Saturday Update: Warner Bros.’ Shazam! is living up to expectations this weekend as the studio reports the film earned $20.5 million on opening day Friday — including Thursday night’s $5.9 million, but excluding March 23’s $3.325 million Fandango preview earnings.
Comp-wise, the first day is similar to Ant-Man‘s $22.65 million back in July 2015, while coming in well ahead of Power Rangers‘ $14.9 million two years ago.
Internationally, Shazam! added $29.2 million from 79 markets on Friday, bringing the total overseas cume to $44.0 million. Those figures include a $15.3 million opening day in China on Friday, while excluding that country’s flash estimate of $9.8 million on Saturday.
Other overseas highlights from the studio include:
Confirmed Friday results out of China came in at RMB 102.5m ($15.3m) on approximately 20,520 screens, ranking as the #1 U.S. Film in the market (rank #2 overall behind the opening of a local title). Saturday Flash Figures are coming in at an estimated RMB 66m ($9.8m) taking the running cume to RMB 168.5m ($25.1m). Note that the flash Saturday numbers are not included in the running international cume reported above.
Mexico opened to an excellent Ps 30.1m ($1.6m) on 2,829 screens with a nearly 50% share of the Top 5 films. These opening day results are ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy by +22%, Ant-Man by +21% and Captain America: First Avenger by +13%.
UK alsoopened to strong results, generating an estimated £1.2m ($1.5m) on 620 screens, taking the top spot with a 35% share of the Top 5 films. These results are coming in +4% over Captain America: First Avenger and roughly on par with Ant-Man. Including previews, the running cume is now £1.3m ($1.7m).
India released to an estimated INR 35.3m ($511k) on 1,138 screens, ranking as the #1 U.S. Film in the market. Opening day results are more than double Ant-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy and +19% ahead of Wonder Woman.
And Spain debuted to an estimated €340k ($382k) on 441 screens, narrowly ranking #2 and tracking +27% ahead of Ant-Man.
Russia (Day 2): RMB 60m ($915k) on 3,072 screens and maintaining a clear #1 with over 50% share of the Top 5 films. The cume to date is RMB 122m ($1.9m).
Brazil (Day 2): R$ 3.0m ($774k) on 1,509 screens, continuing at #1 with a 55% share of the Top 5 films. The running cume is now R$ 3.3m ($848k).
Australia (Day 2): A$957k ($681k) on 507 screens, holding at #1 with a 45% share of the Top 5 five films. The cume is currently A$1.9m ($1.3m).
UAE (Day 2): AED 2.1m ($572k) on 110 screens, #1 with a cume of AED 4.4m ($1.2m).
Korea (Day 3): Won 642.4m ($565k) on 1,143 screens, rank #1 with the 3-day cume coming to Won 1.9b ($1.6m).
Taiwan (Day 3): Rank #1 with NT$15.0m ($486k) from 248 screens and bringing the cume to date to NT$55.5m ($1.8m).
Indonesia (Day 3): IDR 6.1b ($430k) on 1,029 screens, holding a 67% share of the Top 5 films. The running cume is now IDR 37.7b ($2.6m).
Thailand (Day 2): Baht 11.8m ($373k) on 632 screens capturing a massive 82% share of the Top 5 films. The running cume is Baht 31.9m ($1.0m).
France (Day 3): €317k ($356k) on 566 screens, continuing to rank #1 on Friday. The 3-day cume stands at £1.0m ($1.1m).
Back on the domestic front, Pet Sematary bowed to $10 million on Friday, slightly below optimistic pre-release tracking but generally within expectations as the horror remake heads toward an opening weekend in the mid-$20 million range.
Meanwhile, Dumbo added $4.932 million on Friday, while Us ($4.37 million) and Captain Marvel ($3.472 million) capped off the top five. The Best of Enemies debuted to $1.62 million.
Early weekend estimates are below.
Early Weekend Estimates (Domestic)
FRI, APR. 5 – SUN, APR. 7
WIDE (1000+)
#
TITLE
WEEKEND
LOCATIONS
AVG.
TOTAL
WKS.
DIST.
1
Shazam!
$53,000,000
—
4,217
—
$12,568
$56,325,000
3
Warner Bros.
2
Pet Sematary
$25,000,000
—
3,585
—
$6,974
$25,000,000
1
Paramount Pictures
3
Dumbo
$19,500,000
-58%
4,259
0
$4,579
$77,547,489
2
Walt Disney Pictures
4
Us (2019)
$14,800,000
-55%
3,512
-231
$4,214
$153,382,995
3
Universal Pictures
5
Captain Marvel
$13,000,000
-37%
3,573
-412
$3,638
$374,451,563
5
Disney
6
The Best of Enemies
$5,300,000
—
1,705
—
$3,109
$5,300,000
1
STX Entertainment
7
Five Feet Apart
$3,800,000
-39%
2,484
-362
$1,530
$41,691,252
4
CBS Films
8
Unplanned
$3,700,000
-42%
1,516
457
$2,441
$12,967,510
2
Pure Flix
9
Wonder Park
$2,400,000
-52%
2,281
-1023
$1,052
$42,340,513
4
Paramount
10
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
$2,200,000
-50%
1,928
-857
$1,141
$156,907,245
10
Universal / DreamWorks Animation
11
Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral
$1,300,000
-51%
1,101
-822
$1,181
$72,248,801
6
Lionsgate
LIMITED (100 — 999)
#
TITLE
WEEKEND
LOCATIONS
AVG.
