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Deadline Hollywood reports:

Sony’s 28 Years Later is coming in with a $14M Friday, on its way to a $28M-$30M opening as expected at 3,444 theaters. The movie, given its older skew and sophisticated audience bent, was never expected to be Final Destination: Bloodlines which came in with a $20.9M first Friday/previews and a $51.6M opening.

28 Years Later‘s first Friday is also ahead of 2022’s Scream ($13.3M, $30M 3-day) and last year’s Longlegs ($10M Friday/previews, $22.4M 3-day). Right now, 28 Years Later is looking at 2nd place in a weekend still ruled by Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s second weekend of How to Train Your Dragon with $35.2M .

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