Box Office: ‘Flight Risk’ Gets Off the Ground With $4.4 Million Opening Day
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variety.comJ. Kim Murphy Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg‘s “Flight Risk” is facing no traffic on the runway, lifting off to an easy No. 1 opening in what is turning out to be another sleepy weekend at the January box office.
The Lionsgate thriller carried on $4.4 million from 3,161 locations across Friday and preview screenings. Even at that modest gross, it’ll be Lionsgate’s second No.
1 debut of the year after “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera.” A three-day opening north of $11 million is now projected, though there’s potential turbulence ahead.
NFL conference championships could keep a significant fraction of viewers out of theaters on Sunday, but the warning signs aren’t just outside multiplexes.
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