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UPDATE with more Thursday numbers:  Sony’s Screen Gems/Stage 6’s R-rated horror film  Don’t Breathe   drew  $1.875 million  from previews last night starting at 7 PM. That’s a great start that inches out the $1.8M earned by both last month’s  Lights Out  and  Don’t Breathe  director Fede Alvarez’s previous movie, 2013’s  Evil Dead. Evil Dead would go on to post a $25.8M opening, largely fueled by the franchise’s fervent fan base.  Don’t Breathe ‘s business will be in the spirit of such previous late August horror debuts as  Jeepers Creepers  ($13M) and Focus Features/Blumhouse’s  Sinister 2 , which posted $850K on its preview night before taking in a $10.5M FSS. Roadside Attractions’ Obamas first-date movie  Southside With You  and The Weinstein Company’s Roberto Duran biopic  Hands Of Stone , both platform releases, will not release Thursday numbers and will fo...