Shazam!

The total theater count for Friday is north of 4,300 locations.

Previews start at 3 p.m. Thursday in 3,400 theaters.

Box office weekend preview Shazam! Fury of the Gods

Zachary Levi in ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’New Line

Also preventing a stampede here is thatShazamisnt your typical dark DC property, rather a silly PG-13 movie.

If we remove China from the equation as well, the like-for-like launch was $55.5M at current exchanges.

Were looking at a potential $12M+ three-day there.

‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ LA premiere with Zachary Levi

The UK, Mexico, Australia and Brazil were among the best overall plays forShazam!the first.

Cast members traveled to Rome and London for promotional events and screenings this month.

The Radio Silence-directed sequel should land around $20M.

MGM/United Artists ReleasingsCreed III(read the review) should do between $17M-$18M, -36%.