Box Office: How Much Did The New Mutants Bring In?

The New Mutants, which was already a long-delayed film before the pandemic pushed almost every movie's release date back, is expected to pull in an estimated $8 million plus in its debut weekend after opening in 2,412 theaters which are operating on restricted/limited auditorium capacity. Per THR, The New Mutants, from director Josh Boone, is one of the first movies to release in theaters nationwide following the shut down last March. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/28/the-new-mutants-smile-clip"] Based on Friday's haul of $3.1 million, analysts say the final X-Men universe installment -- which stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Magik, Maisie Williams as Wolfsbane, and Stranger Things' Charlie Heaton as Cannonball -- will earn close to $8 million. In related news, Orion Pictures' Bill and Ted Face the Music, playing in 1,007 theaters while also releasing on PVOD, pulled in $400,000 on Friday and is projected to make a strong $1.07 million showing. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/18/the-new-mutants-so-am-i-clip"] IGN's review of The New Mutants called it an "entertaining, if at times formulaic small-scale genre movie" that didn't deserve to be shelved for years. Before movie hit theaters, New Mutants co-creator Bob McLeod took to Facebook and slammed the movie's whitewashing and misspelling of his name Check out the 7 best New Mutants comics worth binging and then watch one of the movie's latest trailers released during the official ComicCon@Home panel with director Josh Boone. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=x-men-movie-continuity-errors&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

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