X-Men: Apocalypse Crushes Alice Through The Looking Glass At Friday Box Office

X-Men: Apocalypse is looking to dominate the Memorial Day weekend at the box office, but it will [...]

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X-Men: Apocalypse is looking to dominate the Memorial Day weekend at the box office, but it will still likely make less than previously expected.

The film, which opened big on Thursday and was tracking at over $90 million, made $26 million on Friday and is now looking like it will take in an $80 million haul instead.

The weekend's #2 movie will be Disney's Alice Through the Looking Glass, which brought in just $9.8 million yesterday and is looking at a likely weekend haul of $41 million or so.

Both films have been battered by reviewers -- X-Men: Apocalypse earned a 48% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes to Alice Through the Looking Glass's 28% -- but as we saw with Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, poor reviews are not necessarily a barrier to a massive opening weekend, so other factors are likely to blame. Since X-Men: Apocalypse had already opened overseas and had a number of fan screenings, it's possible word of mouth has played a role in slowing down the film (which still looks to be profitable, just not as big as Batman V Superman, Captain America: Civil War, or Deadpool).

It also won't match the Memorial Day weekend haul of X-Men: Days of Future Past, which grossed over $110 million in its first frame, but nobody really expected it to without Days of Future Past's sprawling, famous cast and 92% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Each of the films reportedly cost between $170 and $180 million to produce. Word hasn't yet come in on foreign receipts for Alice, but X-Men opened with more than $100 million at the international box office last weekend.

Also likely a drag on Alice -- a sequel to Tim Burton's popular Alice in Wonderland remake -- is that star Johnny Depp was just served with a restraining order following first a divorce filing and then allegations of domestic abuse from Justice League Part One actress Amber Heard.

Burton, who defined the aesthetic for the world and cast both Depp and star Mia Wasikowska, didn't direct the sequel, which was helmed by The Muppets's James Bobin.

We'll keep you updated on the weekend box office as official numbers roll in through Monday and Tuesday.

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