Category: Looking at the Weekend

After a Quiet weekend at the box office, with the horror thriller coming out on top for the second time in its three weeks in release, a new champion will be crowned and that’s Avengers: Infinity War. Nine films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) have topped $100 million at the box office on their…

The second weekends of both Rampage and A Quiet Place will likely give I Feel Pretty a run for its money to take the box office crown. Ultimately, I suspect I Feel Pretty hasn’t had nearly the interest in it that these other films have, so I give the victory to A Quiet Place in…

Horror films typically drop faster at the box office than most films, which should give Dwayne Johnson’s monster movie Rampage a free shot at the box office. Of course, A Quiet Place may not play like other horror films and could slip much less steeply with solid word of mouth. That might make the competition…

Only two films seem to be playing (sorry, The Miracle Season) for the first or second place at this week’s box office. Depending on how Ready Player One does in its second week in release, the two films with the best chance of toppling it are the R-rated comedy Blockers and the horror flick A…

Steven Spielberg’s had a rough run at the box office in recent years and there’s hope that this film breaks him out of his rut. Topping the second weekend of Pacific Rim: Uprising is doable, but how high above will determine whether this film continues his diminishing box office skills or turns his fate around.…

The original Pacific Rim opened to $37 million five years ago. After myriad delays, the sequel is debuting this weekend and will take on Black Panther for the box office crown. Black Panther has proven surprisingly resilient the last few weeks, stopping two films so far from earning the top spot. The big question is…

The studios had hoped to compete with Tomb Raider in the way that Disney hoped to topple Black Panther with A Wrinkle in Time. Of course, we know how that turned out. However, it would seem highly unlikely that a fifth week of Panther could make enough money even to match a meager first-weekend performance…

Black Panther will go down this weekend with Ava DuVernay’s Disney fantasy A Wrinkle in Time topping it. There are no other films that can or will top it with Black Panther probably coming in second. Our Highest Rated Films: A Wrinkle in Time, The Death of Stalin Our Best Awards Ratings: A Wrinkle in…

Black Panther will win the weekend again, even if it drops more than 50%. That’s because neither Death Wish or Red Sparrow look much like films that could topple such a potent box office performer or even pull in more than $30 million for the weekend. Of the two, I expect Death Wish will do…

Any movie releasing this week will have to accept being at least second to Black Panther. Of the three wide releases, only two of them really have a shot at being the week’s top opening. Annihilation‘s best chance comes with sci-fi audiences hungry for fascinating and dangerous adventures. Game Night hopes to act as counter-programming…

Advance ticket sales have been robust and the film has been generating the kind of buzz that a Star Wars film might. That will undoubtedly propel it to an easy number one finish. It could also mean that the film, which has no real competition for months, could put up the kind of box office…

Although the second film in the series made a little more than half the predecessor’s opening weekend, it was still a sizable amount. This third film should do quite well as well, possibly less than the prior, but probably still enough to win the weekend. The 15:17 to Paris is Clint Eastwood’s latest and he’s…

The story of Sarah Winchester was turned into a horror film rather than a psychological thriller, so it’s hard to expect too much from fans of the legend; however, as a haunted house film, it stands to reason that it should do decently at the box office, toppling Maze Runner: The Death Cure, but not…

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…

There aren’t a lot of options this weekend, but war films, especially ones that look as manipulative as this one, tend to do well when there are no other options. Den of Thieves is likely to be a flop and Forever My Girl just isn’t the kind of film that becomes a runaway success. Our…