‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Ends First Week With $338M+; ‘Overboard’ Kicks Off Thursday Previews
May 4, 2018‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Ends First Week With $338M+; ‘Overboard’ Kicks Off Thursday Previews
Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War is ending its first week with $338.3M after continuing to be the top film yesterday with $15.5M, -8% from Wednesday. It’s invincible at No. 1 in its second weekend, and will continue to be until Fox’s Deadpool 2 arrives on May 18.
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Many aren’t expecting Infinity War to top Force Awakens for the best second weekend ever (that pic made $149.2M), however, it has a shot at beating Black Panther ($111.7M) for the No. 2 spot on that list. Earlier week projections for Infinity War‘s weekend 2 were between $100M-$125M.
None of Disney’s major studio rivals had the audacity to compete against Infinity War in its second weekend with an ultra wide release (2,000-plus). That left others to counter-program, and Lionsgate/Pantelion/MGM has Overboard which is squarely targeting Hispanic moviegoers and fans of Mexican star Eugenio Derbez. The pic made $675K in previews last night, a figure that bests the $450K previews made by Derbez’s previous comedy a year ago, How to Be a Latin Lover. A remake of the ’80s Goldie Hawn-Kurt Russell movie, Overboard stands to make between $12M-$14M this weekend, potentially exceeding Lover‘s $12.2M opening. The comedy which stars Anna Faris is booked at 1,623 locations. Critics can’t stand it at 28% Rotten.
Focus Features is releasing Tully in roughly 1,300 screens. The Jason Reitman pic has 90% Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and is expected to draw $3M-$4M.
Dean Devlin is self-distributing his crime pic Bad Samaritan via his Electric Entertainment in 2,007 locations. The movie is poised to make $2M per tracking. Electric fully financed and covered P&A.