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Exclusive: Twister, The reboot of the 1996 Amblin feature, co-written by Michael Crichton, will run for about $7 million It raked in preview revenue from both the Imax/PLF screening for fans on Wednesday night and previews that began at 5pm on Thursday.
Featured movie reviews and audience reactions Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar Jones is doing great with a 78% Certified Fresh and 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is better than the original film which got a lackluster 67% from critics and 58% from audiences. Projections were for a $50+ million opening, but considering the film is doing well in the Midwest, it wouldn’t be surprising if it went up to $60 million.
If the Wednesday and Thursday preview numbers hold through Friday morning, it will surpass the $6.6 million in Wednesday/Thursday preview grosses that 20th Century Studios/Disney announced in May. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apeswhich Debuted Friday with $22.1 million, three-day total of $58.4 millionWhat’s the difference if you outperform? Apes There was no idol Powell.
RelishMix has measured the social media world. Twister With a combined total of 341 million followers across TikTok, Facebook, X, YouTube and Instagram, it beat the Action Adventure photo competition by 3%. The social media champions were stars Anthony Ramos with 2.5 million followers, Edgar Jones with 1.9 million followers and Powell with 1.8 million followers.
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Warner holds the international rights to the film (the studio first handled domestic rights for the 1996 film, while Uni handled international rights). Until MondayThe Lee Isaac Chung-directed film has grossed nearly $13 million in 38 markets. Thirty-eight more films open this week, including in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and China. Its international gross is expected to soar to more than $45 million.
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Roland Emmerich’s 2004 film is probably the highest-grossing environmental disaster movie in the country. the day after tomorrow $68.7 million over three days, 2009 Ensemble year 2012, It debuted with $65.2 million.
The U.S. estimates on Thursday night were industry estimates; Universal.
