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"Mom Mia! Here We Go Again" opened with $ 3.4 million at 2,850 locations in North America in Thursday night screenings that began at 7 pm
This was enough for the musical Denzel Washington's "The Equalizer 2" million at 2,934 sites in Thursday's previews that began at 4 pm Thursday.
Universal's sequel to its musical "Mamma Mia!" From 2008 is underway for a three-day account between $ 30 and $ 36 million when it will open in more than 3,317 sites . Its predecessor opened with $ 27 million the same weekend a decade ago and finished with $ 145 million domestically and $ 615 million worldwide on a $ 52 million budget.
"Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" is both a sequel and a prequel, highlighted again by the songs of ABBA. Most of the original actors – including Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, and Dominic Cooper – take over their roles with Cher and Lily James joining the cast. Ol Parker, the screenwriter behind "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", made from his own script. Critics were enthusiastic with a score of 80% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Sony "The Equalizer 2" Shoots for a $ 27-32 Million Launch on 3,388 Sites This Weekend with the Studio Projecting at the Lower End these numbers. Washington resumes its role of CIA retired agent Robert McCall in the first aftermath of Washington's career. Antoine Fuqua has taken over the direction of the film, which also includes Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Melissa Leo and Bill Pullman. McCall undertakes to avenge the murder of Leo's character while he repels a series of assassins.
If estimates hold, "Equalizer 2" will have a lower opening weekend than the first movie. Despite lukewarm criticism, "The Equalizer" opened in 2014 with $ 35 million – including $ 1.5 million in previews on 2,693 sites – and generated $ 192 million worldwide, including $ 101 million in North America. The critical reception for "Equalizer 2" was mixed and 47% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sony's second weekend "Hotel Transylvania: Summer Vacation" will rank third with about $ 20 to $ 25 million. followed by the third weekend of Disney-Marvel's "Ant-Man and the Wasp" at around $ 15 million and Dwayne Johnson's second picture of "Skyscraper" at around $ 10 million.
BH Tilt also opens a sequel to Horror "Unfriended: Dark Web," which was slated for a start between $ 6 million and $ 8 million at 1,549 locations this weekend. Blumhouse's original title, Unfriended, opened to double that figure in 2014, with $ 15.8 million for a national total of $ 32.5 million. "Dark Web" follows a group of friends – Colin Woodell, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Betty Gabriel, and Andrew Lees – who are discovering a laptop with disturbing files.
The national box office jumped in the second quarter, thanks to "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Incredibles 2." As of July 18, the total of 2018 is up 7.9% to 6.89 billion dollars, according to comScore. Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at comScore, noted that the three openers are also sequels with the sixth film "Mission: Impossible" scheduled for next weekend.
"We are now two-thirds of a summer that holds an 11.8% lead over last year and July was a star with Meryl Streep and Denzel Washington being the last to join their ranks and of course Tom Cruise is on the bridge with "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" brought to power in the cinemas next week to help maintain the dynamics of ticket buying goes strong at multiplex, "he added.
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