BOX OFFICE: “Flash” runs laps around “Elemental” — a $60 million opening (4 day) weekend

Warners’ long-awaited “The Flash” made its debut to paying customers last night and rounded up a robust if not world beating $9 million or so in “preview” Thursday ticket sales.

Reviews, including mine, have been on the fence, but audiences seem to be ready for this Ezra Miller star vehicle, with Deadline.comn projecting a $60 million opening (4 day) weekend, at this point.

It’s at $55 through Sunday, so maybe it’ll get a Juneteenth bounce Monday.

That’s more than double what “Elemental” is expected to garner. Pixar’s been off its game of late, and while kids’ cartoons don’t typically earn big bucks on Thursday night previews, the picture is doing measurably worse than “Lightyear,” and that’s not good.

“Lightyear” had a “Toy Story” pre-sold tie-in with viewers. “Elemental” is a hard sell and the reviews haven’t been kind.

Deadline had predicted $40 million, but after Friday lowered that to $33 million over three days, $36 million over four.

It might have to settle for third place after the latest “Spider-Verse” weekend. I doubt that, but we’ll see. The animated hit is on a pace to add another $29 over four days.

Here’s @BoxOfficePro’s tweeted weekend final total.

“Transformers” is fading a lot faster than “The Little Mermaid,” “Spider-Verse” is still drawing. Next weekend should look a lot like this one, as “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” doesn’t take over screens and the box office until Jiune 30.

As always, I’ll be updating these figures as the weekend progresses.

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