{"id":130797,"date":"2023-09-22T16:29:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T16:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=130797"},"modified":"2023-09-22T16:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T16:29:45","slug":"expendables-4-sees-750k-in-thursday-previews-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/tv-and-movies\/expendables-4-sees-750k-in-thursday-previews-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Expendables 4 Sees $750K In Thursday Previews Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Millennium Media and Lionsgate’s Expendables 4 <\/strong><\/em>was the only new wide release Thursday night, seeing $750K<\/strong> in previews that began at 6 p.m.. <\/p>\n

The Sylvester Stallone-Jason Statham fourthquel is only expected to make between $15M-$17M. If the movie bests the opening weekend of 2014’s The Expendables 3 <\/em>($15.8M), then Lionsgate will be happy. The fourth movie is playing at 3,518 locations, including 900 PLF screens comprising XD, RPX, Dolby, 4DX and D-box. Lionsgate has UK in addition to U.S. on the Scott Waugh-directed action movie.<\/p>\n

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That figure is under the preview take of Expendables 3<\/em>, which did $875K off showtimes that began at 8 p.m. Ouch. Expendables 4<\/em>‘s Thursday is a tad higher than that of Gerard Butler’s Plane <\/em>from Lionsgate, which did $625K and opened to $10.2M in Janaury. At the same time, Expendables 4<\/em>‘s previews are a far cry from Stallone’s 2019 pre-pandemic Rambo: Last Blood<\/em> aka Rambo 5, <\/em>which did $1.3M off 7 p.m. showtimes, resulting in a $18.8M opening.<\/p>\n

The latest installment is the worst-reviewed on Rotten Tomatoes at 14% rotten, not that this franchise was ever a critical darling. However, the Stallone-Statham series generally has done quite well with moviegoers, the first movie earning a B+ Cinemascore, with parts 2 and 3 each earning an A-. Interestingly enough, the second movie back in 2012 had the best reviews among RT critics at 67%, while the 2010 original was 41% rotten and Part 3 was 31% rotten.<\/p>\n

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After last weekend was the second-lowest of 2023 for the overall domestic box office at $62.8M, this weekend isn’t bound to be any better. Expect more or less the same, or worse. Trying to give the marketplace a spike are 300 Imax locations of A24’s rerelease of Talking Heads’ 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense <\/em>as well as Barbie <\/em>making her debut in that large format exhibitor’s auditoriums. <\/p>\n

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New Line’s The Nun 2 <\/strong><\/em>ends her second week with $19M <\/strong>at 3,743 theaters and a $60M running total after a $925K <\/strong>Thursday, -8% from Wednesday. <\/p>\n

20th Century Studios\/Disney’s A Haunting in Venice<\/strong> <\/em>came in second on Thursday with an estimated $804K<\/strong>, -22% for a first-week take of $19M<\/strong> at 3,305 theaters. <\/p>\n

Sony’s The Equalizer 3 <\/em><\/strong>at 3,528 saw a third week of $10M<\/strong>, a $584K<\/strong> Thursday, -10% and a running total of $76.5M.<\/strong> That’s 9% behind Equalizer 2 <\/em>at the same point in time which ended its 2018 run at $102M, and it’s also 9% behind the 2014 first film, which wound up with $101.5M domestic. <\/p>\n

Focus Features’ second week of My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3<\/strong> <\/em>earned $6.9M<\/strong> for a $20.8M<\/strong> running total. Thursday was $419K<\/strong>, -11% from Wednesday at 3,678. <\/p>\n

Warner Bros. Barbie<\/strong>, <\/em>before her Imax-loaded 10th weekend, saw a ninth week of $5.1M<\/strong> at 3,012 theaters, after a Thursday of $315K<\/strong>, +10% from Wednesday for a running cume of $627.2M<\/strong>. She’ll likely sit as the 11th-highest-grossing movie at the domestic box office: the No. 10 pic, Universal’s Jurassic World, <\/em>stands at $653.4M. The new Imax release this week includes a new fresh post-end credits sequence. <\/p>\n

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