‘Flight Risk’ brings in $950,000 in previews

Lionsgate release of Mel Gibson Risk of theft with Mark Wahlberg produced in $950,000 previewed last night. The last time Gibson directed was nine years ago for the two-time Oscar-winning World War II film. Hacksaw crest also from Lionsgate. We do not yet know if Risk of theft going to win the weekend, followed by saying 9 to 11 million dollars, but if it does, that will represent 2x this month for Lionsgate, a feat they haven’t achieved since November 2023. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

Risk of theft is reserved in 3,100 rooms, including 660 Premium Large Format screens and 273 Motion seat screens (4DX, DBOX, MX4D). Reviews for Risk of theft are 25% off Rotten Tomatoes. Den of Thieves 2: Pantera stood at 60% with reviews on RT, earning Lionsgate a #1 win with $15 million.

The Quorum monitoring service detects some of the gas leaks on Risk of theft: Unaided awareness stopped at 4%, which is never a good sign in the last week of a photo, with interest dropping from 55% to 51%. Risk of theft was 3 stars with a Screen Engine/Comscore PostTrak audience last night of 72% positive. 58% men and an overall audience of 80% over 25 years old showed up.

Headwinds that Risk of theft which takes off this weekend includes two NFL conference championship games. If Risk of theft piqued, it’s in Disney’s hands Moufasa which begins its 6th weekend with an eye on $8 million to $9 million.

NEON’s drone-shot ghost thriller Presence by Steven Soderbergh, on which they took the world by storm a year ago after the picture premiered at Sundance, is considering a $2 million to $3 million opening in 1,750 rooms. The previews were $385,000. Just in its Thursday evening previews, in comp version, the The bottom in September it made $327,000 before opening to $3.2 million. It’s certified 89% as new by critics and two stars by last night’s PostTrak audience, which was 61% male and 73% over 25. NEON beat ten other bidders at the festival a year ago. The deal at the time came 35 years after Soderbergh’s $1 million deal at Sundance for his career. sex, lies and videotape and then Palme d’Or in Cannes. In Presencea family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced that they are not alone. A supernatural force has infiltrated the house and is particularly interested in the couple’s daughter. Lucy Liu stars with Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Julia Fox, Eddy Maday and West Mulholland.

Angel Studios directed Damian Harris, starring Jared Harris Brave the dark which also appears to be in the single digits at 2,200 sites. PostTrak releases are 4 1/2 stars with a definitive recommendation of 62% for the 51% female trend, 63% participation over 45 years old. Mad Men‘s Jared Harris plays Mr. Deen who discovers one of his students is living in his car and is thrown in jail. Mr. Deen decides to bail him out. Determined to curb Nate’s self-destructive behavior, Mr. Deen quickly uncovers a host of dark secrets that slowly tear Nate apart. What starts as a good deed turns into a desperate fight to save Nate from his own demons.

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