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Whirling To Great $72M Opening – UPDATE $80M!

posted 7 months ago by Satan2016 (26149)
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https://deadline.com/2024/07/box-office-twisters-1236015127/

Friday midday: Yeah, after preview numbers like that, there’s no way that Amblin/Universal/Warner Bros‘ Twisters is settling for a $50 million+ opening. More like $72 million at 4,151 theaters after a massive $31M first day including previews. By the way, that’s 76% above the start of the first 1996 movie ($41M, adjusted for inflation). This a great palette cleanser before Deadpool & Wolverine conquers the world next weekend.

If these numbers stick for Twisters, that’s the 25th-best domestic opening ever for the month of July.

Friday morning: Forecasts were at a $50M+ opening, but with this movie doing business in the heartland, it would not be shocking to see it raise to $60M.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18395) 7 months ago

Impressive debut. Better than I expected. Then again, I guess there is a clamoring for disaster movies and people just didn't realize it. I guess the last major release in that genre was 'Greenland' and that was in 2020.

[–] TandyMan (11327) 7 months ago

Yeah, it's annoying but I have to go this weekend because Deadpool & Wolverine is gonna steal all the big screens. That should help inflate the opening.

[–] tonganprince (614) 7 months ago

Went to an imax theater tonight. 300 seats. sold out. Wasnt expecting that.

[–] CraigJamesReview (1809) 7 months ago

Pleased its doing well. Disaster movies used to be a summer tentpole. Hollywood shouldn't abandon the genre

If anyone's interested, I reviewed the movie on my youtube channel. Appreciate any feedback. Trying to improve -
https://youtu.be/5zZbDSgfmsU

[–] Satan2016 (26149) 7 months ago

SATURDAY NIGHT: Universal/Warner Bros/Amblin’s Twisters is hitting an $80M opening per sources tonight after a $27M Saturday, which was -16% off Friday/previews $32.2M. That’s a better Saturday than Oppenheimer a year ago ($26.2M), Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ($26.4M), ...