Jackson, is opening in 3,000 North American theaters on Wednesday and is projected to make $15 million through Sunday.
As one of the few exclusively theatrical releases, the film will be another interesting test case as the movie business recovers from the pandemic.
That haul was enough to turn a profit and convince studio executives that the world needed another goofy go-around with the unlikely tag team of a deadly assassin and a CIA agent.
There’s also the Rita Moreno documentary “Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It,” following the remarkable career of a stage and screen legend — who once dated Elvis Presley to make Marlon Brando jealous.
musical “In the Heights” and Sony’s family film “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway.” Both of those movies had softer-than-expected starts, with “In the Heights” pulling in $11.4 million and “Peter Rabbit 2” collecting $10.1 million.