New Line’s “Lights Out” from 2016 had an opening weekend of $21.6 million after earning $1.8 million in Thursday previews.Also Read: Will 'Breakthrough' Continue the Box Office Resurrection of Christian Films?“La Llorona” is the first of three horror films that Warner Bros. January’s “Escape Room” also made $2.3 million from Thursday previews and made $18.2 million when it opened. New Line’s “Conjuring” spinoff film “The Nun” opened in September last year and made $5.4 million at the Thursday box office ahead of a $53.8 million opening.For other more recent comparisons, “Pet Sematary” from earlier this month made $2.3 million in its Thursday previews opening against “Shazam!” and made $24.5 million in its opening weekend. and DC’s tongue-in-cheek superhero film “Shazam!” for the top spot, and “La Llorona” is looking at a three-day opening between $17-20 million. All three are hoping to compete with Warner Bros. and New Line’s horror film from the producers of “The Conjuring” movies, earned $2.75 million in Thursday box office previews.Both Fox’s “Breakthrough” and Disneynature’s “Penguins” opened early as part of the Easter holiday weekend, making “La Llorona” the sole weekend release. “Captain Marvel” is also now set to pass the $412.5 million domestic total of “Wonder Woman,” having already passed that DC film’s global total with $1.07 billion grossed globally.“The Curse of La Llorona,” Warner Bros. That late rebound at the box office from Marvel fans puts it above the second weekend of Universal’s “Little,” which is holding respectably with $8.5 million for a 45% drop and a $29 million 10-day total. In fourth is Marvel Studios’ “Captain Marvel,” which is actually seeing a rise in its grosses thanks to audiences coming back to rewatch the film prior to the release of “Avengers.” In its seventh weekend, “Captain Marvel” will hit the $400 million domestic mark with a $9 million weekend total, a 6% increase over last weekend. While many faith-based films tend to perform poorly with critics, “Breakthrough” did better with a fairly positive 63% RT score to go with the usually strong A CinemaScore from enthusiastic Christian audiences.Īlso Read: How Disney Could Shake Up Fox Film Slate, Starting With Brad Pitt's 'Ad Astra' The Christian film opened on Wednesday and is projected to make $11 million through the weekend, giving it a 5-day opening of $14.5 million from 2,824 screens to meet tracker expectations. In third on the charts is “Breakthrough,” the first Fox film released since the studio was bought by Disney and one of the final films that will be produced by Fox 2000. “Shazam!” will take $16 million in its third weekend, a 35% drop, and push its domestic total to $120 million. The film has a 34% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes and a B- from opening night audience polls on CinemaScore.Īlso Read: 'The Curse of La Llorona' Film Review: Mexican Folklore Gets Whitewashed in Disappointing Horror Effort The low budget will make this a profitable film for Warner, though it will likely have a very frontloaded performance at the box office given the film’s tepid word of mouth and “Avengers” on the horizon. “La Llorona,” which was produced by New Line on a $9 million budget, earned $11.8 million from 3,372 screens on Friday and is expected to beat tracker expectations with a $26 million weekend opening. as it’s on track to take the top two spots on the charts with newcomer “The Curse of La Llorona” and the third weekend of “Shazam!”
But it is still looking like a successful weekend for Warner Bros. With “Avengers: Endgame” coming out next week, Easter weekend at the box office has been notably slower than usual with an estimated 22% drop compared to last year’s holiday totals.