Looking at the Weekend: Jan. 26-28, 2018

The likelihood of Jumanji winning a fourth week at the top of the box office charts is unlikely, especially since the Maze Runner films have all opened over $30 million and Jumanji‘s third weekend was about $20 million. Even if Death Cure underperforms, it’s unlikely to underperform to $15 million, which is what Jumanji would make if it lost 25% of its prior weekend’s tally.

Our Highest Rated Films: Have a Nice Day
Our Best Awards Ratings: None.

OTHER LIMITED RELEASES

Hostiles (Expanding) (Read our previous Looking at the Weekend commentary here.)
Kickboxer Retaliation
The Neighbor

Jan. 26-28, 2018
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Maze Runner: The Death Cure (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	3.5 Wesley Lovell: (8) Peter J. Patrick: (2) Tripp Burton: (3) Thomas LaTourrette: (1)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Tripp Burton: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): The series has been entertaining enough to get me to come back for the third. Peter J. Patrick (PP): I thought this franchise pretty much ran out of steam with the first one. Nothing in the trailer convinces me it’s going to have a re-birth. Tripp Burton (TB): I haven’t seen any of these movies yet, and I’m not going to start with this one. Thomas LaTourette (TL): I did not see the original, and the trailer looks so confusing that I have no desire to watch this one.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Desolation (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	2.0 Wesley Lovell: (2) Peter J. Patrick: (0) Tripp Burton: (4) Thomas LaTourrette: (2)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Tripp Burton: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): The awful trailer does this film no favors. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Looks like a whole bunch of nothing. Tripp Burton (TB): This looks like very average horror fare. Thomas LaTourette (TL): It looks like a standard horror film of someone seeing things in a strange old hotel.
Film	Our Thoughts	Awards Chances
Have a Nice Day (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	4.5 Wesley Lovell: (2) Peter J. Patrick: (6) Tripp Burton: (6) Thomas LaTourrette: (4)	Nil Wesley Lovell: (Nil) Peter J. Patrick: (Nil) Tripp Burton: (Nil) Thomas LaTourrette: (Nil)	Categories: None
	Individual Commentary:
	Wesley Lovell (WL): An uber-violent animated film wouldn’t bother me, but this one doesn’t look that engaging. Peter J. Patrick (PP): Stylish looking animated gangster yarn could be interesting. It’s certainly different. Tripp Burton (TB): This could be interesting, even if I’m not quite sure what to expect. Thomas LaTourette (TL): There were parts of the trailer that looked appealing, but the animation is badly done and just left me cold.