While that’s certainly not going to put the film in the record books, it’s a solid number that puts Shazam! just bellow Marvel’s Ant-Man, on the superhero preview list, and well above movies like Captain America: The First Avenger and even Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
It also more than doubled the preview numbers of its opening weekend competition, the remake of Pet Sematary.
This is in addition to the paid previews run by Fandango a couple weeks ago, which means the movie has already grossed over $9 million.
While it’s still a little early to know for sure, it looks like Shazam!’s Thursday night tally was in the neighborhood of $5.9 million, rather than the $4-$4.5 million that it was looking like as things were getting going last night.