It was a record weekend for Focus Features that saw Downton Abbey not only top the weekend box office, but it became the studio’s largest opener ever, topping $30 million.
The weekend’s fellow new releases * Ad Astra and Rambo: Last Blood * delivered on expectations and are in a neck-and-neck battle for runner-up position and we’ll have to wait for actuals to tell the full story on Monday afternoon.
With an estimated $31 million, Focus Features’s Downton Abbey topped the weekend box office, giving the studio their largest opening weekend ever.
Previously, Insidious Chapter 3 was the studio’s record opener with $22.7 million followed by London Has Fallen, also making this their first release to ever top $30 million in nearly 20 years of film distribution.
The film played to a crowd that was 74% female and of the total audience, 60% were aged 35 or older.
Working in the film’s favor was a positive, “A” CinemaScore from opening day
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