Saturday Update: Lionsgate reports A Madea Family Funeral came in with a strong $9.2 million opening day on Friday, taking first place for the day as Tyler Perry fans are turning out for his Madea finale. Yesterday’s take came in 23.5 percent ahead of Boo 2!‘s $7.45 million first day and just 3 percent behind Boo!‘s $9.47 million opening. Studio estimates peg the weekend between $23-25 million, although we think it could go a bit higher based on current trajectories.

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World added $6.46 million to begin its second weekend. With $74.1 million in the domestic bank so far, it should enjoy a strong bump from matinee business on Saturday. A sophomore frame around $28 million appears likely at the moment, although that could inch a little higher.

Alita: Battle Angel capped the top three with $1.7 million and an updated $66.9 million total, while Greta debuted with $1.6 million in fourth place and Isn’t It Romantic added $1.35 million for an updated $37.0 million cume.

Meanwhile, Best Picture winner Green Book enjoyed an expansion to 2,641 locations with $1.2 million yesterday. Its total now stands at $72.4 million.

Early weekend estimates are below. Updated studio estimates will follow tomorrow.

Early Weekend Estimates (Domestic)FRI, MAR. 1 – SUN, MAR. 3

WIDE (1000+) # TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST. 1 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 28000000 -0.49 4286 27 6533 95650275 5 Universal / DreamWorks Animation 2 Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral 25500000 — 2442 — 10442 25500000 1 Lionsgate 3 Alita: Battle Angel 6800000 -0.45 3096 -706 2196 72031308 3 20th Century Fox 4 The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part 6100000 -0.37 3458 -375 1764 91160040 6 Warner Bros. 5 Greta 4700000 — 2411 — 1949 4700000 1 Focus Features 6 Green Book 4600000 1.16 2641 1388 1742 75809611 16 Universal Pictures 7 Isn’t It Romantic 4500000 -0.37 3325 -119 1353 40154003 3 Warner Bros. 8 Fighting With My Family 4300000 -0.45 2855 144 1506 14554621 3 MGM 9 What Men Want 2600000 -0.5 2018 -371 1288 49541004 4 Paramount 10 Happy Death Day 2U 2300000 -0.53 2331 -881 987 25066610 3 Universal Pictures 11 The Upside 2000000 -0.37 1607 -541 1245 1.03E+08 8 STX Entertainment 12 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 1825000 1.06 2404 1661 759 1.87E+08 12 Sony / Columbia 13 A Star is Born 1700000 1.79 1235 490 1377 2.13E+08 22 Warner Bros. 14 Cold Pursuit 1600000 -0.5 1765 -555 907 29862129 4 Lionsgate / Summit LIMITED (100 — 999) # TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST. 1 Bohemian Rhapsody 875000 0.4 839 415 1043 2.14E+08 18 20th Century Fox 2 Glass 850000 -0.52 756 -690 1124 1.09E+08 7 Universal 3 The Favourite 750000 0.35 742 454 1011 33142039 15 Fox Searchlight 4 Total Dhamaal 390000 -0.61 208 6 1875 1686926 2 FIP 5 The Prodigy 390000 -0.65 533 -798 732 390000 4 Orion Pictures 6 Ralph Breaks the Internet 240000 -0.36 204 -202 1176 2E+08 15 Disney 7 Vice 230000 -0.64 262 -440 878 47549610 10 Annapurna 8 Mary Poppins Returns 190000 -0.02 245 11 776 1.71E+08 11 Disney 9 If Beale Street Could Talk 130000 -0.13 126 -1 1032 14636014 12 Annapurna PLATFORM (1 — 99) # TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST. No records.

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Friday Update: Lionsgate reports this morning that Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral grossed $1.1 million from an estimated 2,100 locations last night to kick off opening weekend. By comparison, that comes in 12 percent behind What Men Want ($1.25 million), 18.5 percent behind Night School ($1.35 million), 10 percent ahead of Acrimony ($1.0 million), 45 percent ahead of Boo 2! A Madea Halloween ($760K), and 28 percent ahead of the first Boo! ($860K).

Perry’s Madea finale is expected to earn a healthy debut in second place this weekend behind the sophomore performance of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

More updates to follow throughout the weekend.