'The Amazing Digital Circus' Opens to $6.8M Thursday, Outpacing 'Backrooms' at Box Office
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Anthony D'Alessandro
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Summary
The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act, a film adaptation of the popular YouTube series produced by Fathom Entertainment and Glitch Productions, is opening with a strong $6.8M Thursday at 2,221 theaters, outperforming A24's Backrooms. Initial forecasts of $15M-$18M were overly optimistic due to presales being mistaken for broader demand; the current outlook is $9M-$10M over four days. A leaked online version may be impacting projections.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledThe next big title out of the latest YouTube sensations on the big screen, Fathom Entertainment and Glitch Productions' The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act is opening today in what we're hearing is $6.8M at 2,221 theaters.
We gave you a crazy forecast yesterday for Amazing Digital Circus, that being $15M-$18M. Distribution sources misjudged.
Turns out what they were seeing was all presales with the outlook now around $9M-$10M over four days.
Word is a version leaked online.
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