Space Jam: A New Legacy Takes Box Office’s Top Spot This Weekend

The first Space Jam starring Michael Jordan was launched in 1996 and opened with $27.5 million. By the time the movie ended its run, the general home complete was $90 million in field workplace gross sales.

Warner Bros. had purpose for concern concerning viewership with the most recent film as a result of we’re nonetheless in a pandemic, so there’s all the time fear about whether or not folks will come to theaters. But there’s additionally the priority about how followers would join with a sequel 25 years later.

Now, there is no such thing as a purpose for fear because the Looney Tunes gang and Lebron James takes the field workplace’s prime spot. Deadline reports Space Jam: A New Legacy opened with $13.1 million on Friday and is on monitor for an general $32 million by the tip of the weekend. Marvel’s Black Widow is about to return in second place with $25.6 million.

Lebron James is celebrating the success of Space Jam on social media and has a message for everybody who doubted the movie.

To learn Germain Lussier’s full overview of Space Jam: A New Legacy click on right here.

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