Global for Michael ChavesNun 2at $204M could overtakeAnnabelle Comes Homes worldwide, which did $231.2M.
In China, the reported $100MExpendables 4is up to $20.8M.
Its often built in these deals that U.S. must go theatrical like the rest of the world.
is also off -18% from a year ago, whenDont Worry Darlingled the pack with $19.3M.
IsExpendables 4the worst wide opening for Stallone?
Why, no, that would belong to 2012sBullet to the Head,which debuted to $4.5M.
Jason Statham, pictured here, can’t believe it’s the lowest opening for an ‘Expendables’ movie
Is the latest fourthquel the lowest for Statham?
The movie makes a long plane ride go a lot faster).
At least stateside, its time to retireExpendablesand think up a new franchise, Signor Stallone.
NEONs genre release ofIt Lives Insidecame in at$2.63M.
The film expands nationwide next weekend.
The lifetime domestic onStop Making Senseis around $6.5M.
And there isnt even snow on the ground.
Ya know what opened a year ago at this time?
The tabloid-ladenDont Worry Darlingrose to $19.3M (overall weekend then for all pics was $62.4M).
As one producers hysterical bemoaning catchphrase to me about duds at the box office puts it, Nobodys goin!
),Nun 2,andEqualizer 3open.
And that boils down to TV ad spend.
And when Lionsgate doesnt have the goods, they dont spend.
Theyre always about getting these dudes-with-a-gun movies in theaters and into home entertainment fast, so they can profit.
Remember,Expendables 4overall was built for an overseas market.
The previous threequel, which hit a previous low point at the B.O.
in the franchise, generated 81% of its $214.6M take abroad.
The battle report onExpendables 4is that 64% guys showed up, with close to half being between 25-44.
Any business to be done on the Stallone-Statham movie was in the South, South Central, and West.
But ennui across the board.
PLFs are repping 37% of the gross.
AMC Burbank currently has the highest gross stateside with slightly more than $13K.
The Bishal Dutta-directed and co-written movie follows an Indian-American teenager who is struggling with her cultural identity.
The few who showed were 55% guys, with 63% of the audience being between 18-34.
AMC Burbank is the top theater in the nation for the NEON genre release at $6k.
Saturday estimates from industry figures:
1.)
It Lives Inside (NEON) 2,010 theaters, Fri $1M, 3-day $2.6M/Wk 1
8.)
Friday looks to be around $3.3M vs. the near $6M ofExpendables 3back in 2014.
RelishMix spotted grey clouds on social media ahead of the weekend for the fourthquel.
The Sylvester Stallone-Jason Statham fourthquel is only expected to make between $15M-$17M.
Lionsgate has UK in addition to U.S. on the Scott Waugh-directed action movie.
Expect more or less the same, or worse.
Focus Features second week ofMy Big Fat Greek Wedding 3earned$6.9Mfor a$20.8Mrunning total.
Thursday was$419K, -11% from Wednesday at 3,678.
Shell likely sit as the 11th-highest-grossing movie at the domestic box office: the No.
10 pic, UniversalsJurassic World,stands at $653.4M.
The new Imax release this week includesa new fresh post-end credits sequence.
