Its also the best weve seen fromZendayafor a live-action, original, non-IP movie.
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What happens now in this cruel summerbox officethat might not hit $3 billion?
This coming weekend, its UniversalsThe Fall Guy,starring Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling.
Mike Faist, Zendaya, Josh O’Connor in ‘Challengers’MGM
Challengersgets a B+ CinemaScore, which isnt shabby for this two-hour, 11-minute sexy romantic comedy.
Imax alone did $1.2M.
Challengersalso comes in $4.3M shy of the $19.3M opening of New LinesDont Worry Darling.
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Why comp the title to that one?
Both were also sold on their hardcore sex in the trailer.
However, it had a big fall on Saturday against Friday/previews of -39%.
Hopefully,Challengersgoes a little farther here.
The pic is going wide overseas.
Amazon does have the power to do that in flipping this promptly to Prime Video.
Challengersis pulling in 58% women, with a huge 18-34 turnout at 76%.
The biggest demo is 18-24 year olds at 41%.
The movie has a divisive ending, and will leave audiences arguing over who to champion.
This was set to 28 minutes DJ mix of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross score.
As we told you, the first trailer dropped last June timed to CineEurope.
On Jan 1, Zendaya relaunched the campaign by unveiling the poster on her social channels.
The original trailer was revived on in-theater targets likeAnyone But YouandMean Girls, reinvigorating tracking.
In February, trailer 2 was launched with a huge 195M video views.
reflected in the lenses for users to share across Snapchat, TikTok, and Meta.
Roadside AttractionsBoy Kills Worldlands with a B- and PostTrak of 71%/50% definite recommend.
The Bill Skarsgard movie will land outside the top 10, with around$1.6M.
No surprise here, with 70% guys buying tickets and 60% of the audience between 18-34.
Biggest demo is 25-34 at 34%.
Disney re-released the original Ridley Scott- directedAlienthis weekend, which is now 45 years old.
That gets the sci-fi horror pics lifetime cume to$83.8M, unadjusted for inflation.
4/26 is Alien day for fans, that figure being the number of the ship the Nostromo.
Universal re-released 1999sThe Mummythis weekend, that pic now being 25 years old, in 1,236 theaters.
It did$1M.
Lifetime cume is at$156.4M.
Updated Sunday chart includes Saturday and Sunday…. 1.
Given that latter pics platform release, its not an apples-to-apples comparison.
Odds are given its division,Civil Wardoesnt get to that threshold.
An influx of 18- to 34-year-olds is expected tonight, with a solid hold for Sunday.
Hands down, this is the biggest opening ever, and widest, for Oscar-nominated Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino.
Remember, this tennis movie has Imax and some PLFs, essentially all the AMC Dolbys.
Roadside AttractionsBoy Kills Worldis coming in at$900,000today and$1.9Mfor the weekend at 1,993 theaters.
The sexy tennis rom-com is hoping to open to $15M for the weekend.
It wasnt Zendayas girl fans who liked the movie the most, but men over 25 at 80%.
Elsewhere, Lionsgate and Kingdom StorysUnsung Heromade$1.67Min previews.
The faith-basedUnsung Herogrossed $470K yesterday.
Last nights audience drew 66% female, 48% over 55.
RT reviews forUnsung Heroare at 60% fresh with audiences at 100%.
Early industry estimates for previews on Roadside AttractionsBoy Kills Worldmovie is around$500K.
The Lionsgates sister label uber-action movie that was acquired out of TIFF Midnight is looking at a single-digit opening.
RT reviews are at 63% fresh, audiences are at 60%.
The rest of Thursday and the week is as follows:
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