{"id":119388,"date":"2025-08-29T22:06:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/119388\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T22:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:06:04","slug":"austin-butlers-caught-stealing-has-1-2m-previews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/119388\/","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 \u2014 Sony\u2019s Darren Aronofsky directed comedy caper Caught Stealing, Searchlight\u2019s remake of War of the Roses, entitled The Roses, Universal\u2019s 50th anniversary re-release of Jaws and Iconic Events\u2019 reboot of The Toxic Avenger. None are expected at this point to topple New Line\u2019s Weapons which will pop back up to No. 1 after Netflix\u2019s theatrical flirt with last weekend\u2019s box office; that Zach Cregger directed movie eyeing a fourth weekend of $11M-$12M over 4-days.<\/p>\n

\n\tCaught Stealing did $1.2M in both 4PM Thursday previews and last weekend\u2019s sneaks. The Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz starring movie 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 respectively with 87% and 86%. 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 $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 was also the source material for the 1989 Danny Devito directed movie\/David Mamet scripted movie, is looking at $7M-$8M over 4-days. It\u2019s booked at 2,700 locations. The Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman starring 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":119389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[45674,88,958,206,74436,76906,3439],"class_list":["post-119388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-caught-stealing","tag-entertainment","tag-jaws","tag-movies","tag-the-roses","tag-toxic-avenger","tag-weapons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}