Warner Bros./Alcon/Columbia’s Blade Runner 2049 has failed to meet expectations at the box office after grossing only $31.5 million in its opening weekend from over 4,000 screens.
The movie had a reported budget of $150 million.
Forecasts for the movie saw Blade Runner 2049 expected to gross an estimated $45 million. However, the earnings are just shy of what Alien: Covenant made earlier this year.
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Ridley Scott’s original Blade Runner didn’t do so well at the box office either and fans, as well as critics, had expected the 2017 sequel to do redeem the sci-fi movie franchise, however, the signs are already pointing to “2049” suffering a similar fate. After making $12.7 million on Friday, including $4 million from Thursday previews, revenue fell 11 percent on Saturday to $11.4 million.
This weekend’s other new releases also performed below pre-weekend expectations. Fox/Chernin’s The Mountain Between Us took second place this weekend with $10.1 million from 3,068 screens against a $35 million budget and pre-weekend projections of $11-13 million. Lionsgate’s My Little Pony: The Movie came in fourth with $8.8 million from 2,528 screens against projections of $10 million.
Blade Runner 2049 is currently showing across cinemas nationwide