User blog:Ceauntay/Box office update: 'Family Guy: The Movie' laughs up $12.5 million from midnight showings

Family Guy: The Movie has official soard into a massve debut earning an estimated $12.5 million from midnight showings on Thursday, according to 20th Century.

By comparsion, March's The Hunger Games holds the record as the biggest midnight gross of the year with $19.7 million from 2,500 theaters. Family Guy: The Movie was released 38 theaters more than The Hunger Games.

Family Guy: The Movie opens in 4,175 theaters today. Check back tomorrow for an update on its box office performance, plus our predictions for the weekend.