DIS - Christie mystery takes on 'Jackass' in theaters on big football weekend
Last weekend Jackass Forever (VIAC, VIACA) ruled the box office, and Super Bowl weekend usually sets up for a holdover winner (with viewers' attention focused on the football game) - but three wide releases are looking to steal the thunder anyway. Jackass Forever is likely to pull back to the $10 million range, making room for two contenders in particular. Death on the Nile (NYSE:DIS) is Kenneth Branagh's new Agatha Christie-based follow-up to 2017's Murder on the Orient Express, which ended up doing $250 million worth of domestic business (and $352.8 million worldwide). And the Valentine's Day weekend romance-genre entry is Marry Me (NASDAQ:CMCSA), with Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson. A third wide release comes from critically panned Liam Neeson thriller Blacklight (Briarcliff/Open Road). Death on the Nile (DIS) looks solid after logging $1.1 million in Thursday previews, while Marry Me (CMCSA) settled for $525,000. Meanwhile, with the Oscar nominations
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Christie mystery takes on 'Jackass' in theaters, on big football weekend