http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/first-box-office-super-8-on-target-for-about-11m-friday-and-30m-weekend/
FRIDAY 9:30 PM: It's encouraging to see an original movie overperforming at the North American box office for $12 million Friday and what should be $35M from 3,379 locations. "Sweeeeeeet," a Paramount exec emailed me tonight. These grosses do not include the $1 million which the Bad Robot/Amblin/Paramount movie Super 8 from JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg made from Thursday's sneaks in about 335 theaters. Everyone is very skeptical of the reputed $50 million cost but that's Paramount's claim and the studio is sticking to it. Refined numbers and full analysis later. Fox's week-old X-Men: First Class is a strong #2 making $7.5M Friday going to $23M for the weekend.
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