“Crawl,” Paramount’s horror movie from director Alexandre Aja and producer Sam Raimi, outperformed Fox/Disney’s “Stuber” starring Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani at the Thursday box office.
“Crawl” brought in approximately $1 million in its previews, while “Stuber” earned only $750,000. “Crawl” was projected by the studio in the $10 million range, while independent trackers have “Stuber” pegged to make around $15 million.
For a comparison, Fox’s 2014 summer buddy comedy “Let’s Be Cops” earned $3.2 million in Thursday previews and opened to $17.8 million. And Dwayne Johnson’s “Baywatch” from 2017 made $1.25 million on the Wednesday ahead of Memorial Day before opening to $18.5