Auto racing movie — Sony’s Gran Turismo — expanded into thousands of theaters on Friday after hosting two full weekends of sneak previews and fan events.

Directed by Neill Blomkamp, Gran Turismo was set to launch on Aug. 11 but switched up its release because of the actors strike and the prohibition on the cast, led by Orlando Bloom and David Harbour, doing press.

The studio instead used the sneaks to build buzz before opening the movie wide on August 25.

Based on Friday, early estimates show Gran Turismo opening in first place with $16.5 million, including hefty $3.9 million in grosses from the previous sneaks.

The early Gran Turismo screenings were far more robust than is the norm.

Warner mega-blockbuster Barbie would otherwise top the weekend chart. Early estimates show Barbie earning $15.7 million in its sixth weekend as it gets ready to jump the $600 million mark domestically.

Analysts caution that numbers for all films could shift between now and Monday because of the second annual National Cinema Day on Sunday, when tickets will be slashed to $4 for any film in any format at thousands of theaters across the country.

Gran Turismo earned a glowing A CinemaScore from audiences and is skewing male.

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Taking fourth place is Universal’s summer hit Oppenheimer, which is eying a weekend gross of $8 million for a domestic total of $299 million — becoming Christopher Nolan’s thrid-highest grossing film at the domestic box office ahead of Inception and behind only The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.

Briarcliff is opening The Hill, an inspirational sports drama starring Dennis Quaid. The movie should open at roughly $2.5 million.

Bleecker Street’s specialty film, a mediocre biopic Golda, starring Helen Mirren as former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, is looking to take in $2 million.