Furiosa’s opening weekend box office expectations may have flown too close to the sun, as the movie seems to be underperforming during the holiday weekend.
Though theMad Maxprequel was expected to make between $40 to $45 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, The Hollywood Reporternotedthat it’s actually projected to make about $31 to $33 million by the end of Monday.
If Furiosa stays on this track, it would be make history as the worst Memorial Day No. 1 opener in 30 years, as 1995’s Casper raked in about $22.5 million over the same weekend.
Not only does Furiosa have to contend with not living up to Mad Max’s opening box office, but it could also be knocked out of its number one spot byThe Garfield Movie, as Sony projected that the animation could make about $31 million over the same weekend.
However, despite not being the biggest box office earner for Memorial Day weekend, Furiosa is doing quite well with the audiences that have seen it.
The prequel currently sits at a score of 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics praising every aspect of the movie’s production.
In our Furiosareview, we wrote: “Despite failing to live up to the stakes set by its predecessor, Furiosa: A Mad Max saga is still a Miller Mad Max installment and sees no shortage of brilliantly executed action sequences and a parade of memorable guys, gulls, and grumps to boot.”
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Kayla Harrington was a TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in The Boys, The Walking Dead, House of the Dragon, Marvel and Star Wars. She also has bylines at Mashable, BuzzFeed, and The Mary Sue.
