Will the trend continue?
Xfinity 10G also hadKung Fu Panda 4 ina custom co-promo for the service.
There was a Roblox plug with Po interacting with players in a custom game, which became the No.
Po and Zhen get the point in ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’Universal Pictures/Everett Collection
Promo partners counted chili oil brand Fly by Jing and Asian-owned beauty brand Tower 28.
There was also a big multi-media campaign with Burger King which included kids meals.
SATURDAY AM:Quick update here.
Brand animation always opens big.
Thats still the second best stateside start for theKung Fu Pandafranchise.
Male skewing at 58% with 67% of the audience between 13-24.
18-24 year olds showed up at a massive 48%.
PLFs are accounting for 6% of tickets sales while 3D is driving 17%.
Its been a while since weve seen an up weekend.
Still more product means depth at the box office.
Those faith-based who showed up gave the movie an A CinemaScore and 94% PostTrak.
Sixty nine percent of the audience are women with the largest demo being 55+ at 49%.
West is the softest region forCabrinithough the rest of the country is fairly even.
The originalKung Fu Pandaopened to $60.2Min 2008, that DWA title distributed by Paramount at the time.
Legendary/Warner BrosDune: Part Twohas the strength of an Arakis sandworm, holding in at$41Mor -50%.
It may even be better.
Last year thanks toScream VI,all films made $118M.
We might see that same amount for the marketplace again.
Today is $3.2M-$3.8M.
In fourth is Angel StudiosCabrini,which Im told by the distribs reps is not a Catholic-skewing movie.
Go figure, but my mom would be the first one in line.
Booked at 2,840 theaters, its looking at an estimated$3.6Mtoday and$9M-$9.4Mfor the weekend.
The movie hits digital on March 19.
The third pic in theKung Fu Pandafranchise opened to $55M in 2016 after a $17.3M Friday.
The outlook for the fourthquel this weekend is north of $50M for the No.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score of 82% is ahead of the movies critical score of 72% fresh.
Lionsgate/Blumhouses PG-13 horror thrillerImaginarydrew $725K from shows that began at 6PM.
At 29% on Rotten Tomatoes, its clear critics dont like Teddy Bears.
Were waiting on the official preview figure for Angel StudiosCabrinibut were hearing its around $500K.
The pic is expected to do between $5M-$10M.
