to a very positive start with $1.25 million earned from shows beginning at 7pm last night. That’s only 7 percent less than Night School‘s $1.35 million start a few months ago.
Cold Pursuit brought in $540K for Lionsgate, which is comparable to the $650K earned by The Foreigner. Fellow Liam Neeson thriller The Commuter opened to $700K last year.
Meanwhile, The Prodigy grossed a reported $350K for Orion Pictures as it aims to attract horror fans this weekend. That figure is behind the $625K earned by The Possession of Hannah Grace.
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