Universal’s Halle Bailey and Rege-Jean Page romance You, Me & Tuscany did $750,000 in previews at 2,550 theaters from showtimes that began at 2 p.m. Thursday. The $18M production is only expected to file in the high-single digits this weekend.
The Will Packer-produced movie comps to the previews of Sony/TriStar’s One of Them Days ($1.3M, $11.8M opening) and Angel Studios’ Solo Mio ($744K, $7M opening).
The real news remains Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which is eyeing a second weekend between $60M-$70M. The sequel keeps all the Imax and PLFs screens.
The Chris Meledandri-produced animated feature made $8M yesterday at 4,252 theaters, off 9% from Wednesday, ending its week at $180M and putting its nine-day running total at $239.1M. At the low end of its second weekend, $300M is within range.
The rest of the week went as follows:
2. Project Hail Mary (AMZ) 3,907 theaters, Wk $45.4M (-41%), Total $232M/Wk 3
3. The Drama (A24) 3,087 theaters, Wk $21.6M/Wk 1
4. Hoppers (Dis) 3,290 theaters, Wk $9.2M (-24%), Total $153M/Wk 5
5. A Great Awakening (RSA) 1,289 theaters, Wk $3.6M/Wk 1