Thursday Night Previews: Aladdin Opens with a Lucky $7 million - Update

May 24, 2019

Aladdin

Aladdin got off to a great start, earning $7 million from previews last night. Granted, this is just half of what Solo: A Star Wars Story made during its previews last year. However, that film was the definition of the Fanboy Film, while Aladdin is clearly aimed at families and it should therefore have better legs as a result. We could also compare the film to Dumbo, which managed $2.6 million, or Beauty and the Beast with its $16.3 million in previews. If this film can have similar legs as those two films did, then it will have a great opening and top our prediction. Here’s hoping that’s the case.

Brightburn opened with $950,000 during its previews, which is excellent for a film that cost $6 million to make. Its reviews will neither help nor hurt its legs, while I suspect its CinemaScore will be low, as most horror films have low CinemaScore ratings. That said, it should at least match our prediction of nearly $10 million over the four-day weekend.

Booksmart opened with $875,000 during its previews; however, I expect it to overtake Brightburn during the full weekend. Not only does this film have some of the best reviews of the year, its target audience is far less likely to rush out to see the movie during its opening night.

Filed under: Midnight Previews, Dumbo, Aladdin, Booksmart, BrightBurn