{"id":554422,"date":"2026-01-30T17:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/554422\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T17:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:30:10","slug":"iron-lung-leads-previews-with-3-5m-send-help-2-2m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/554422\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Iron Lung’ Leads Previews With $3.5M, ‘Send Help’ $2.2M"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMarkiplier\u2019s self-financed feature take of videogame Iron Lung<\/a><\/strong> broke out on Thursday night with $3.5M<\/strong> in previews, we\u2019re told. Meanwhile, Sam Raimi\u2019s 20th Century Studios\u2019 genre pic Send Help<\/a> saw $2.2M. <\/strong>Iron Lung went into the weekend with $6M in presales and is expected to do around $9M-$10M. We hear that the movie cost under $3M and its P&A was bare-bones with an Instagram post from the YouTuber, and a one-sheets printed for its North American debut. Iron Lung held previews on Tuesday and Wednesday. <\/p>\n

\n\tSend Help\u2018s previews are in line with Evil Dead Rise ($2.5M previews, $24.5M opening), The Amateur\u2018s ($2M, $14.8M opening), and higher than M. Night Shyamalan\u2019s A Knock at the Cabin ($1.5M, $14.1M opening). Send Help\u2018s numbers include sneaks from last weekend. <\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, Amazon MGM Studios\u2019 Melania<\/a><\/strong> documentary from Brett Ratner didn\u2019t hold any previews. Showtimes start today following last night\u2019s premiere in Washington D.C. The nonfiction movie takes place during the 20 days before Donald Trump\u2019s 2025 presidential inauguration.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Thursday, Black Bear\u2019s second theatrical release, Shelter<\/a><\/strong>, took in $385K<\/strong> from 2,000 theaters. Outlook is around $5M+ for the Jason Statham movie. <\/p>\n

\n\tThere\u2019s new of another snowstorm brewing in Mid-Atlantic, but we understand it\u2019s not going to throw ticket sales off this weekend ala last weekend. In addition, we\u2019re not hearing about any circuits closing due to today\u2019s anti-ICE national protest. <\/p>\n

\n\tTop five for the week:<\/p>\n

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  1. Mercy (AMZ) 3,468 theaters, Wk $14.6M\/Wk 1<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \n\t2. Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th) 3,150 theaters, Wk $9.1M (-57%)\/Total $380.1M\/Wk 6<\/p>\n

    \n\t3. Zootopia 2 (Dis) 2,930 Wk $7.4M (-49%)\/Total $403.1M\/Wk 9<\/p>\n

    \n\t4. The Housemaid (LG) 3,007 theaters, Wk $5.9M (-53%), Total $117.1M\/Wk 6<\/p>\n

    \n\t5. 28 Years Later: Bone Temple (Sony) 3,506 theaters, Wk $4.9M (-71%)\/Total $22M\/Wk 2 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Markiplier\u2019s self-financed feature take of videogame Iron Lung broke out on Thursday night with $3.5M in previews, we\u2019re…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":554423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[171,237740,154140,22209,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-554422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-iron-lung","10":"tag-send-help","11":"tag-shelter","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115985240824879548","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}