'The Lego Movie 2' kicks off Thursday box office with $1.5 million
#LegoMovie2 builds $1.5 million, #WhatMenWant close behind on Thursday night https://t.co/OKdfxv0lOt pic.twitter.com/YZggNR7dyO
- Variety (@Variety) February 8, 2019
The first potential blockbuster of 2019 has been released this weekend - Warner Bros.' "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part," which made $1.5M on Thursday in addition to $600,000 in special showings on January 26. With a budget of about $100M, Lego 2 is still expected to make around $50 million-$55 million opening weekend.
Right behind Lego is Taraji P. Henson's comedy 'What Men Want', which brought in $1.3 million and is expected to make around $20 million (which also happens to be its budget) at 2,912 theaters in North America this weekend. Rounding out the top three is hot racist mess Liam Neeson's latest angry dad action drama 'Cold Pursuit', which made $540,000 on Thursday and is expected to cash in $7M-$10M this weekend (on a ... yeesh, $80 million budget).
Also out in limited release this weekend are 'The Prodigy', 'Everybody Knows', and 'Under the Eiffel Tower'.
Source: https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1093902324521562113