Whether Fandango’s record-setting presales for Beauty and the Beast translates to a record opening for a PG family movie is yet to be seen.
THR says analysts are predicting an opening for Beauty in the Beast “well north” of $120 million, with some analysts projecting a weekend debut of more than $140 million.
On Tuesday, online ticket seller Fandango (via THR) announced that Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast has become the No. 1 family film of all-time in ticket presales, topping the record presales set by Disney-Pixar’s Finding Dory in 2016.
There’s no question that tickets have been in high demand for Walt Disney Studio’s live-action adaptation of its classic animated tales since 2010, when Tim Burton’s update of Alice in Wonderland had a stellar $116 million opening weekend at the domestic box office and eventual haul of $334 million.