Author: Pamela McClintock / Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One has kicked off its box-office run with $3.8 million in Wednesday night previews and has a shot at crossing a pleasing $50 million in its U.S. debut, according to early Thursday returns.
The big-budget film is opening everywhere on Thursday in order to get a jump on Easter weekend and is on course to earn $13 million-plus for the day.
Ready Player One will easily be Spielberg’s biggest opening since the last Indiana Jones movie, which launched to $100.1 million in summer 2008. Warner Bros. continues to project a $45 million-$50 million domestic debut for Ready Player One; others think the sci-fi adventure could approach $54 million to $55 million, but caution that it is tough to make a definitive call at such an early stage (the big question is how frontloaded the audience will be).
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