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‘Michael’ & ‘Devil 2’ In Dance-Off For No. 1 At Mid-May Box Office; Michael Jackson Biopic Passes $600M WW – Preview

Deadline·Anthony D'Alessandro·6 months ago
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This weekend, it’s the holdovers which will do the heavy lifting at the May box office before Disney/Lucasfilm’s Mandalorian and Grogu arrives over Memorial Day weekend, hoping to make a difference. 20th Century Studios’ Devil Wears Prada 2 and Lionsgate’s Michael are respectively looking at third and fourth weekends that are north of $20M while New Line’s Mortal Kombat 2 is looking to decline around -60% to about $15M.

Middays this week have shown Devil 2 and Michael in near close fights: Both grossed $4.7M on Tuesday and yesterday Michael was No. 1 for the day with $3.3M over Devil 2’s $3.2M. Working to Michael ‘s advantage, he’ll regain a significant amount of PLF and Imax screens this weekend. Meanwhile, Michael passed $604M on Tuesday, with $353.8M abroad and more than $250M domestic (the cume is now $253.5M).…

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