Box Office: Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Opens to $5.1 Million in Thursday Previews
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor Queen Bey got the weekend off to a hot start. “Renaissance,” a concert film written, directed and produced by Beyoncé, earned $5.1 million in previews on Thursday.
The film is expected to earn between $17 million to $20 million in its opening weekend from approximately 2,539 domestic locations.
But “Renaissance” is a global event, with the concert movie debuting in 94 international territories — a collection of markets that includes the U.K., South Africa and Australia.
Globally, the film is projected to bring in between $30 million to $40 million. It’s a solid result even if it can’t match the year’s other notable concert film, Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour,” which opened with $92 million domestically last October.
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