MUMBAI: Opening last Thursday, Terminator: Salvation, grossed $13.3 million.
Warner Bros is, however, optimistic that despite the slow start, Salvation will beat Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and will romp in $70 million in the first five days.
With this prediction, Terminator Salvation shouldn‘t have a difficult time topping previous opening weekend figures for the franchise.
The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment (1991) pulled in $4 and $32 million on their respective opening weekends. However, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, the black sheep of the series, did still better with a $44 million opening weekend and $433 million in worldwide ticket sales by the end of its run.
Incidentally, analyst Steve Mason had predicted that the film will make $70 million in the first five days of release, falling short of Night at the Museum 2‘s expected $75 million.
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