Before the weekend, it looked like M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller “Knock at the Cabin” would win the weekend quite definitively. But as numbers started coming in for it and Paramount’s new comedy “80 for Brady,” things were looking like it may be a tighter race for first place.
Universal released the former, starring Dave Bautista, Ben Aldridge, and Jonathan Groff, into 3,643 theaters with Thursday previews that amounted to 1.4 million and a Friday opening of 5.4 million (including those previews). By comparison, “80 for Brady,” which united Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sally Field, and Rita Moreno for the true story of octogenarian besties with dreams of attending the Super Bowl, would be released into 3,912 theaters with 1.27 million grossed in earlier previews. That ended up with slightly less for 4.7 million on Friday, benefitting from theater chains offering reduced ticket prices for all showings.
Both movies generally received mixed-to-positive reviews, with Shyamalan doing slightly better with critics,...
Universal released the former, starring Dave Bautista, Ben Aldridge, and Jonathan Groff, into 3,643 theaters with Thursday previews that amounted to 1.4 million and a Friday opening of 5.4 million (including those previews). By comparison, “80 for Brady,” which united Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sally Field, and Rita Moreno for the true story of octogenarian besties with dreams of attending the Super Bowl, would be released into 3,912 theaters with 1.27 million grossed in earlier previews. That ended up with slightly less for 4.7 million on Friday, benefitting from theater chains offering reduced ticket prices for all showings.
Both movies generally received mixed-to-positive reviews, with Shyamalan doing slightly better with critics,...
- 2/5/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
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