M. Night Shyamalan's magnum opus, Glass, is roaring to the top of the domestic box office with an estimated $48 million over the four-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, which is a franchise-best debut and the second-best launch ever for a film over MLK weekend.
The film reportedly carried an estimated $20 million production budget (without P&A), so despite an unfavorable critical response, Glass is already a massive hit for both Shyamalan and Universal and with little-to-no competition until Marvel's Captain Marvel hits theaters in early March, the trilogy capper should have a pretty good run through the end of January and into February.
While Universal had remained conservative with their estimates, projecting a $50 million to $55 million launch, rival studios and early tracking numbers were a little more bullish, suggesting the film's debut could potentially land somewhere in the $60 million to $70 million range.
Elsewhere, Funimation's Dragon Ball Super: Broly got off to an incredibly impressive start on Wednesday, finishing #1 for the day with $7 million. It's expected to bring in another $10 million or so this holiday weekend, which will bring its five-day total to $20 million plus, the best showing ever for a Dragon Ball title in the United States. Overall, the megahit has already collected nearly $70 million worldwide, including $32 million from Japan.
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Bruce Willis as David Dunn/The Overseer in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
James McAvoy as The Beast, one of the 23 personalities that reside inside Kevin Wendell Crumb in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
(from left) Bruce Willis, who plays David Dunn/The Overseer and writer-director M. Night Shyamalan on the set of "Glass."
Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan on the set of "Glass," the third part of his trilogy that began with 2000's "Unbreakable" and continued with 2016's "Split."
(from left) Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan and Bruce Willis, who plays David Dunn/The Overseer, on the set of "Glass."
(from left) Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan, James McAvoy, who plays Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde and Bruce Willis, who plays David Dunn/The Overseer, on the set of "Glass."
James McAvoy as Patricia, one of the 23 personalities that reside inside Kevin Wendell Crumb in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Sarah Paulson as psychiatrist Dr. Ellie Staple in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
(from left) Sarah Paulson, who plays Dr. Ellie Staple, Bruce Willis, who plays David Dunn/The Overseer, and writer-director M. Night Shyamalan on the set of "Glass."
James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde, a man who whose mind houses 23 different personalities, in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
(from left) James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
(from left) Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass and Luke Kirby as an orderly at Raven Hill Memorial Psychiatric Research Hospital in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
(from left) Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan, James McAvoy, who plays Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde, Bruce Willis, who plays David Dunn/The Overseer, and a crew member, on the set of "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
(from left) Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass, James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde, Bruce Willis as David Dunn/The Overseer, and Sarah Paulson as Dr. Ellie Staple in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
(from left) Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass, James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde, and Bruce Willis as David Dunn/The Overseer in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
(from left) Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass and James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass and James McAvoy (background, in yellow) as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan on the set of "Glass," the third part of his trilogy that began with 2000's "Unbreakable" and continued with 2016's "Split."
(from left) Spencer Treat Clark as Joseph Dunn, Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke and Charlayne Woodard as Mrs. Price in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Sarah Paulson as psychiatrist Dr. Ellie Staple in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
James McAvoy as The Beast, one of the 23 personalities that reside inside Kevin Wendell Crumb in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Bruce Willis as David Dunn/The Overseer in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
(from left) James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde, Sarah Paulson as Dr. Ellie Staple and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
(from left) Sarah Paulson as Dr. Ellie Staple and Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
(from left) Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass and James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Sarah Paulson as psychiatrist Dr. Ellie Staple in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Spencer Treat Clark as Joseph Dunn, the son of David Dunn (Bruce Willis), in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
(from left) Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke and Charlayne Woodard as Mrs. Price in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
James McAvoy as The Beast, one of the 23 personalities that reside inside Kevin Wendell Crumb in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
(from left) Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke and Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Bruce Willis as David Dunn/The Overseer in "Glass," written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
M. Night Shyamalan brings together the narratives of two of his standout originals—2000’s Unbreakable, from Touchstone, and 2016’s Split, from Universal—in one explosive, all-new comic-book thriller: Glass.
Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.
Glass features:
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price/Mr. Glass
Bruce Willis as David Dunn
James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde
Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke
Sarah Paulson as Dr. Ellie Staple
Spencer Treat Clark as Joseph Dunn
Charlayne Woodard as Mrs. Price
Glass hits theaters January 18