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28 Years Later has announced its arrival at the box office positively. The film landed within the projected range of the industry trackers but failed to outpace How to Train Your Dragon’s second weekend gross to grab the #1 rank. Keep scrolling for the deets.
The film debuted at #2, registering the biggest opening weekend in the franchise. It has outgrossed its predecessors by a vast margin. Aaron Taylor-Johnson might experience a hit after his box office debacle, Kraven the Hunter. The horror movies are a hit this season, which has also received positive reviews and is expected to continue the streak.
According to Box Office Mojo‘s data, 28 Years Later, directed by Danny Boyle, collected an impressive $30 million on its opening weekend at the North American box office. The film was released across 3,444 theaters and clashed with the PG-rated Pixar animation Elio. The film was projected to earn between $25 million and $30 million domestically. Since the buzz was strong around it, Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s movie landed on the higher side of the projection.
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The R-rated threequel registered the biggest opening weekend in the franchise despite coming out after around fifteen years. It is also 50.7%~51% more than the combined debut collections of the previous two films.
The film collected $30 million in overseas regions on its debut weekend. Adding that to its $30 million domestic debut, the horror flick raked in $60 million on its global opening weekend. It will soon beat its predecessors’ global hauls. 28 Years Later was released on June 20.
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