Refresh for updates Universal/MGM/Monkeypaw’s reimagination of cult classic horror movie Candyman posted $1.9M on Thursday from 2750 theaters off shows that began at 7PM.
The pic, in a recent rare feat for horror pics, has an 86% certified fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes.Interestingly enough, another critically acclaimed horror release that played the late August period in 2016 off an 88% certified fresh RT, Don’t Breathe, turned into a $26.4M opening and ultimate $89.2M final domestic; a nice sleeper to tee off the fall.
Candyman‘s Thursday night beats that of Don’t Breathe‘s which was $1.875M.The movie is set to gross in the mid-teens, however there’s the feeling that this Jordan Peele produced and co-scripted movie can overperform, and
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