“Kong: Skull Island” roared to $3.7 million at Thursday previews.
Heading into the weekend, independent trackers estimated that “Kong” will make between $45-50 million in its opening weekend. They also expected a box office battle between the film and Fox’s “Logan,” which opened to $88.5 million last weekend.ย For “Logan” to hold on to the top spot, it will likely need to keep its second week drop-off below 45 percent.
“Kong: Skull Island” puts a new spin on the tale of how humans discovered the mysterious Skull Island and the ape who rules over it. The film takes place in 1973, where a secretive government organization called Monarch funds a military expedition to the island to discover its secrets.