Strong Friday ticket sales of roughly $3.5 million from 2,850 theaters, coupled with an A CinemaScore and enthusiastic word-of-mouth, have propelled trader consensus overwhelmingly toward a 9 million-plus opening weekend for the Angel Studios historical musical. Early forecasts ranged widely from the mid-single digits to low teens, but actual results quickly exceeded initial tracking and positioned Drummer Boy among the distributor’s stronger live-action debuts. The faith-infused Revolutionary War story featuring music from for KING & COUNTRY benefited from targeted audience appeal and solid per-theater averages despite mixed critic reviews. With the weekend nearly complete and daily drops remaining modest, only a dramatic downward revision in final reported figures could realistically shift the outcome away from the dominant 9m+ bucket.