‘Obsession’ Consumes $2.6M In Previews; ‘Project Hail Mary’ Flies Past ‘Oppenheimer’ – Friday AM Box Office - Deadline

EARLY SATURDAY AM WRITETHRU after Friday Afternoon update: Lionsgate’s Michael is the hit that keeps on giving with an expected No. 1 in weekend four of $27M per industry estimates, -29%, after what’s looking like a $7M Friday at 3,560 theaters. Imax and PLF screens are giving the biopic some extra dance moves this weekend. This will ease Michael down the road to a running domestic take of $283.6M. If that cume holds, the Michael Jackson biopic will moonwalk past Lionsgate’s Pre-Covid 2015 hit, Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 ($281.7M final domestic). When it comes to biopics, Michael looks to be pacing +7% ahead of Oppenheimer through its fourth weekend, that Christopher Nolan directed title finaling at $330M. blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-dsk-tab-mid-article1-uid0' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ) .setSubAdUnitPath("ros\/mid-article") .addSize(,,,,,,,,]) .exemptFromSleep() .setClsOptimization("minsize") ; });