Question

Movie A took in $142.44 million on it’s first weekend. This topped the previous opening weekend revenue set by movie B by $4.14 million. How much did movie B take in on its opening weekend?

Answer 1

Revenue of Movie A on first weekend = $ 142.44 million

According to the given statement, revenue of movie A was $4.14 million more than the revenue of movie B in their first weekends.

So, we can write:

Revenue of movie A = Revenue of movie B + $4.14 million

Revenue of movie B = 142.44 million - 4.14 million = $ 138.30 million.

Thus movie B take in $138.30 million on its opening weekend.