{"id":220511,"date":"2025-06-28T05:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T05:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/220511\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T05:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T05:27:12","slug":"f1-55-million-opening-apple-record-m3gan-2-0-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/220511\/","title":{"rendered":"‘F1’ $55 Million Opening, Apple Record; ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Dying"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFRIDAY AFTERNOON:<\/strong> F1<\/a> <\/strong>is accelerating right now to a $55M+ <\/strong>opening at 3,661 theaters with potential for upside. It\u2019s by far the biggest opening ever for an Apple Original Movie on the big screen, miles ahead of Martin Scorsese\u2019s 3-hour, 26-minute Killers of the Flower Moon ($23.2M opening, $68M final domestic). Friday alone for F1 is right around Killers of the Flower Moon\u2018s 3-day. <\/p>\n

\n\tRight now, the Jerry Bruckheimer production from director Joseph Kosinski is shaping up to be the second-best opening for Pitt as a leading man after 2013\u2019s World War Z ($66.4M). Talk about a comeback for Apple theatrically. Remember their period NASA rom-com $100M Fly Me to the Moon last summer? Remember the Pitt-George Clooney noir Wolfs? No! What are those? Even if F1 stays idle this weekend at this range, it\u2019s a still a commendable success. Word is international is very strong, which makes all the sense in the world given the international appeal of Formula One racing.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe other beautiful thing about this Apple made, Warner Bros<\/a>.\u2019 release car is that it pulled the 13-24 demo at 30% last night. That\u2019s very impressive for a movie such as this which appear older skewing. <\/p>\n

\n\tF1 is seriously warming up its engines, and we\u2019ll be checking its oil throughout the weekend; Warners having worked tirelessly on the marketing and distribution front to make this Apple\u2019s best. <\/p>\n

\n\tRelishMix reports that F1\u2018s social media reach is a massive 845.6M across TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, X and Instagram \u201c+62% above action adventure genre norms with notable late video view growth on Instagram over 400M.\u201d F1\u2018s reach is right around Mission: Impossible \u2013 Final Reckoning (847.2M) and ahed of Fast X\u2018s 798M. <\/p>\n

\n\tSecond is Universal<\/a>\/DreamWorks Animation\u2019s How to Train Your Dragon <\/strong>at 4,127 locations is looking at at $5.5M today, and a third frame of $18.5M <\/strong>(-49%) for a running cume of $199.1M <\/strong>(C\u2019mon, we gotta get that to $200M this weekend!). The Dean DeBlois directed movie stands as the fifth to cross the double century mark YTD. <\/p>\n

\n\tThird goes to Disney\/Pixar\u2019s Elio<\/strong> which is seeing a second weekend of $11M-$12M<\/strong>, -45%, steeper than Elemental\u2018s second frame which dipped -38% for an $18.4M second weekend. It\u2019s all about tomorrow, of course. At the high end by the EOD of Sunday, the 28th Pixar feature release stands around $43.4M<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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\n\tThere\u2019s also Universal\/Blumhouse\/Atomic Monster\u2019s M3GAN 2.0<\/a><\/strong> at 3,112 theaters is powered down to an opening of $10M<\/strong>, well below where everybody was seeing it (worst case, we thought high teens). Friday is $4.3M. Thank God, she\u2019s cheap at $25M <\/strong>before P&A. We\u2019ll dissect her later. <\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking of dismemberment, there\u2019s a chance that M3GAN 2.0 could get bitten by zombies as Sony\u2019s Danny Boyle revival 28 Years Later<\/strong> is looking at north of $10M<\/strong>, -67% in weekend 2, after a $3.3M second Friday, for a ten-day running total of $50.6M<\/strong> by EOD Sunday. <\/p>\n

\n\tFRIDAY AM: <\/strong>Apple Original Films<\/a>\u2018 F1 <\/strong>via Warner Bros. sped to $10M <\/strong>in total previews from this week while Universal\/Blumhouse\/Atomic Monster\u2019s M3GAN 2.0<\/strong> drew $1.5M<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Joseph Kosinski-directed, Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Formula One movie starring Brad Pitt, arguably the first-of-its-kind tentpole for Apple Original Films on the big screen, bested the preview grosses of such expensive Apple movies as Ridley Scott\u2019s Napoleon ($3M), Martin Scorsese\u2019s Killers of the Flower Moon ($2.6M), Matthew Vaughn\u2019s Argylle ($1.7M) and Greg Berlanti\u2019s Fly Me to the Moon ($875K). F1 also smokes the previews of another car-racing movie, the multi-Oscar-winning, solid-grossing Ford v Ferrari, which is actually a high point for the struggling motor sports genre at the box office \u2014 the best that there has been in recent times ($2.1M previews, $31.4M opening).<\/p>\n

\n\tBroken out, F1 did $7M last night from showtimes that began at 3PM and another $3M from earlier week Imax and PLF previews. Based on early results, and the way the engines have been firing for this film, a $50M+ <\/strong>opening appears likely. Warner Bros. chipped in 50% of the global P&A. Both Apple and Warners recoup the P&A together before the Burbank, CA lot gets a distribution fee around 8%. Production costs per the filmmaker in interviews is $200M (though I constantly get phone calls with the line \u201cBut, ya know, it cost $300M\u2026). At the end of the day, get a grip people, F1 stands to open globally to $115M+. The Pitt movie is in great shape with Rotten Tomatoes Audience score of 97% and 84% certified fresh reviews. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tM3GAN 2.0\u2018s previews are less than the original movie which did $2.75M and went on to a surprise $11.7M and $30.4M. M3GAN 2.0 will be lucky to clear $20M, last night\u2019s previews from 2PM showtimes at 2,700 theaters around the level of Blumhouse\u2019s Night Swim which did $1.45M and went on to post a $11.7M opening. No audience score yet. Critics loved the first movie at 93% certified fresh, but they\u2019ve had enough with the robot gimmick at 59% Rotten. No audience score yet on the sequel from the franchise architect Gerard Johnstone. At the end of the day, M3GAN 2.0 is counterprogramming in the summer. The movie cost $25M before P&A versus $12M on the first. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn other news, Lilo & Stitch<\/strong> is crossing $400M<\/strong> this weekend, the second movie to do so this year after Warner Bros\/Legendary\u2019s A Minecraft Movie. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe rest of the week went down as follows:<\/p>\n

\n\t1.) How to Train Your Dragon (Uni) Thu $4M (-15% from Wednesday), Wk $57.1M (-54%), Total $180.6M\/Wk 2 <\/p>\n

\n\t2.) 28 Years Later (Sony) Thu $1.9M (-15%), Week $40.6M\/Wk 1 <\/p>\n

\n\t3.) Elio (Dis) 3,750 theaters Thu $2.2M (-7%), Wk $31.4M, Wk 1<\/p>\n

\n\t4.) Lilo & Stitch (Dis) 3,375 theaters, Thu $1.5M (+1%), Wk $16M (-39%), Total $393.1M, Wk 5 <\/p>\n

\n\t5.) Mission: Impossible \u2013 Final Reckoning (Par) 2,603 theaters, Thu $722K (-14%), Wk $10M (-37%), Total $181.8M\/Wk 5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRIDAY AFTERNOON: F1 is accelerating right now to a $55M+ opening at 3,661 theaters with potential for upside.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[67907,77,4199,67908,3943,16,15,6114,1082],"class_list":{"0":"post-220511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-apple-original-films","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-m3gan-2-0","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-universal","16":"tag-warner-bros"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114759338778947993","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}