'A Quiet Place part II' earned more in its Thursday previews ($4.8 million) than did 'A Quiet Place' ($4.3 million) in 2018
A Quiet Place part II
earned whopping $4.8 million last night. That’s actually bigger than the $4.3 million Thursday preview gross forin April of 2018. John Krasinski and Emily Blunt’s acclaimed and buzzy horror original opened with a whopping $50 million over its Fri-Sun debut, legging out to $188 million domestic and $338 million worldwide on a $17 million budget.
That this over/under $60 million sequel opened with even bigger Thursday grosses during a situation still defined by the pandemic is damn-well remarkable. Does this mean that, again directed by Krasinski and still starring Blunt, will equal or surpass its predecessor on opening weekend? Well, maybe? Look, it’s a sequel and a sequel was almost always going to be frontloaded compared to its predecessor.
We’ll know when we know, but a sequel opening with bigger Thursday grosses than its predecessor, even with everything otherwise working in its favor, in this environment is pretty damn promising. And unlike