'Latin Lover' Gets a Head Start on 'The Circle'
by EG
How to Be a Latin Lover, the comedy starring Eugenio Derbez, earned $450,000 in Thursday night previews from 925 U.S. locations, taking the lead over James Ponsoldt's The Circle, the indie thriller starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks, that earned $430,000 Thursday.
The Circle, debuting in 3,163 theaters this weekend, is set in the near future at a tech company called The Circle, where a new employee (Watson) uncovers a dark agenda that will affect the lives of her friends, family and society at large. It is tracking to open in the $11 million-$12 million range. It debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival Wednesday.
Read the rest of this article at The Hollywood Reporter.
The week's top movie is likely to be The Fate of the Furious.