00:00I know it's about funerals. I done buried a lot of men. A lot of them.
00:04That funeral's gonna be messed up.
00:07Tyler Perry's and Madea Family Funeral, the 11th and final installment in the film
00:11franchise, had a promising start ahead of its official debut, bringing in $1.1 million
00:15in Thursday night previews at the North American box office. Funeral is tracking
00:19to open in the $18 to $22 million range and will likely place second for the weekend
00:23behind holdover How to Train Your Dragon, The Hidden World. Perry's latest film beat
00:28out his previous offerings, A Madea Christmas, which earned $278,000 in previews
00:32on its way to a $16 million weekend. And Boo 2, A Madea Halloween, which grossed
00:37$760,000 before making a $21 million debut. In Madea Family Funeral, which Perry directs,
00:44produces and stars in, a family reunion turns into a hilarious nightmare as Madea
00:48and the crew travel to Backwards, Georgia and unexpectedly have to plan a funeral
00:52which threatens to reveal sordid family secrets. Elsewhere, Neil Jordan and Focus
00:56Features thriller Greta also opens nationwide this weekend. The film, which made its
01:00world premiere at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival, is tracking to open to $4 to $6 million.
01:05The film revolves around a young New York City restaurant hostess whose chance meeting
01:09with an older French woman has unforeseen and creepy consequences for her and her roommate.
01:14And fans of IMAX theaters will be treated to a limited run of the critically acclaimed
01:182019 Sundance Film Festival documentary Apollo 11 before it expands into more theaters next weekend.
01:24The Neon and CNN Films documentary, directed by Todd Douglas Miller, features never-before-seen
01:28film footage of NASA's historic mission to land a man on the moon.
01:32To read more on this story, head to THR.com. For The Hoard Reporter News, I'm Liz Rodriguez.
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