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Early Weekend Estimates: ‘Ghostbusters’ Reboots $43M Bow; ‘Secret Life of Pets’ Eyes Repeat Victory w/ $50.5M; ‘Finding Dory’ Set to Pass ‘Shrek 2’ As All-Time Animated Champ

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Saturday Report: Sony / Columbia reports this morning that director Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot took in an estimated $17.2 million on opening day Friday, including Thursday night’s $3.4 million haul. By comparison, that figure comes in 32 percent short of 22 Jump Street‘s $25.15 million...

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Early Weekend Estimates: ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ Pacing for Original Film Record $96M Debut; ‘Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates’ Healthy w/ $16.5M; ‘Finding Dory’ Eyes $21M

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Saturday Report: Universal reports this morning that The Secret Life of Pets scored an awesome $38.33 million on opening day Friday, sending it past Inside Out‘s $34.27 million opening day as the highest single day gross in the history of original (non-sequel) animated films....

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Early Weekend Estimates: ‘Dory’ Three-peats ($44.5M 3-Day/$54M 4-Day); ‘Purge: Election Year’ ($32M/$37M) & ‘Tarzan’ ($38.5M/$45.4M) Surprise; ‘BFG’ Modest ($22.7M/$28.6M)

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Saturday Update: Universal reports The Purge: Election Year bowed to an excellent $14.47 million on opening day Friday, including Thursday night’s $3.64 million start. The overall opening day came in 11 percent stronger than The Purge: Anarchy‘s $13.0 million in July 2014, while just...