Still in in #China’s #BoxOffice, audiences went nuts for #KungFuPanda4 (debuts only on MAR 22, but has nationwide early fan previews this SAT & SUN to spread WOM) grossing solid $3.5M on SAT previews over just 21k screenings. Higher than #TheRiseOfGru’s 3.2M over 75k theatres on its actual FRI Opening day. Solid walk up business, 68.1% of SAT tickets bought on the day. $690k in pre-sales for SUN nationwide previews when it will play over 20k screenings (-1k) Again, it gives Universal and shows local Exhibitors assurance that the #KungFuPanda franchise still has strong appeal locally, and could make a big splash in 2 weeks when it debuts on MAR 22 - so that exhibitors give #KFP4 as many screenings as possible, of course 😎 The biggest opening for a Hollywood animation Post-Covid could be in play. But that obviously assuming that WOM out of these 2-day super early previews will be good! Eyeing a 6M 2-day SAT-SUN previews weekend. Pre-sales for the actual opening weekend on MAR 22 have been finally opened on FRI MAR 8 as well, with a mediocre $11k kickoff day, as every fan is focused in getting tickets for this weekend, not 3 weeks away. They will most likely gain traction only once there are no more tickets for previews.