Category: Looking at the Weekend

With the holiday films fading and last week’s opener likely to follow the second-week plummet most horror films do, then one of this weekend’s releases could post a high enough tally to top the slowly diminishing Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Paddington 2 has the best potential thanks to its sequel status and the prior…

One new release and it’s a doozy. The last two “chapters” have opened over $20 million, though the third film was a major step down from the second. That could mean that this film is a further step down or a step up. Either way, it will compete with the fourth week of Star Wars:…

There are no other wide releases, so this film wins by default. It will finish in the top ten, but I doubt the top five is within reach, controversy aside. Our Highest Rated Films: Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, In the Fade, Phantom Thread Our Best Awards Ratings: Phantom Thread (Oscars), In the Fade…

Christmas is often overloaded with content, but this year’s batch seems almost overbearing. While Star Wars: The Last Jedi will handily win a second weekend at the top of the box office, it’s which of the five wide releases will come out on top. Father Figures was very clearly dumped on Christmas as its target…

Two year ago, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh film in the most vaunted franchise in film history, opened to a staggering $247 million. Although I would be astounded to see this ninth film (Episode VIII) do the same, there is no question it will top $200 million and there are no forces outside…

As Thanksgiving becomes a memory, December releases begin taking a stronger interest in box office success. With numerous likely huge films coming out later in the month, it’s a bit surprising that this weekend sees only a single release. Just Getting Started is the latest in a series of similar films that put big name…

Of the week’s new limited releases, The Shape of Water has the most potential to be a box office hit after its limited run. There are no new wide releases, so it will be Coco at the top of the charts. Our Highest Rated Films: The Shape of Water; Wonder Wheel Our Best Awards Ratings:…

After the disappointing debut of Justice League last weekend, Coco should have a shot of taking the Thanksgiving crown in its sole-wide opening weekend. There’s the possibility that it under-performs since we don’t know how Pixar can do with characters that are all Hispanic in a very politicized climate, but a strong debut would be…

What do comic book movies and the box office have in common? The former always debuts at number one on the latter. That’s certain to be true of Justice League whose only competition is the third weekend of Thor: Ragnarok. There is nothing that could destroy the film’s chances at this point. It will be…

There isn’t much selection this weekend, which means Thor: Ragnarok will be taking a second tour at the top of the chart. Likely coming in second is the “anticipated” sequel to the box office hit Daddy’s Home. It’s only competition is Murder on the Orient Express, which isn’t likely to have a lot of broad…

Thor: Ragnarok will destroy its competition this weekend. The first film opened to a soft $65 million. The second film easily topped it with $85 million. Will there be a twenty-million jump again? I doubt it. I suspect the film will top its prior film for opening weekend, but not move too much further up…

Absence makes the heart grow fonder and with so many years between the final Saw and this reboot may be enough to help people forget the long slide into awfulness the series had become. That should give it enough boost to reign supreme over the Halloween weekend box office. None of the rest of the…

A large slate of new releases will compete to be the number one film of the weekend, with the films most likely to have a chance being Geostorm, Boo 2, and Only the Brave. Snowman could surprise, but the negative reviews will depress turnout. I would normally give the edge to the disaster film, but…

Before the solid, but unspectacular debut of Blade Runner 2049, I would have said all of this week’s films were likely second fiddles. Now, it’s possible that The Foreigner manages to supplant Blade Runner. It’s also possible that everything bombs or Blade Runner has a good hold-over, which would put the others below it. Our…

With a weak weekend last, there’s little question that Blade Runner 2049 will top the box office. The question is how big it will be. Topping $100 million doesn’t seem out of the question at this point, though the tough-selling sci-fi elements might hinder its approach to that number. That said, there’s no question it…