FRIDAY AFTERNOON: Lionsgate’s Michael is the hit that keeps on giving with an expected No. 1 in weekend four of $25M+, -34%, after a $6.6M Friday at 3,560 theaters. Imax and PLF screens are giving the biopic some extra dance moves this weekend. This will ease Michael down the road to a running domestic take of $281.6M. One hundred thousand dollars or more will get the Michael Jackson biopic past Lionsgate’s Pre-Covid 2015 hit, Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 ($281.7M final domestic).
In second, it’s 20th Century Studios/Disney’s The Devil Wears Prada 2 at 3,830 theaters with a $5M-$6M third
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