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Comics’ “Aquaman” dominated the weekend, particularly after already grossing $370 million overseas before its domestic debut at $72 million for the weekend.
With the addition of some additional shows earlier in the week, it’s more than $10 million above the combined numbers for the four other new wide openers.Nevertheless, “Mary Poppins Returns” ($31 million in five days) is likely to thrive in the coming week, as is Paramount’s “Transformers” spin-off “Bumblebee ($21 million for the weekend).
The Jennifer Lopez-starring rom-com “Second Act” could improve (off a $6.5 million start).
Only Robert Zemeckis’ “Welcome to Marwen,” with a disastrous $2.4 million, won’t revive.The pre-Christmas weekend is always one of the toughest to analyze.
It’s not prime moviegoing time, yet often opens some of the biggest films of the year.
The weekend’s trajectory changes year by year, based on how the calendar falls; last year saw Christmas Eve, when
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