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‘IF’ Rises To $34M+, ‘Strangers: Chapter 1’ Strong At Near $12M, ‘Back To Black’ Goes Belly-Up At $2.8M – Sunday Box Office Update


John Krasinski’s imaginary friend feature IF made $1.75M in Thursday night previews that began at 4PM. It’s been a while since we had a live-action PG-rated feature, so comps are tough. The outlook heading into the weekend is $40M. The highest grossing opening for an original live-action PG film was Hop at $37.5M. Reviews are […]

John Krasinski’s imaginary friend feature IF made $1.75M in Thursday night previews that began at 4PM. Booked in 2,856 locations in North America, tracking showing $7M-$9M for the $8.5M budgeted movie from Renny Harlin about a young couple (Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez) after their car breaks down in a spooky town. The R-rated movie starring Marisa Abela as the Grammy winning millennial soul singer only grossed $375K in previews from 1,700 theaters.

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