Saturday Update: Universal reports that Hobbs & Shaw scored a solid $23.72 million opening day in North America on Friday, inclusive of Thursday night’s previously reported $5.8 million earnings.
Comp-wise, Hobbs registered slightly ahead of the first day grosses by films like John Wick 3 ($22.6 million), Mission: Impossible – Fallout ($22.8 million), Star Trek Beyond ($22.3 million), and Jason Bourne ($22.6 million). In fact, the film’s 4.09x multiplier from Thursday night’s earnings bests all of those titles with the exception of Bourne, further boosting indications that this film may not be as front-loaded as once expected based on the franchise’s own history.
Early word of mouth appears very encouraging among audiences as the film boasts a 90 percent Audience Score from 2,608 verified ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, far higher than the 67 percent critics’ score, indicating this will indeed prove to be a late summer crowd-pleaser.
Based on current models, Boxoffice projects Hobbs & Shaw will earn north of $60 million for the weekend (which remains Universal’s projection this morning).
The Lion King added $11.1 million to begin its third weekend, down 50.5 percent from last Friday as the Disney remake continues to prove more front-loaded than once expected. Still, with a $403.75 million domestic haul through 15 days — and having surpassed $1 billion globally earlier this week — it remains one of the biggest blockbusters of the year. Boxoffice projects a third frame around $38 million domestically.
Rounding out the top three, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood eased 66 percent from opening day last week to $5.65 million on Friday. With $64.5 million earned in eight days, the latest Tarantino hit is pacing 8 percent of his Inglorious Basterds, which had earned $59.6 million through eight days of play ten years ago this month. Boxoffice projects a second weekend north of $20 million, while Sony is slightly more conservative at $19.325 million.
Meanwhile, The Farewell expanded to 409 locations with a $706,566 estimate yesterday as it paces for a weekend north of $2 million for A24.
Early weekend estimates are listed below. Studio estimates to follow on Sunday.
Early Weekend Estimates (Domestic)
FRI, AUG. 2 – SUN, AUG. 4
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | $64,000,000 | — | 4,253 | — | $15,048 | $64,000,000 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | The Lion King | $38,300,000 | -50% | 4,802 | 77 | $7,976 | $430,943,078 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 3 | Once Upon a Time In Hollywood | $20,200,000 | -51% | 3,659 | 0 | $5,521 | $79,017,475 | 2 | Sony Pictures |
| 4 | Spider-Man: Far from Home | $7,700,000 | -38% | 3,446 | -405 | $2,234 | $360,273,925 | 5 | Sony / Columbia |
| 5 | Toy Story 4 | $7,300,000 | -30% | 3,225 | -385 | $2,264 | $410,200,743 | 7 | Disney |
| 6 | Yesterday | $2,400,000 | -22% | 1,837 | -713 | $1,306 | $67,862,655 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | Crawl | $2,200,000 | -46% | 2,085 | -635 | $1,055 | $36,140,773 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | Aladdin | $2,000,000 | -34% | 1,370 | -428 | $1,460 | $350,351,592 | 11 | Disney |
| 9 | Stuber | $560,000 | -68% | 1,080 | -1070 | $519 | $21,806,533 | 4 | 20th Century Fox |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Farewell | $2,300,000 | 51% | 409 | 274 | $5,623 | $6,713,207 | 4 | A24 |
| 2 | Annabelle Comes Home | $880,000 | -43% | 919 | -368 | $958 | $71,580,112 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | The Secret Life of Pets 2 | $820,000 | -11% | 779 | -222 | $1,053 | $155,499,025 | 9 | Universal |
| 4 | Midsommar | $410,000 | -44% | 381 | -245 | $1,076 | $25,214,341 | 5 | A24 |
| 5 | Avengers: Endgame | $305,000 | -68% | 420 | -160 | $726 | $857,401,335 | 15 | Disney |
| 6 | Rocketman | $290,000 | -38% | 354 | -164 | $819 | $95,551,549 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | Dark Phoenix | $110,000 | -9% | 125 | -20 | $880 | $65,765,489 | 9 | Fox |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fighting Preacher | $55,465 | -8% | 37 | 9 | $1,499 | $265,286 | 2 | Purdie Distribution |
| 2 | Dumbo | $11,000 | -20% | 30 | -15 | $367 | $114,761,181 | 19 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 3 | Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable | $7,700 | -74% | 24 | -39 | $321 | $570,683 | 4 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
Friday Report: Universal confirms this morning that Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw collected $5.8 million from preview shows on Thursday night. Showings began at 7pm in approximately 3,400 theaters domestically.
In the usual comp landscape, that figure is basically in line with John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum‘s $5.9 million start back in May and Mission: Impossible – Fallout‘s $6.0 million one year ago. It also comes in ahead of Star Trek Beyond‘s $5.5 million and Jason Bourne‘s $4.3 million in summer 2016.
For the sake of mentioning, The Fate of the Furious took in $10.4 million from Thursday night previews in April 2017.
Entering the weekend, the studio had been expecting a debut weekend close to $60 million. It remains to be seen how weekend playability holds up in the effort of reaching that mark — with strong walk-up business generally expected. Still, most models now indicate the film is likely to end up on the lower end of expectations stateside.
More updates as they come.
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