'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Takes in $5.8M in Thursday Night Previews | THR News - video Dailymotion

Quentin Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' is kicking off its opening weekend with a bang.

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00:00I love that stuff, you know, the killing. A lot of killing.

00:03Anybody order fried sauerkraut?

00:08Sony's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is kicking things off for its opening weekend

00:12with a box office bang. Quentin Tarantino's star-studded film took in an impressive

00:16$5.8 million in Thursday night previews alone. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,

00:21strong Thursday night ticket sales are right on par with bigger franchise titles that

00:25dropped this summer, including Dark Phoenix, which had $5 million, Detective

00:29Pikachu with $5.7 million and John Wick 3 with $6 million. Sony is predicting a domestic

00:36opening in the $30 million range, but box office analysts believe it could come in closer

00:40to $40 million plus. And if analysts are correct, Tarantino's ninth film could end up

00:45earning the director his biggest opening weekend ever, even beating out his current

00:49record holder in Glorious Bastards, which brought in $38 million at the box office.

00:53Once Upon a Time in Hollywood stars Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie.

00:58The film showcases Hollywood in the summer of 1969 and follows Rick Dalton, played by

01:02DiCaprio, the former star of a western TV series, and his longtime stunt double Cliff

01:07Booth, played by Pitt, who are struggling to make it into Hollywood they don't recognize

01:11anymore. Robbie plays Sharon Tate, Rick's very famous next-door neighbor, and the actress

01:16and wife of Roman Polanski, who was tragically murdered by Manson followers.

01:19The film is likely Tarantino's most expensive movie to date, costing a reported $90 million

01:24before marketing, and also marks the filmmaker's first film without the aid of Harvey Weinstein.

01:29For more on the story and more box office updates head over to THR.com and until next time

01:34for The Hollywood Reporter News I'm Neha Joy.