{"id":73069,"date":"2025-07-18T16:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T16:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/73069\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T16:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T16:16:10","slug":"i-know-what-you-did-last-summer-grosses-2-2-million-in-previews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/73069\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Grosses $2.2 Million in Previews"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cI Know What You Did Last Summer<\/a>\u201d slashed its way to $2.2 million in Thursday previews, while A24<\/a>\u2018s \u201cEddington,\u201d a satire set during the height of the pandemic, picked up $625,000. Paramount\u2019s \u201cSmurfs<\/a>,\u201d the weekend\u2019s other major new release, didn\u2019t hold preview screenings.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe three films, which are aimed at vastly different age groups and demographics, are unlikely to unseat \u201cSuperman\u201d from its throne. The superhero reboot dominated the domestic box office<\/a> last weekend, earning $125 million and is expected to repeat as champ, earning\u00a0$55 million to $62 million in its second weekend of release. That would be a 50% to 55% drop, a respectable result that \u201cSuperman,\u201d which was well-liked by critics and audiences, should pull off. The film needs to keep packing in crowds as it cost $225 million to produce and is intended to launch a new phase of superhero films for DC Studios and its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. Next up are \u201cSupergirl\u201d and \u201cClayface,\u201d two interconnected spinoffs that will open in 2026 with a Wonder Woman movie on the horizon. So far, \u201cSuperman\u201d has earned $177.7 million stateside over its first week of release. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI Know What You Did Last Summer\u201d is projected to gross $15 million to $17 million in its debut weekend. With a modest $18 million price tag, that should position the Columbia Pictures and Screen Gems\u2019 production to turn a profit. The film is the latest in a long line of horror movies and shares its title with the 1998 original. The latest sequel introduces newcomers like Madelyn Cline and\u00a0Chase Sui Wonders, but brings back franchise veterans Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt for more on-screen bloodletting.<\/p>\n

\n\tOne of its victims may be \u201cSmurfs,\u201d which should pick up $10 million to $12 million in its debut, a disappointing result for the $58 million Paramount Animation production. Rihanna leads the voice cast of \u201cSmurfs,\u201d playing Smurfette, with an ensemble that also includes\u00a0James Corden,\u00a0Nick Offerman,\u00a0Natasha Lyonne,\u00a0Sandra Oh,\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel,\u00a0Octavia Spencer and\u00a0John Goodman.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEddington\u201d is directed by Ari Aster (\u201cHereditary\u201d), stars Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal and follows infighting in a small town over all things COVID-19. Look for \u201cEddington\u201d to ride its hot-button take on lockdown politics to a $5 million opening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI Know What You Did Last Summer\u201d slashed its way to $2.2 million in Thursday previews, while A24\u2018s…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":73070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[3028,207,171,38653,53,45757,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-73069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-a24","9":"tag-box-office","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-i-know-what-you-did-last-summer","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-smurfs","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114875136990850912","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73069","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=73069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}