FRIDAY MIDDAY UPDATE: Blumhouse is looking at their biggest opening year-to-date after four movies with Black Phone 2 which is shaping up for a $23M opening after a Friday and previews of $10.1M at 3,411 sites. Thank God after an autumn of lost hopes. That’s $600K lighter than the 2021’s first installment’s opening, and we’ll take it.

Giving the Universal release some extra power are 1,000 exhibitor PLF screens as well as 170 AMC-only Dolby Cinema screens.

Second place goes to Disney’s Tron: Ares at 4,000 sites with a -65% second weekend decline, steeper than the movie’s pre-Covid comp, Blade Runner 2049 which was down -53% in weekend dos. The Jared Leto movie’s 3-day is $11.5M , and its second Friday is $3.3M . Ten-day running total by Sunday will stand at $54.9M, -10

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