Thats close to double what the first movie opened to back in 1996, at $41M.
The question now is whether the movie can be sequelized.
Whats gonna happen?
Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-JonesUniversal
One has to take the setting to some fresh locale where there arent tornadoes, i.e.
Universal does it again:Twistersopening is just $1.1M shy of what Oppenheimer opened to a year ago.
Check out our deep-dive into Universals campaign forTwistershere.
Daisy Edgar-Jones in ‘Twisters’Universal Pictures/Everett Collection
Updated chart:
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)Fly Me to the Moon(App/Sony) 3,356 locations, Fri $960K Sat.
$1.3M Sun $995K 3-day$3.3M(-65%) Total$16.3M/Wk 2
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All in all, the opening forTwistersis $2.4M shy ofOppenheimers 3-day ($82.4M).
However,Twisterscouldnt go any sooner in the summer as it wasnt ready.
1 movie at the box office and the No.
Together with the third weekend of IlluminationsDespicable Me 4in the No.
2 spot with$23.8M(-45%), Universal minted$103.8Mbetween two movies.
Cume by tomorrow EOD forDM4is $259.4M.
Saturday was $9.5M, +32% over Friday.
The total will be over$596M.
Saturday for the Oz Perkins movie was$4.6M, +21% over Friday.
UPDATED SATURDAY AM:Twistersgets stronger with now a 3-day$74.6Mopening after a$32.2MFriday.
Whats to stop this movie from getting $80M?
Yesterdays Friday/previews number approachedOppenheimerseismic levels, that pic doing $33M a year ago.
Yes, last year was Barbenheimer whenBarbieandOppenheimerfueled the marketplace to a $311M take.
The first Michael Crichton created, co-written, produced movie received an A- CinemaScore.
How did this beautiful storm start and whats kept it going?
Mark L. Smiths screenplay for the Amblin reboot got Universal and Warner Bros excited.
1 reason for buying a ticket toTwisterswas that it looked fun and exciting (48%).
And escapism is what people want right now.
Also helping this movies play to red states:Twistersisnt political.
That will keep this underserved part of the country when it comes to movie product coming back.
That said, PostTrak shows that of those attendingTwisters,16% were registered Democrats while 7% were registered Republicans.
Lets not forget the newfound star power of Powell.
Powell, Anthony Ramos and Daisy Edgar-Jones showed up at last nights Luke Combs at Jets stadium.
Combs has a single in the movie Aint No Love in Oklahoma.
Per PostTrak last night, 24% went to Twisters because of Powell.
They showed up at 46% .
Of the four quads, men and women over 25 bought tickets at 38% apiece.
PLFs and Imax tickets are repping around 43% ofTwisters till.
Lets face it, its an oddball rom-com, largely because its period.
And not Jane Austen period, but Moon-landing era period.
The movie, which made its world premiere at TIFF last year has an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Heres our interview withWidow Clicquotbelow from last years TIFF:
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)Twisters(Uni/WB) 4,151 theaters, Fri$32.2M, 3-day$74.6M/Wk 1
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)Bad Newz(Moviegoer) 477 theaters, Fri$360K, 3-day$1M/Wk 1
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More like$72million at 4,151 theaters after a massive$31M first dayincluding previews.
This a great palette cleanser beforeDeadpool & Wolverineconquers the world next weekend.
If these numbers stick forTwisters,thats the 25th-best domestic opening ever for the month of July.
Combined, that spells a $93.5M weekend between the two Uni event pics.
By Sunday,DM4will stand at$257.1M.
Third goes to Disney/Pixars sixth frame ofInside Out 2at 3,625 venues.
Its running total by EOD Sunday will be $127M.
Still, a very good tee-off here for Amblin/Universal/Warner BrosTwisters.The moviebefore P&A cost $155M.
Last nightTwistersmade $8M off showtimes beginning at 5PM.
Among regular pics in release, heres how they shaped up for Thursday and the week:
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Thats better than the original movie which received drab scores at 67% critics, and 58% audience.
The difference here in case of any overperformance?Apesdidnt have heartthrob Powell.
Social media champs are stars Anthony Ramos at 2.5M, Edgar-Jones at 1.9M and Powell with 1.8M followers.
Another 38 are opening this week including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK and China.
The overseas cume is expected to jump to $45M+.
