Space Jam 2 Friday at box office scores $ 32 million

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The Tune squad and James lebron got the first place in the box office ranking. Space Jam: a new legacy opened its debut at $ 13.1 million yesterday and is set for a $ 32 million opening by the end of the weekend. This will help Warner Bros. to take No. 1 at the box office with the long-gestating sequel, beating the Marvel Cinematic Universe prequel Black Widow, which is expected to come in second with $ 25.6 million.

In third place at the Friday box office was the Sony sequel Escape Game: Tournament of Champions, with a start of $ 3.8 million. The horror film envisions a debut weekend of $ 8.66 million, on a production budget of $ 15 million. Diesel wine and his family came in fourth, with F9 raising $ 2.18 million, bringing its national total to $ 151 million to date. Dreamworks animated sequel completes the top five The Boss Baby: back in business with $ 1.47 million, the fiercest competition currently in the family entertainment department for Bugs Bunny and King James.

space-jam-a-new-legacy-looney-tunes — Image via Warner Bros.

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The numbers from Friday to Friday for Black Widow are important because they have a spinoff of -80% for a standalone film in the long-running franchise. Black Widow opened last weekend with $ 80 million, the biggest box office weekend after the pandemic. The other largest openings to date for 2021 are in F9 with $ 70 million A Quiet Place, Part II with $ 47.5 million.

There are a lot of factors to consider with these numbers, especially Disney’s hybrid release strategy, which allows Disney + subscribers to add the superhero image to their library for $ 30 through Premier Access. Black Widow grossed $ 60 million from Disney + on its first weekend, a stat that dramatically increases its overall total. Conversely, Space Jam: a new legacy is available for free to HBO Max subscribers, although it seems so far that most fans are choosing to see this one on the big screen aside from the negative reviews.

James and the Warner Bros team are clearly delighted with this news, as evidenced by his latest tweet. The first one Space jam opened with $ 27.5 million in 1996, for a national total of about $ 90 million. Even with a 25-year difference, Warner Bros. is probably thrilled with the sequel’s opening numbers, especially considering the pandemic. The Tune Squad will likely have a little more time to dribble the ball in their court, as the next closest family entertainment doesn’t fall for two weeks, with the release of Disney. Dwayne johnson and Emily blunt‘s Jungle cruise.

See James’ tweet below:

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