Thats how this part of the calendar typically swings at the box office.
Hopefully this weekend doesnt come in lower than what we are seeing here.
1 opening of the year with$12M.
‘Flight Risk’Lionsgate
Its also the studiossecond afterDen of Thieves 2: PanterasinceHunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakesrun at No.
1 in November-early December 2023.
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Despite the No.
Lionsgate
1 opening here for Wahlberg, and two-time Oscar winner Gibson (the filmmakers third No.
Jodie Fosters 2005 thrillerFlightplanwas another one with a $24.6M start ($89.7M final).
LionsgateopenedPlanetwo Januarysago to $10.2M.
This is just where this plane genre lives, and audiences have seen it before.Flight Riskwasoriginally setfor October 2024.
Theres also something to be said about Wahlbergs box office drawing power of late.
One marketing source knocked Lionsgate on this movie that they only released two one-sheets andone trailer.
And thats what Lionsgate counts on with these titles.
PLF screens are delivering 27% of the weekend forFlight Risk.
Audiences like the Steven Soderbergh ghost story just a little bit more thanFlight Riskat C+.
PostTrak audiences fell asleep at 58% with a 33% definite recommend.
The movie was reportedly shot for $2M over 11 days.
Forty-one percent of moviegoers were 25-34 and 32% were over 35.
1 domestic venue with $31K through Friday.
PostTrak is great at 86% and 66% definite recommend, but the faithful arent going.
Highest-grossing venue for the pic in the country?
The Penn Cinema in Lititz, Penn.
with $25K so far.
UPDATED, Friday midday:Lionsgate is looking at its second No.
Remember, its a big NFL weekend, so hopefully that doesnt slide tackle the projections were seeing here.
The movie cost in the mid-$20M range, with Lionsgate funding two-thirds of that with foreign sales.
P&A is around mid-$20Ms as well.Flight Riskis booked at 3,161 theaters.
Angel StudiosBrave the Darkat 2,230 sites is seeing around$1Mtoday and a$2.4Mopening.
PREVIOUSLY, Friday AM:Lionsgates release of Mel GibsonsFlight Riskstarring Mark Wahlberg made$950,000in previews Thursday night.
1 win with $15M.
Men at 58% and an overall audience at 80% over 25 showed up.
HeadwindsFlight Riskwill fly into this weekend include two NFL conference championship games.
The added bonus forMufasa: Its not on PVOD, and its purely theatrical.
Exhibitors are rewarding Disney with those window terms this weekend with solid screen holds.
Previews were$385K.
InPresence, a family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they are not alone.
Previews were$200Klast night, per sources.
What started as a good deed becomes a desperate fight to save Nate from his own demons.
The movie could ease around 40% in its second weekend.
