‘Civil War’ & ‘Abigail’ Fighting Over First Place With $11M+ Each – Friday PM Box Office Update

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FRIDAY MIDDAY: Mish mosh at the box office with A24’s weekend two of Civil War at $3.5M today/$11M+ and Universal’s Radio Silence R-rated vampire pic, Abigail with $4M today (that includes $1M previews)/$11M vying for No.

1. Lionsgate’s Guy Ritchie WWII period action pic, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, is eyeing $3.9M-$4.3M Friday (including $1.45M previews) and $9M-$11M at 2,845 theaters, but many see the movie, which is 92% with Rotten Tomatoes’ audiences, in third place.

Fourth belongs to Legendary/Warner Bros’ Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire at 3,658 locations with a Friday of $2.3M and fourth weekend of $8.5M, -45%, for a running total of $170.66M.

By Sunday, if those figures hold, the latest Legendary Monsterverse title will be pacing -8% behind 2014’s Godzilla the only installment to click past the $200M mark stateside with $200.6M.