More from Deadline's updated article
Paramount's Taraji P. Henson comedy What Men Want was very strong last night with $1.25M. That's slightly under the $1.35M made by Universal's Kevin Hart-Tiffany Haddish comedy Night School and ahead of The Upside ($1.1M) and Uncle Drew ($1.1M). Night School opened to $27M. Expectations earlier this week for What Men Want were between $18M-$20M that grew to $25M yesterday.
In 2050 theaters last night starting at 7PM, Liam Neeson's Cold Pursuit from Lionsgate played earning $540K. That's lower than the action star's The Commuter a year ago which earned $700K ($13.7M opening) but higher than his March 2015 release Run All Night ($455K Thursday, $11M start).
Orion's R-rated horror pic The Prodigy drew $350K last night which is on par with horror pics like 2015's The Lazarus Effect ($350K preview, $10.2M weekend) and DreamWork's R-rated Fright Night ($350K, $7.7M opening)