New Line's Bruce Springsteen-inspired BlindedByTheLight and Annapurna's WheredYouGoBernadette bombed, becoming the latest adult-skewing, wide-release summer titles to misfire
in North America with an opening in the $12 million-$15 million range.
The film follows a trio of 12-year-old boys who will do anything to gain admittance to a kissing party. Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams and Brady Noon star, with Gene Stupnitsky helming in his feature directorial debut. Nearly 70 percent of the audience was between ages 18 and 34. Universal had a great weekend overall, becoming only the second major Hollywood studio behind Disney to boast $1 billion or more in 2019 domestic ticket sales . And Universal is the only major to have an original film open in first place this year, a feat it has now accomplished twice (the first was Jordan Peele'sspinoff placed No. 2 in its third weekend with an estimated $14.1 million from 3,757 theaters as it jumped the $400 million mark globally.
grossed an estimated $10.5 million from 3,869 theaters for the weekend proper, putting its six-day debut at $16.2 million. The first film in the budding franchise launched with $38.2 million in May 2016.
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