I need your clothes, your boots... Magic Mike XXL outstripping Terminator Genisys at the holiday weekend box office
Magic Mike XXL is narrowly outstripping Terminator Genisys at the holiday weekend box office.
Channing Tatum and his fellow strippers brought in $9.3million on their opening day Wednesday, according to Warner Bros.
Paramount Pictures said Thursday that its reboot of the Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi franchise, opened slightly behind at $8.9million.
![Hasta la vista: Magic Mike XXL's opening box office tally narrowly outstripped Terminator Genisys](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/03/06/2A2EA44D00000578-3148107-image-a-61_1435901064419.jpg)
![Hasta la vista: Magic Mike XXL's opening box office tally narrowly outstripped Terminator Genisys](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/03/06/2A2EA45500000578-3148107-image-m-60_1435901054079.jpg)
Hasta la vista: Magic Mike XXL's opening box office tally narrowly outstripped Terminator Genisys
The two films are vying to unseat Jurassic World over the Independence Day weekend; with the holiday falling on a Saturday, studios aren't getting the usual long-weekend boost.
Both Magic Mike and Terminator opened early to rope in more moviegoers - their opening day tallies in fact include around $2 million in Tuesday night showings.
The early figures suggest a very close race for the box-office lead. But it also means a July Fourth weekend lacking major fireworks at the multiplex. Both films are expected to make in the neighborhood of $40million from Wednesday through Sunday.
This will be much better news for XXL, which was made for only about $15 million.
![Face off: XXL, which was made for only about $15million, has already recouped $9.3million of that](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/03/06/2A29189800000578-3148107-image-m-75_1435901716463.jpg)
Face off: XXL, which was made for only about $15million, has already recouped $9.3million of that
![Falling short: Genisys on the other hand, which stars Game Of Thrones' Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor, was made for about $155 million and appears headed for overall disappointment](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/03/06/2A2DDB8B00000578-3148107-image-m-76_1435901759774.jpg)
Falling short: Genisys on the other hand, which stars Game Of Thrones' Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor, was made for about $155 million and appears headed for overall disappointment
Genisys on the other hand, which stars Game Of Thrones' Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor, was made for about $155 million and appears headed for overall disappointment.
Critics have slammed the fifth installment in the franchise, which returns Schwarzenegger to his most famous role after his absence in 2009's Terminator Salvation, in which a computer generated younger version of his T-800 briefly appeared.
Nevertheless, at its current rate, Genisys won't come close to matching the five-day opening of $65.3 million for Salvation, which starred Christian Bale as John Connor
The two new wide releases may struggle to surpass the strong holdovers of Jurassic World and Pixar's Inside Out over the weekend which are still pulling in big audiences weeks after their releases.
Still, the four movies should at least mean a big improvement over last year's July Fourth. Last summer's Independence Day weekend, featuring Melissa McCarthy's Tammy and the sci-fi adventure Earth to Echo, was Hollywood's worst in decades.
![Monster: The two films are vying to unseat Jurassic World over the Independence Day weekend](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/03/06/2A11183600000578-3148107-image-m-67_1435901192341.jpg)
Monster: The two films are vying to unseat Jurassic World over the Independence Day weekend
![Head wrecking: Terminator and Magic Mike may struggle to beat the dinosaur sequel and Pixar's Inside Out which are still pulling in big audiences weeks after their releases](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/03/06/2A305E5800000578-3148107-image-m-66_1435901146193.jpg)
Head wrecking: Terminator and Magic Mike may struggle to beat the dinosaur sequel and Pixar's Inside Out which are still pulling in big audiences weeks after their releases
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