TOTAL
WKS.
DIST.
1
Hotel Mumbai
$1,800,000
-44%
930
6
$1,935
$6,441,101
3
Bleecker Street
2
The Mustang
$800,000
34%
181
0
$4,420
$2,074,695
4
Focus Features
3
No Manches Frida 2
$390,000
-57%
275
-148
$1,418
$8,722,127
4
Lionsgate / Pantelion Films
4
The Aftermath
$380,000
2%
344
183
$1,105
$1,108,573
4
Fox Searchlight
5
Alita: Battle Angel
$170,000
-67%
311
-365
$547
$85,316,502
8
20th Century Fox
6
Green Book
$140,000
-47%
213
-234
$657
$84,768,211
21
Universal Pictures
7
Cold Pursuit
$68,000
-1%
118
-24
$576
$32,050,385
9
Lionsgate / Summit
PLATFORM (1 — 99)
#
TITLE
WEEKEND
LOCATIONS
AVG.
TOTAL
WKS.
DIST.
1
Ralph Breaks the Internet
$33,000
-14%
62
-30
$532
$201,094,421
20
Disney
2
Mary Poppins Returns
$27,000
-46%
52
-32
$519
$171,957,087
16
Disney
3
Faith, Hope & Love
$12,500
-39%
8
-1
$1,563
$161,438
4
ArtAffects Entertainment
4
The Kid
$10,500
-77%
22
-55
$477
$1,484,469
5
Lionsgate
5
Cliffs of Freedom
$1,750
—
4
—
$438
$1,750
6
Friday Report: Warner Bros. and DC’s Shazam! opened to a strong $5.9 million bow from Thursday night’s early shows, setting the stage for a very healthy weekend ahead.
This follows the $3.325 million earnings from Fandango previews on March 23. The studio is currently rolling the latter amount into Thursday night’s haul, making for an overall $9.225 million entry into Friday — all of which is expected to be counted in the weekend haul.
For the most apt comparisons, we’re looking specifically at the $5.9 million gross from last night’s shows to determine likely trajectories for the weekend. That figure registered:
59.5 percent ahead of Glass ($3.7 million)34 percent behind Aquaman ($9 million excluding all pre-opening night sneaks)69 percent ahead of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ($3.5 million)64 percent ahead of Power Rangers ($3.6 million)8 percent behind Ant-Man ($6.4 million)
Internationally, Shazam! has totaled $15.7 million across 53 markets in two days of release. Those figures exclude $16.4 million flash estimates from China’s opening day on Friday, trailing only Aquaman and Batman v Superman among other WB films.
Other Shazam! international opening highlights from the studio include:
Taking advantage of Wednesday’s Isra Minaj public holiday in the market, Indonesia launched to an estimated IDR 15.9b ($1.1m) from 971 screens, dominating at #1 with a 73% share of the Top 5 films and claiming the 3rd Highest Grossing WB Film Opening Day Ever! These results are also +10% ahead of Ant-Man and more than double Guardians of the Galaxy. The 2 day cume is now IDR 31.5b ($2.2m).
Russia debuted to an excellent RMB 62m ($946k) on 3,072 screens with a 57% share of the Top 5 films. These results are tracking on par with Ant-Man, 22% ahead of Wonder Woman and more than double Captain America: The First Avenger.
Also taking the top spot with a 40% share of the Top 5 films, Korea debuted on a non- traditional Wednesday to an estimated Won 759m ($668k) from 1,134 screens. These results exceeded opening day numbers for First Avenger by +53% and were on par with Thor. The running cume is now KRW 1.2b ($1.1m).
Australia debuted on Thursday to an estimated A$895k ($636k), including previews, on 507 screens with a 48% share of the Top 5 five films. These results are tracking 4% ahead of First Avenger.
UAE opened on Thursday to an estimated AED 2.3m ($630k) on 110 screens, dominating the market with over 50% share of the Top 5 films. Opening day is 46% ahead of Wonder Woman, 69% ahead of Ant-Man and more than double Guardians of the Galaxy.
Brazil opened to an estimated R$ 2.2m ($564k) on 1,509 screens with over 60% share of the Top 5 films. These opening day results are coming on par with ANT-MAN and 10% over Guardians of the Galaxy. Including previews, the running cume is now R$ 3.3m ($848k).
France took in an estimated €366k ($411k) on 566 screens on its opening day, ranking #1 into Thursday. The running cume, including previews, is €691k ($777k).
Taiwan dominated the market with 65% share of the Top 5 films, taking in an estimated NT$11.4m ($371k) on Wednesday from 220 screens. These results are +60% ahead of Ant-Man and +55% ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy. Including previews, the 2 day running cume is now NT$40.5m ($1.3m).
Back on the domestic side, Pet Sematary is off to a strong start all its own with $2.3 million earned from shows beginning at 7pm in 2,942 locations last night. The well-reviewed horror remake came in 16 percent ahead of Insidious: The Last Key ($1.98 million) and 28 percent ahead of 2013’s Evil Dead remake ($1.8 million).
Last but not least, The Best of Enemies pulled $265K from 1,440 locations during shows beginning at 7pm. That’s 51 percent ahead of Chappaquiddick, which earned $175K in its Thursday start one year ago.
Follow Boxoffice throughout the weekend for additional updates and weekend estimates.
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