This initial victory looks like it’s a harbinger of things to come once the weekend is done because industry expectations had pegged Hotel Transylvania 3 to win the weekend somewhere in the $38 million to the low $40 million range, while Skyscraper was expected to come in between $33 million and $40 million.
Benefitting from a two-hour head start, preview screenings for Hotel Transylvania 3 began at 5 p.m. and pulled in $2.6 million, according to Deadline.
Preview screenings for Skyscraper started at 7 p.m. last night and racked up $1.95 million for the Dwayne Johnson vehicle.
However, revised estimates are in based off of the Friday numbers, and it’s looking like a bigger victory for Hotel Transylvania 3, which is now predicted to rake in $40-$42 million eclipsing the expected take for Skyscraper $19-$21 million.