The André Øvredal directed horror pic Passenger will now go on May 22, over Memorial Day weekend instead of May 29.
The Melissa Leo-Jacob Scipio-Lou Llobell starring movie will now join the competitive, yet heavily traffic-ed weekend, against Disney/Lucasfilm’s The Mandalorian & Grogu, NEON’s Boots Riley comedy I Love Boosters which world premiered last night at SXSW, and Black Bear’s limited release of Dustin Hoffman-Leo Woodall heist pic Tuner.
Blurb for the T.W. Burgess and Zachary Donohue written movie: A few weeks into their van life adventure, a young couple witnesses a horrific accident that leaves the driver dead. Soon they’re being pursued by a demonic stalker who’s impossible to outrun and follows them wherever they go.
Paramount currently holds the best domestic opening so far this year with Spyglass’ coproduction, Scream 7, which also hit a franchise debt high with $63.6M. Global opening was also a franchise best at $97.2M.