Box Office: Glen Powell’s ‘Twisters’ Makes $10.7 Million in Previews
variety.comJordan Moreau “Twisters” is getting ready to shake up the summer box office. The disaster movie, a sequel to the 1996 classic “Twister,” has made $10.7 million in Thursday previews at the box office.
The Universal film, starring Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anthony Ramos as storm chasers, is expected to open between $50 million and $55 million this weekend. “Twisters” comes with a $155 million price tag, so it’ll need to storm the global box office to turn a profit.
Warner Bros. is distributing the film internationally, where it’s made $X million so far. It will open in larger markets like France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom this weekend.
Released 28 years after the original film, “Twisters” stars Powell as Tyler Owens, a popular storm chaser on the internet, and Edgar-Jones as Kate Cooper, a meteorologist and ex-tornado chaser who is haunted by a major storm from her past.
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