‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Heading To Franchise Record $5M+ Previews – Box Office

A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE, (aka A QUIET PLACE PART III), Lupita Nyong'o, 2024. ph: Gareth Gatrell / © Paramount Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection Paramount

Paramount‘s prequel A Quiet Place: Day One is heading to a franchise record preview night between $5M-$6M, several sources inform us. Showtimes began at 3 PM.

Tonight’s figure easily ranks ahead of the $4.3M made by the first movie in 2018, and the $4.8M made by Quiet Place: Part II on its Thursday heading into Memorial Day weekend 2021, when summer kicked off for recently reopened theaters.

Reviews are great at 86% certified fresh, though they are the lowest of the franchise to date after chapter one (96%) and chapter 2 (91%). CinemaScore comes out tomorrow, but A Quiet Place earned a B+, while Part II landed an A-.

Tracking had this prequel at $40M+ for the weekend, and given that it’s a genre film, it can be frontloaded. The first movie’s previews repped 23% of its $18.8M Friday, heading to a $50.2M 3-day weekend, while the second installment’s previews repped 25% of its first Friday of $19.3M for a 3-day of $47.5M, 4-day of $57M over Memorial Day weekend. Too soon to tell if there’s a ‘5’ in front of Day One‘s opening. The Platinum Dunes production is rated PG-13. Paramount held the New York premiere last night at AMC Lincoln Center.

Warner Bros.

At this point in time, we’re hearing around $1M-$1.5M for Kevin Costner’s three-hour pricey epic, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1. At that level, it could get the New Line theatrical release, which is a distribution deal, to $12M. Realize this older-skewing title is a slowburn, not a one-shot, opening weekend film. Best to assess this movie’s success in its first ten days, as many take a summer break this week.

Critical reviews stand at 41% on Rotten Tomatoes, which isn’t as bad as Costner’s The Postman at 14%, though near Waterworld‘s 47% Rotten (which he produced), but under his 2003 film Open Range (79% certified fresh), and his multi-Oscar winner Dances With Wolves (87% certified fresh). Of his westerns, Open Range opened to the highest at $14M, was released by Disney, and ended its run at $58.3M.

‘Inside Out 2’ Disney

As expected, Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 will rule the weekend with $55M-$60M. The pic crossed $400M in its 13th day of release on Wednesday. That figure is pacing 2% ahead of Barbie, which stood at $394.4M at the same point and time and finaled at $636.2M. The Kelsey Mann-directed sequel will click past the $1 billion global mark this weekend, becoming the 54th title to reach that feat.