'Dark Phoenix' blasts off with $5M in Thursday night box office previews
'Dark Phoenix' Fires Up $5 Million at Thursday Box Office https://t.co/PQ2ILXBUHb pic.twitter.com/T15IJ7hTOK
- TheWrap (@TheWrap) June 7, 2019
The critically-trashed final FOX installment of the X-Men series, 'Dark Phoenix', kicked off this weekend's BO with $5 Million on Thursday, and is expected to take in $40M-50M this weekend (on a, eep, $200M budget).
Right behind it is the animated feature 'The Secret Life of Pets 2', which brought in $2.3 million in its previews from 3,250 screens, and is actually expected to go neck-and-neck with 'Dark Phoenix' to the point that it could be number one this weekend with around $55M (on a $80M budget).
Also out this weekend is the comedy 'Late Night' and drama 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco' in limited release.
Source: https://twitter.com/TheWrap/status/1137006966352502786