Once again, Warner Bros. is putting the “W” in WB.
Our number one movie is Final Destination: Bloodlines, which made a killing with $51 million according to studio estimates. Worth noting that includes Thursday previews which began at 3:00 PM, so as always, we’re really talking about a four-day weeknd here. But even with that taken into account, it’s by far the deadliest opening weekend for the franchise to date, taking away the title from The Final Destination (aka the one everyone hates) back in 2009.
What went right here? Warner Bros. treated it like a tentpole, instead of simply another entry in a long-deceased series. Trailers for this one were everywhere (I’ve seen that poor nose ring guy so many times at this point), and more importantly, critics actually loved this film, as it currently has an RT rating of 93%. Huh. For comparison, Final Destination 5 is the lone survivor with a “fresh” score, and even then, it’s only 63%. Was Bloodlines really that much better than the others? Or do social media critics have more of an impact on such scores now?
In any case, Warner Bros. is continuing their fantastic year. Who even cares how badly Mickey 17 flopped anymore? A Minecraft Movie and Sinners are still in the top five, with the latter close to eclipsing the $250 million mark. Coming up for Warner are F1, Superman, and Weapons, and all of them have potential to be huge.
Unfortunately, Lionsgate is having far fewer reasons to celebrate, with Hurry Up Tomorrow having a dismal opening weeknd of $3.3 million. For a while, this feature length-music video had the dreaded “0%” score on RT before a handful of people showed up who liked it. Many are calling this what it probably is–a vanity project–but it’s hard not to be fucking fascinated by how this looks, as I had no idea what the fuck the plot was from the trailer. And apparently it’s about…Jenna Ortega tying The Weeknd up to a bed to show him how important his music is? What? Ironically, the American Dad! episode in which The Weeknd guest starred was making fun of such celebrity worship, but I’m starting to wonder if he was in on the joke.
Also in our top ten is Friendship (friendship, just a perfect blendship!), which is worth a mention as it made $1.4 million. This is actually huge since it did that on only 60 screens. Wow. The adult comedy is set to expand wider in the coming weeks.
Anyway, the top ten, via The Numbers (Deadline doesn’t have their chart up yet)


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