Author: Pamela McClintock / Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time — based on Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved book and targeting younger girls — is off to a troubled start at the North American box office, where it is likely to lose the weekend crown to fellow Disney title Black Panther.
Hobbled by poor reviews and a B CinemaScore, the fantasy-adventure grossed an estimated $11 million-plus on Friday for a weekend debut in the $35 million range. (Friday’s earnings will include $1.
3 million in Thursday previews.)Despite being in its fourth weekend, Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther continues to defy the odds. In North America, Black Panther took in $10 million-plus on Friday for a projected weekend haul of $40 million or more.
And sometime on Saturday or Sunday, the history-making superhero film will bound past the $1 billion mark at the global box office after landing in its final foreign market, China. Black Panther is off to a rousing start in the Middle Kingdom, where it boasted an estimated opening-day gross of $22.7 million. That’s the third or fourth best…
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