Below you will find example sentences with "opening weekend". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Opening Weekend in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: weekend
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 28.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "opening weekend" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 28.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as in its opening weekend in the, 31 million opening weekend, best, non and movie stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with last weekend, day weekend, opening day, last weekend and day weekend, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with opening weekend
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Are you going to see during opening weekend? (8 words)
Blake Street Tavern is a fan favorite, but the longtime staple is closing after opening weekend. (16 words)
With its Thursday opening numbers and the Friday box office already tallied, looks to be set for a massive opening weekend. (21 words)
While Warner Bros./New Line’s “It: Chapter Two” isn’t looking like it will have a bigger opening weekend than its 2017 predecessor, it’s still on pace to earn one of the largest opening weekends ever for a horror film or a September release. (46 words)
The Barbenheimer event smashed multiple records with Barbie nabbing the best opening weekend of 2023 as well as the best opening for a non-superhero, non-sequel, non-remake title and Oppenheimer nabbing Nolan’s best opening for a non-Batman movie. (42 words)
An October snowstorm hit much of North Dakota on opening weekend of pheasant season, which turned this treasured weekend into more of an exercise in dealing with snow and closed roads rather than chasing birds in some places. (38 words)
Are you going to see during opening weekend? (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
That’s the biggest opening weekend for Timothée Chalamet (outperforming ), the biggest opening weekend for director Paul King, and the biggest opening weekend in 2024.
The Barbenheimer event smashed multiple records with Barbie nabbing the best opening weekend of 2023 as well as the best opening for a non-superhero, non-sequel, non-remake title and Oppenheimer nabbing Nolan’s best opening for a non-Batman movie.
Impressive opening to say the least, the last opening to be this big was last year’s “It” which made over $123 million during its opening weekend.
Commercially the film was a modest success, taking $21 million in its opening weekend in the United States, and nearly £3.3 million in its opening weekend in the United Kingdom.
After “His Only Son” had a strong box-office opening, generating $5.5 million and earning the No. 3 spot for its opening weekend, the film is still going strong.
With this, earns itself the title of best opening weekend of 2023, beating The Super Mario Bros. Movie's opening haul of $146.3 million domestically.
While Warner Bros./New Line’s “It: Chapter Two” isn’t looking like it will have a bigger opening weekend than its 2017 predecessor, it’s still on pace to earn one of the largest opening weekends ever for a horror film or a September release.
Opening weekend perks include complimentary champagne on Opening Night, complimentary chocolate on Saturday night, and a talk-back with the cast and crew after the Sunday matinee.
The latest Marvel instalment and highly anticipated, Avengers: Infinity War” took in $250 million in the box office in its opening weekend, the highest North America opening of all time, industry estimates showed on Sunday.
The movie suffered on its opening weekend – in the Bronx, these guys who stood up at the theater on the Friday night when it was opening had a shootout in the theater.
With its Thursday opening numbers and the Friday box office already tallied, looks to be set for a massive opening weekend.
The projected opening weekend will place Killers Of The Flower Moon concert movie, which is conversely expected to make $32 million in its sophomore weekend.
An October snowstorm hit much of North Dakota on opening weekend of pheasant season, which turned this treasured weekend into more of an exercise in dealing with snow and closed roads rather than chasing birds in some places.
Guests can expect even more costumes from the Seven Kingdoms than usual on opening weekend (February 9 through 10), which just happens to be weekend.
This weekend 20th Century Fox’s 1960’s racing drama finished first, way ahead of the pack, with a terrific $31 million opening weekend.
Goldstein noted that after a 44 percent Asian-American audience over opening weekend, that percentage fell to 27 percent on the second weekend while Caucasian and Hispanic ticket buyers grew.
On a global scale the flick earned around $140 million, so the action-adventure looks like it’ll take a massive tumble during its second weekend in theaters based on its performance during opening weekend.
Angus said the best part of the day was landing the first shots, while the weeks leading up to opening weekend were fairly exciting as well.
Are you going to see during opening weekend?
Blake Street Tavern is a fan favorite, but the longtime staple is closing after opening weekend.