“Ocean’s 8” just posted the best opening day tally in the history of the “Ocean’s” franchise.<\/p>\n
It may challenge for the opening weekend record.<\/p>\n
The film earned $15.8 million at the US Friday box office. While the count may not position “Ocean’s” as a bona fide blockbuster, it easily positioned “Ocean’s 8” as the day’s top film.<\/p>\n
It also bested the $14.7 million earned by “Ocean’s Twelve” to rank as the best opening day for an “Ocean’s” film.<\/p>\n
The question now centers on whether “Ocean’s 8” can set the franchise’s opening weekend record. It definitely has a real shot.<\/p>\n
Analysts believe the film can close the weekend with upwards of $40 million. “Ocean’s Twelve,” the current record-holder, earned $39.2 million in its first weekend.<\/p>\n
“Ocean’s Eleven” and “Ocean’s Thirteen,” the other modern “Ocean” films, respectively earned $38.1 million and $36.1 million.<\/p>\n
As for the Friday box office, new release “Hereditary” took #2 with $5.2 million.<\/p>\n
“Solo: A Star Wars Story” followed in third with $4.0 million, while a Friday haul of $3.8 million positioned “Deadpool 2” in fourth.<\/p>\n
Credited with $1.8 million, “Avengers: Infinity War” ranked as the day’s #5 film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cOcean\u2019s 8\u201d will be the clear #1 film at this weekend\u2019s box office.","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,1050],"tags":[10857,10998,11140,11134,11116],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n