Thursday Night Previews: Rings has a Hollow Start with $800,000

February 3, 2017

Rings

Rings had the best start in previews last night, but here “best” is a relative term. It only managed $800,000, 20% lower than Resident Evil: The Final Chapter previews last weekend. Worse still, its reviews are 0% positive with 17 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes so far. This could result in an opening weekend of less than $10 million, but I think that’s a little pessimistic. $11 million is more likely. That’s not a good start, even for a film that cost $33 million to make, and it will need help internationally to break even.

The Space Between Us only managed $170,000 during its previews. That’s better than Gold’s $125,000 in previews from last weekend. Unfortunately, its reviews are worse and it looks like it will open below the Mendoza Line earning $5 million. Maybe it will bounce back over the weekend, but I don’t see any evidence that will happen.

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Filed under: Midnight Previews, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, Rings, Gold, The Space Between Us