There will be moviegoers at the Memorial Day weekend box office; the industry can be thankful for that.
Just not as many as the previous two years when the entire 4-day frame exceeded $200M+.
More big movies give people more reasons to attend.
‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ and ‘Garfield’Warner Bros Pictures; Sony Pictures
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Broken out, thats$40M-$45Mabroad and another$40M+ four-day domestic.
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Internationally,Furiosawill hit 75 markets throughout this opening weekend.
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Beyond that, Japan goes May 31 and China (with no cuts!)
releases on June 7.
Overall, its worth noting that the current moviegoing landscape is feeling wonky and in flux.
2 for them behind 2015s multi-Oscar winningMad Max: Fury Road.
Hopefully,Furiosacan overcome those hurdles.
In total 3,750 theaters-plus for the $168M production before global P&A spend.Furiosafires up at 3PM stateside.
Its looking at$30Mover four-days stateside at 4,000 locations including 3D and some PLFs.
Thursday previews start at 2PM.
Alcon Entertainment financed the feature and Columbia Pictures serves as worldwide distributor, excluding China.
DNEG animated the film.
RT Critics arent wowed at 47% Rotten.
First choice resides with women under 25.
The movie is looking to dolow single digitsover 4-days.
Eleven reviews currently on RT are at 73% fresh.
