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Box Office: ‘Transformers One’ Rolls Out With $9.5 Million Opening Day, ‘Beetlejuice 2’ Still Challenging for No. 1 in Third Weekend
'Transformers One,' the animated prequel, is debuting behind its box office tracking and battling 'Beetlejuice 2' for first place.
Those domestic numbers don’t qualify as a definitive nonstarter for “One,” which was produced at a $75 million budget — a smaller price tag than is typical for a studio animated feature, or a live-action “Transformers” entry for that matter. Also opening this weekend, Lionsgate is suffering yet another single-digit start for a wide release with the Halle Berry thriller “ Never Let Go.” The supernatural film, directed by Alexandre Aja, earned about $1.6 million across Friday and preview screenings from 2,667 locations. The thriller, which landed a lackluster C+ grade on Cinema Score, is the latest in an unflattering string of theatrical nonstarters for Lionsgate, which has failed to draw a crowd with “Borderlands,” “The Crow” and “The Killer’s Game,” all released within the past two months.
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