‘A Haunting In Venice’ Hooks $1.2M In Previews – Box Office
deadline.com20th Century Studios’ Kenneth Branagh starring and directed, A Haunting in Venice, has scared up $1.2M in previews. The weekend outlook for the feature take of the Agatha Christie novel Hallowe’en is $12M+, similar to what Branagh’s feature take on the author’s Death on the Nile did back in 2022 in its first weekend, $12.8M.
Comps for the expected older female skewing, A Haunting in Venice includes, 2019’s Doctor Sleep which did $1.4M on its Thursday before a $14M opening weekend, the Jennifer Lawrence Russian spy flick Red Sparrow ($1.2M Thursday previews and $17M opening), Ticket to Paradise ($1.1M previews, $16.5M opening) and Death on the Nile ($1.1M previews).
As we mentioned, working in A Haunting in Venice‘s favor is that it’s the best reviewed of Branagh’s Hercule Poirot movies at 77% certified fresh to Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile’s 61% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The downside is that Venice isn’t tricked up with stars like Murder was; the only big names here outside Branagh being Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh and 30 Rock‘s Tina Fey.
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