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The Legend of Tarzan surprises everyone and earns $38 million on its opening weekend

July 4, 2016 by Luke Owen

Well this really is a shocker. Proving that sometimes the experts don’t know what they’re talking about, Warner Bros.’ The Legend of Tarzan had a pretty successful opening weekend.

Although it wasn’t enough to unseat Finding Dory, The Legend of Tarzan earned $38 million from 3,500 screens. It also achieved a successful CinemaScore of A+ (and A- from those under 18) which could help retain its audience going into its second week and internationally – which it will need to justify the huge $180 million budget.

Experts predicted as low as $19 million for the movie’s opening weekend.

SEE ALSO – Read our review of The Legend of Tarzan here

It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane (Margot Robbie) at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Captain Leon Rom (Christoph Waltz). But those behind the murderous plot have no idea what they are about to unleash.

The Legend of Tarzan is out now, with a cast that includes Alexander Skarsgard as Tarzan and Margot Robbie as Jane alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Djimon Hounsou and Christoph Waltz.

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