Madea Family Funeral is part of a $ 1.1M evening preview evening for the Tyler Perry franchise

Lionsgate's last installment of Do one Tyler Perry's series Funeral of the Madea family got a series record $ 1.1 million last night previews. Comedy projections before the weekend are between $ 17 million and $ 21 million. Some anticipate that Do one could easily beat that, and that's because it's the swan song of the character.

Projection night money from 2,100 sites is over $ 855,000 earned by Boo! A madea halloween and a step up from Perry's Paramount thriller last fall Acrimony which is $ 1 million. The best opening for a Do one the film is 2009 Madea goes to jail with $ 41 million, followed by 2006 A family meeting Madea ($ 30 million) and 2016 Boo! A madea halloween ($ 28.5 million)

the Do one Older women are particularly good at peak demos, but the filmmaker has managed to attract a millennial crowd with the public. boo movies by incorporating a number of YouTube personalities. The comedy expands to 2,442 theaters today.

In the film, a happy family reunion turns into a hilarious nightmare as Madea and the crew head out into the backcountry, Georgia, and unexpectedly plan funerals that threaten to reveal secrets sordid family.

However, DreamWorks Animation How to train your dragon: the hidden world by industry estimates should ring around $ 35 million or more in his second weekend, -36% for the win No. 1. The Threequel led all the movies yesterday with $ 2 million ending the first week at $ 65.1 million with a cumulative total of $ 67.6 million. Although Hidden world won the best opening for the DWA Dragon franchise, its total consumption is late on the first week of How to train your dragon 2"The first week of 3% ($ 69.8 million) is because it was a summer movie when more kids were leaving school. At the end of this weekend, Hidden worldThe total is expected to be around $ 102 million. Fandango reports that Hidden world ticket sales are, natch, still leading all the titles for the weekend.

Focus Features acquired $ 4 million in TIFF format Greta, A Neil Jordan thriller with Isabelle Huppert and Chloé Grace Moretz. In the film, a young woman becomes friends with a lonely widow, named Greta, who has a dark and deadly agenda for her. The film is presented in approximately 2,400 theaters and should only be shown in between $ 4 million – $ 6 million. It contains 60% fresh rotten tomatoes, which is not powerful enough for an adult-only title intended for a sophisticated audience.

The 120 Imax cinemas are also being broadcast. Apollo 11 documentary by Todd Douglas Miller. The documentary presented at the Sundance Film Festival follows Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's lunar mission with unprecedented audio quality and 70MM footage.