Oh, and this is actually legit solid stuff disregarding tracking. Like this is what I expected and something Paramount should be happy with. It's also now the second-biggest opening for a totally original movie, only behind Nope.
It's following a similar run so far as Dial of Destiny where it has okay legs despite tepid WOM and a bad Cinemascore, in large part thanks to being part of an older-skewing legacy franchise. At the very least, we should get another sequel, which I'm happy for.
IF is a weird one, because this is opening on the higher end of non-NTCs despite mediocre reviews and should gross a fine enough total in the end. But when studio tracking had it at 40M+, it’s hard to really commend it as a success. I dunno how to respond if I’m being honest.
I actually want it to stay around here. Because in a couple weeks, we will have a scenario where Godzilla X Kong is the biggest Monsterverse movie WW, Kong Skull Island is the biggest OS, and Godzilla 2014 is the biggest DOM. Three separate movies have their own franchise records. That has to be a first I am assuming
Hoping Apes can still get closer to that 25M high end, though it's still holding fine. Better than the 60%+ people speculated on from its weak Wednesday.