Paramount and MTV’s Jackass Forever could open with over/under $35 million this weekend.
Paramount and MTV’s Jackass Forever earned a very promising $1.65 million in Thursday previews last night. That compares favorably with the last two installments, with the caveat being that A) Thursday or midnight shows were less mainstream a decade ago and B) Covid may skew the figures toward those who race out on as soon as possible and those who due to pandemic-specific (or weather-specific) variables won’t go at all. But as we’ve seen since at least A Quiet Place part II in May 2021 (which was tracking at a $60 million debut in March 2020 and then opened in May 2021 with a $57 million Memorial Day weekend launch), the films that were commercially viable before Covid have mostly remained as such. Paramount noted that snowstorms impacted the Thursday grosses, but that all shuttered theaters (over 300) should be back in business tonight. In terms of straight comparisons, Bad Grandpa (an unofficial sequel/spin-off from the core Jackass series) earned $1.
