Twisters, a new chapter in the Amblin-produced, Michael Crichton co-written franchise, will hit U.S. and Canada with a force of $50M from Friday-Sunday.
That number will easily outstrip the start of the original 1996 movie which posted $41M. Already, Twisters counts $12.5M from 38 international box office markets since yesterday.
Universal has domestic and Warner Bros offshore on Twisters, which is the adverse of the original which saw Warners releasing in U.S./Canada and Universal abroad.
There are 38 more markets swirling in this week, including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK and China. It’s currently estimated that through Sunday, the offshore cume will be in the $45M-$50M range, $100M+ WW running cume.
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