‘Uncharted’ Climbs to $3.7 Million at Thursday Box Office

thewrap.com:

“Uncharted,” Sony’s blockbuster video game adaptation starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg, made $3.7 million in its Thursday box office previews from 3,574 locations and screenings that began at 4 p.m.

It opens on approximately 4,275 screens this weekend, including IMAX and premium large format locations. “Uncharted” is an adventure and action film based on the PlayStation video game franchise of the same name from Naughty Dog, and Sony is hoping that the star power of Tom Holland coming off the mega success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” will translate into similar box office treasure.Sony is projecting “Uncharted” to earn $30 million over the four-day President’s Day holiday weekend (as well as $27 million over the three-day) against a $120 million budget.

For a comparison to another video game hit, “Sonic the Hedgehog” made $3 million in its previews and opened to $58 million in February 2020.

For another President’s Day weekend comparison, “Alita: Battle Angel” made an opening of $33.5 million across four days after starting on a Wednesday night in 2019 with $2.4 million previews. “Uncharted” stars Holland as Nathan Drake, who in the video games is a descendant of famed explorer Sir Francis Drake and along with his colleague Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Wahlberg) finds himself adventuring across the world in a hunt for mythical treasure and to prevent powerful ancient secrets from falling into the wrong hands.