‘Space Jam’ Beats ‘Black Widow’ to Lead Weekend Box Office
- Basketball film of LeBron James gets $31.7 million in opening
- Los Angeles Lakers star shouts out ‘haters’ of film in tweet
"Space Jam: A New Legacy."
Source: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
“Space Jam: A New Legacy” narrowly topped returning champ “Black Widow” in theater-ticket sales in a modest opening weekend for the animated basketball film.
The Warner Bros. picture starring Los Angeles Lakers great LeBron James collected $31.1 million in North American sales, according to researcher Comscore Inc., higher than the industry expectation of $26.4 million.