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North America previews land $6.5M, lifting Thursday night plus Wednesday offshore combined to $12.5M for a $115M net production.

Thursday previews land at $6.5M, with Universal banking on a roughly $35M weekend opener for its $115M alien bet.

First-day worldwide is around $12M, including about $6M from Wednesday overseas markets and about $6M from 2PM domestic previews.