She has been promoting her film nonstop on both coasts.
And now it looks like Jennifer Lopez’s The Boy Next Door could become a hit.
On Friday Variety reported the thriller made ‘a respectable’ $500,000 at 1,869 locations in Thursday night showings in the US.
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Off to a good start: On Friday Variety reported The Boy Next Door starring Jennifer Lopez made ‘a respectable’ $500,000 at 1,869 locations in Thursday night showings in the US
The site added that the Universal movie ‘is expected to bring in between $12 million to $15 million for its opening weekend at 2,602 North American theaters.’
The film – about an affair that turns into an obsession – will probably land in second place after Paddington.
Mortdecai with Johnny Depp, and Strange Magic, a computer-animated film about goblins and elves produced by Lucasfilm, also came out Friday.
Specs appeal: The site added that the Universal movie ‘is expected to bring in between $12 million to $15 million for its opening weekend at 2,602 North American theaters’
Not bad: The film – about an affair that turns into an obsession which also stars Ryan Guzman – will probably land in second place after Paddington
The Boy Next Door also stars Ryan Guzman.
On Thursday J-Lo appeared on late night talk show Watch What Happens Live. Host Andy Cohen asked the pop star and Idol judge what her favourite ‘type of man’ looks like.
‘I’m not a looks person, I don’t know if you’ve noticed that over the years,’ she giggled. ‘I go more for essence, strength and the laughter.
Not her thing: Lopez said on Thursday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live that she is ‘not a looks person’
‘It’s the manliness and sexiness,’ the 45-year-old stunner continued, noting that despite ‘what other people have said’ she thinks of all her former flames as ‘gorgeous’.
‘They were all gorgeous to me,’ said the Wedding Planner actress who was wearing a dress that was slashed to the waist – exposing ample cleavage.
‘I’m going to do my best not to share at your chest,’ Cohen told her.
Daring: The singer was wearing an extremely low-cut black dress for the TV appearance
Coming soon: Jennifer was promoting her new movie The Boy Next Door with co-star Guzman, and the pair posed with the show’s host Andy Cohen
‘Well I don’t get to wear it very often, I thought I can only wear this with Andy,’ she said.
‘Are you ever worried that they might come out?’ he asked her.
‘No, no, no, I wouldn’t wear it if I thought that that might be an issue,’ she replied confidently.
Her young co-star Guzman, 27, was also in Cohen’s studio – standing awkwardly by ‘the bar’. He was asked about his sex scenes with Lopez for the film.
‘She’s so gorgeous and beautiful and everyone knows that… I was very nervous and intimidated,’ he stuttered. ‘She was actually the one who had to calm me down.’
Cohen had romantic hopes for Lopez and Guzman: ‘When I saw you walk into the Grammy’s I hadn’t seen the movie yet and I thought “I pray to god J.Lo is banging this guy,”’ he laughed.
Lopez is also a judge on American Idol. Her book True Love is on The New York Times bestseller list.
