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‘Ballerina’ Hopes To Tiptoe Past $30M U.S., $60M WW As ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Continues To Bigfoot – Box Office Preview
Lionsgate's 'John Wick' spinoff 'Ballerina' could fall under $30M this weekend as Disney's 'Lilo & Stitch' eyes third No. 1 win with $35M at the U.S. box office.
Ballerina stars Ana de Armas as an orphaned girl, Eve Macarro, who is trained by the Ruska Roma, the Russian assassin school/ ballet academy front, whose leader The Director (Anjelica Huston) also schooled John Wick (Keanu Reeves). While we needed product in Q1 and Q2 of this year, Ballerina is opening at this point in time as Lionsgate had access to Reeves for the press tour (he introduced the movie last night at the Hollywood premiere with John Wick architect Chad Stahelski who is a producer on the film). Lionsgate has a master plan, as unveiled at CinemaCon, to build out the John Wick franchise even more than it already is (an animated prequel, a Donnie Yen directed movie about blind assassin Caine); Ballerina being another cog in the wheel.
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