New Line’s Mortal Kombat II stepped into the ring last night and rang up $5.2M previews which isn’t that far from the amount the studio clocked a year ago in previews from Final Destination: Bloodlines ($5.5M). That highly anticipated horror film opened to $51.6M.
All of Mortal Kombat II‘s cash is from Thursday. Showtimes began at 3PM.
Forecasts for the R-rated Mortal Kombat II came down into the $40Ms and the question remains whether the second weekend of Devil Wears Prada 2 will beat it, that sequel expected to get a big boost from Mothers Day. Lionsgate’s Michael as well is expected to bring in a female crowd on Sunday as well. Disney has pushed out extra spots this week for Devil Wears Prada 2 targeting Mothers Day moviegoers.
Devil Wears Prada 2 ended the week with $101.7M with the movie already past $300M worldwide.
Still, a $40M+ start for the Simon McQuoid directed sequel based on the Midway videogame is a great start considering the previous 2021 installment saw its opening and grosses siphoned from a Covid theatrical day-and-date release on HBO Max with $23.3M. That movie finaled at $42.3M domestic and the opening for Mortal Kombat II could outstrip that entire gross alone.
Paramount’s Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) directed by Eilish and James Cameron brought in $2.2M in overall previews including last night and April 29 early access shows at 2,350 locations. The pic is expected to bring in $6M-$9M.
Amazon MGM Studios’ Sheep Detectives held previews last night which started at 2PM as well as earlier previews. All in, it was $1M. The pic is expected to open to around $12M.
Rest of the week:
1.) Devil Wears Prada 2 (20th) 4,150 theaters, Wk $101.7M/Wk 1
2.) Michael (LG) 3,955 theaters, Wk $74.1M (-43%), Total $203.9M/Wk 2
3.) Project Hail Mary (AMZ) 3,017 theaters, Wk $11.9M (-32%), Total $321.7M/Wk 7
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