Category: Looking at the Weekend

It cannot be underestimated. Although Cars is the weakest series in the Pixar universe, the box office hasn’t seen a lot of animated films recently, so its ripe for a conquering. Cars 3 will do incredibly well and will likely knock Wonder Woman off its throne. That is, of course, unless the film doesn’t live…

It will be an interesting fight between the second weekend of Wonder Woman and the first weekend of The Mummy. The ad blitz Mummy has been getting should put it on top, but considering they waited until tonight to start holding screenings of the film, perhaps the critics will eviscerate it and destroy its chances…

Trading on its strong reviews, the latest effort in the DC Extended Universe should pull an easy win at the box office. Wonder Woman has no serious competition for the top spot this week. Its chief competitor is the DreamWorks animated film Captain Underpants, which looks squarely targeted at children, which may allow it to…

When you have a venerable franchise against a movie that no one seems to be clamoring for, the venerable franchise should win. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales maybe the latest in a series that’s grown long in the tooth, but its main competition is Baywatch, a film that hopes to tap…

Although the previous film, Prometheus was ravaged by critics and fans, the new Alien: Covenant should still prove to be a potent box office foe. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 will likely go down to defeat. The rest of the week’s new films don’t stand a chance. Our Highest Rated Films: Alien: Covenant Our…

A second week at the top of the charts is expected for Guardians of the Galaxy, but second place will come down to a fight between Guy Ritchie’s latest derivation on the period literary drama and the return of Amy Schumer and long out-of-the-business Goldie Hawn. Neither film sports a truly great trailer, so it…

For a reason, only one film is releasing wide this weekend. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 re-teams the cast of the original with a handful of new characters to deliver the second set of strong box office results for Disney so far this year. There’s no question it will be the number one film…

Emma Watson has a chance to make a splash on the big screen for the second time this year with her lead role in an adaptation of the popular futuristic novel The Circle. Apart from the third week of The Fate of the Furious, there isn’t much competing against The Circle. Fellow release How to…

Five films release this weekend in hopes of picking up some scraps during The Fate of the Furious‘ guaranteed second week at the top of the box office. Among these, Unforgettable has the most potential for broad appeal. Free Fire is too niche, Phoenix Forgotten is being dragged down by a late and weak marketing…

Apart from the third film, which opened below the second, each new The Fast & the Furious franchise entry has outperformed the previous in terms of opening weekend. The first film beats the second and third in terms of overall box office, but it largely holds true there as well. The seventh film earned $147…

The Boss Baby is proof you can never count out animated films to produce strong box office results. Having one come out so close to another might prove fatal, but the other two new releases don’t sound like they’ll be much competition for Smurfs: The Lost Village or holdovers Boss Baby and Beauty and the…

Although the reviews aren’t great, The Boss Baby is likely to be the week’s top newcomer, though Beauty and the Beast will still top the charts. Our Highest Rated Films: The Zookeeper’s Wife Our Best Awards Ratings: The Boss Baby (Razzies/Oscars), The Zookeeper’s Wife (Oscars) OTHER LIMITED RELEASES God Knows Where I Am Naam Shabana

What will the audience be in the mood for, other than a second weekend of Beauty and the Beast? You have two films built of television series and a new sci-fi drama starring Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal. Normally, it wouldn’t be a contest, but the Power Rangers are still immensely popular after all these…

In 1991, Disney’s animated renaissance went into overdrive with Beauty and the Beast, which grossed more than $300 million at the box office (adjusted for inflation), and became the first animated film in history to earn a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars. The film received six total nominations, winning two for Original Song for…

One new wide release this week will battle Logan for the box office crown. All signs point to a strong debut for Kong: Skull Island, so we’ll have to see whether Logantakes a huge drop or is a solid hold over. Ultimately, I think Kong has the edge. Our Highest Rated Films: Kong: Skull Island,…