Ah, the magic of a four-day weekend.Guy Ritchie’s live-actionAladdinis headed toward a fantastic $100+ million four-day debut after nabbing $31 million on Friday night. ($7 million coming for Thursday night previews.) That’s $4 million less than the Friday-night take for last year’s long weekend tentpole,Solo: A Star Wars Story—which ended its four-day frame at $103 million—butAladdinis actually tracking to out-earn that film.
Aladdinis a live-action take on the iconic 1992 Disney animated film, withMena Massoudtaking on the wish-fulfilled title role. The movie—which also starsNaomi Scottas Princess Jasmine,Marwan Kenzarias the uncomfortably sexy Jafar, and Will Smith filling in forRobin Williamsas the Genie—has a stellar A Cinemascore. In hisreview, though, Collider’s Matt Golberg callsAladdin"a film that’s certainly not a disaster, but also doesn’t make a slam dunk case for its own existence."
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellumlooks like it will stay sharp after its franchise-best opening weekend, taking in another $6.6 million on Friday night. Mainstays Avengers: Endgame and Pokemon Detective Pikachu are also staying strong with $4.2 million and $3.5 million Friday nights, respectively. By the end of the long weekend,Endgameis all but guaranteed to cross the $800 million mark domestically.
Director David Yarovesky’s superhero-horror flickBrightburnis off to a muted start with $3 million, heading somewhere around the $8 million mark for the weekend and $10 million for the four-day window.Olivia Wilde’s new coming-of-age comedyBooksmart—which nabbed $875,000 from Thursday night previews and $2.5 million total for Friday—will land in the $8 million range, although it’s the better-reviewed of the lower-earning newcomers.
Take a look at Friday’s numbers below and check back tomorrow to see a few more records get broken. (Numbers viaBox Office Mojo)
$31,000,000
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
$6,600,000
$83,238,941
Avengers: Endgame
$4,225,000
$785,556,736
Pokemon Detective Pikachu
$3,500,000
$106,322,622
Brightburn
$3,025,000
