{"id":106388,"date":"2025-08-29T22:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/106388\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T22:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:20:08","slug":"austin-butlers-caught-stealing-has-1-2m-previews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/106388\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Butler’s ‘Caught Stealing’ Has $1.2M Previews"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFRIDAY AFTERNOON: New Line\/Warner Bros\u2019 Weapons<\/a> can claim its third No. 1 weekend, though in its fourth frame, with a 4-day of $12M-$13M at 3,416 theaters, sending its running stateside cume to $135M by Monday. Weapons soon will topple the running domestic take of the original The Conjuring ($137.4M in 2013), and it\u2019s already past 2016\u2019s The Conjuring 2 ($102.5M) and 2018\u2019s The Nun ($117.4M). New Line\u2019s feature take on Stephen King\u2019s It ($328.8M) remains both the studio\u2019s and the industry\u2019s highest-grossing horror movie at the domestic box office.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"L-R:<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tFrom left: \u2018Weapons,\u2019 Austin Butler in \u2018Caught Stealing<\/a>,\u2019 Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch in \u2018The Roses<\/a>,\u2019 Roy Schneider in \u2018Jaws<\/a>\u2018 and Peter Dinklage in \u2018The Toxic Avenger<\/a>\u2018<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWarner Bros\/Everett\/Cineverse<\/p>\n

\n\tUniversal\u2019s 50th anniversary release of Jaws is second at 3,200 sites with a Friday of $3.1M and a 4-day of $9.7M. That will put the lifetime running total on the 1975 Steven Spielberg film that started the tentpole era at $276.9M by Monday.<\/p>\n

\n\tSony\u2019s Darren Aronofsky-directed Caught Stealing is seeing a Friday, including previews, of around $3.3M and a 4-day between $8M-$9M at 3,578 sites. The 3-day could potentially inch out the start of Aronofsky\u2019s gonzo horror movie Mother! which opened to $7.5M back in pre-Covid 2017, and that was with a rare F CinemaScore.<\/p>\n

\n\tDisney\u2019s fourth weekend of Freakier Friday will see $8M over Friday-Monday at 3,475 after a $1.6M Friday and running total near $82M by EOD Monday. <\/p>\n

\n\tSearchlight\u2019s The Roses at 2,700 sites is seeing $2.2M today, including previews, for a fifth-place take around $7M+.<\/p>\n

\n\tHeading into this weekend, per ComScore, the summer box office from first Friday in May until Thursday before Labor Day frame is $3.568 billion, even with last year. However, this Labor Day weekend will come up lighter than last year\u2019s 4-day take of $110.2M with an estimated $75M. This will bring summer 2025 in at $3.643 billion, which when rounded is down 1% from last year\u2019s $3.67B.<\/p>\n

\n\tFRIDAY AM: Summer\u2019s finale is getting underway with four wide releases: Sony\u2019s Darren Aronofsky-directed comedy caper Caught Stealing; Searchlight\u2019s remake of The War of the Roses, entitled The Roses; Universal\u2019s 50th anniversary re-release of Jaws; and Iconic Events\u2019 reboot of The Toxic Avenger. At this point, none is expected to topple New Line\u2019s Weapons, which will pop back up to No. 1 after Netflix\u2019s theatrical flirt<\/a> with last weekend\u2019s box office; the Zach Cregger-directed movie is eyeing a fourth weekend of $11M-$12M over 4 days.<\/p>\n

\n\tCaught Stealing did $1.2M in both 4 p.m. Thursday previews and last weekend\u2019s sneaks. The movie starring Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz is expected to do north of $10M+ in four days at 3,578 sites. That preview figure is on par with such movies as House of Gucci ($1.3M which did a 3-day over Thanksgiving during post-Covid 2021 of $14.4M) and August pre-Covid 2016\u2019s War Dogs ($1.25M previews, for a $14.6M opening). The Aronofsky-directed title cost $40 million net after New York City film tax incentives. Great reviews and audience score on Rotten Tomatoes with 87% and 86%, respectively. Wouldn\u2019t be shocked if it steals No. 1.<\/p>\n

\n\tUniversal\u2019s 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg\u2019s Jaws is expected to do $5M over the Friday-to-Monday period at 3,200 sites including PLFs and Imax. The shark bit off $950K in previews last night, I hear.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Roses grossed\u00a0$800K\u00a0in total previews box office,\u00a0including limited early-access shows on Wednesday.\u00a0The Jay Roach-directed, Tony McNamara-adapted redo of the Warren Adler novel, which also was the source material for the 1989 movie directed by Danny DeVito and written by David Mamet, is looking at $7M-$8M over 4 days. It\u2019s booked at 2,700 locations. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, the title has bad reviews at 63% and a ho-hum audience score of 76%. Comps here for this title aimed at upscale older audiences are Black Bag at $850K which did a $7.6M opening and The Menu which posted $1M previews before a $9M opening.<\/p>\n

\n\tWe\u2019re waiting on Toxic Avenger\u2018s numbers\u2026<\/p>\n

\n\tRest of week\u2019s top 5:<\/p>\n

\n\t1) Weapons (NL\/WB) 3,631 theaters, Thu $1.3M (-8% from Wed), Week $21.9M (-40%), Total $122.8M\/Wk 3<\/p>\n

\n\t2) KPop Demon Hunters Singalong (Netflix) No weekday play, 2-day box office $19M\/Wk 1<\/p>\n

\n\t3) Freakier Friday (Dis) 3,675 theaters, Thu $755k (-3%), Wk $12.6M (-40%), Total $73.9M\/Wk 3<\/p>\n

\n\t4) Fantastic Four: The First Steps (Dis) 3,190 theaters, Thu $546K (+3%), Wk $8.5M (-35%), $259.8M\/Wk 5<\/p>\n

\n\t5) The Bad Guys 2 (Uni) 3,288 theaters, Thu $466K (+6%), Wk $7.2M (-36%), Total $68.3M\/Wk 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRIDAY AFTERNOON: New Line\/Warner Bros\u2019 Weapons can claim its third No. 1 weekend, though in its fourth frame,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,48051,75,46635,337,59455,60647,8725],"class_list":["post-106388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-caught-stealing","tag-entertainment","tag-jaws","tag-movies","tag-the-roses","tag-toxic-avenger","tag-weapons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}