Category: Looking at the Weekend

While it isn’t much Dumb and Dumber To may be the weekend’s top new release, but if it’s as bad as it looks and performs as poorly as its predecessor, it could fall to Beyond the Lights. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: All the best options are in limited release with Foxcatcher easily topping the list.…

It will be a glorious battle this weekend as Disney’s big gun, the animated adventure Big Hero 6 takes on regular box office behemoth Christopher Nolan. Ultimately, I think both will do incredibly well. I give the edge to Interstellar since its previews have been compelling and nicely targeted to Nolan fans. Individual Commentaries Wesley…

I have a hard time seeing any of the new wide releases really scoring big this coming weekend. Nostalgia could put Saw at number one, but Nightcarwler has the widest release and could appeal to the broadest demographic. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: Nightcrawler looks the most interesting of the wide releases while Horns will probably…

Halloween weekend demands a horror film at the top of the box office and that’s precisely what we’re probably going to get. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: Surprisingly, 23 Blast doesn’t look half bad, especially compared to the other two releases. On the specialty side, Laggies would probably be my choice. Peter J. Patrick: Where are…

It’s going to be stiff competition when your three wide releases are all targeting different demographics. Romantics will be heading out to The Best of Me, men will be heading to Fury and families will be off to see The Book of Life. In the end, the film most on Oscar’s radar will probably be…

I’ll admit I’m completely stymied about which of the four new releases will top the box office. Each have their positive qualities and each have drawbacks. In the end, family film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day may have a slight edge over Dracula Untold, which could also easily be a…

Of the Oscar-friendly directors working today, David Fincher is one of the few who command attention at the box office. Gone Girl should be the latest in a recent string of strong openers at the box office, though horror flick Annabelle may build on pre-Halloween anticipation and come close. Christian adaptation Left Behind will open…

Last week, the site I use to pull data hadn’t updated to reflect the new release date of The Maze Runner and, as a result, it didn’t appear in our coverage. Regardless, it’s not likely to top the box office a second weekend. The BoxTrolls is the first kid-targeted film in some time, which could…

It’s going to be a tough competition this week between comedy This Is Where I Leave You and Liam Neeson’s A Walk Among the Tombstones. I suspect it will go down to the wire, but I’m giving a slight edge to the family comedy since there are so few comedies in the marketplace at present…

There’s not much else out there, so a sequel to a popular family film should do quite well, but No Good Deed is building some buzz that might put it on top. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: I’d rather see the original split version of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby than the combined one, but if…

There’s nothing else original releasing this coming weekend, so it wins by default. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: September’s best films typically release at the specialty box office. While this week’s offerings might be slight, I’m sure they’ll be better than the week’s only wide release. Peter J. Patrick: The end of Summer doldrums continue. There’s…

It looks like Guardians of the Galaxy might end up with another week at the top of the box office. Neither As Above / So Below or The November Man look like they’ll do very well. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: Neither of the week’s new wide releases look even remotely interesting, though a couple of…

Can Sin City: A Dame to Kill For build on the niche demographic that made the first film enough of a success to warrant a second and turn this into the #1 film of the week or will the football-themed drama When the Game Stands Tall take the top spot. It could also be the…

Who knows what will be on top. It could be the second weekend for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for all I know. I suspect, though, that the race for the top will be between The Expendables 3 and Let’s Be Cops. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: Just to see how they messed up the source material,…

With two potential players for the young male demographic this weekend, the one with Michael Bay’s name attached is likely to perform better. However, I’m honestly hoping for a flop. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: I like tornadoes. They fascinate me. Even though it looks like a lame remake of Twister, I’m still interested in checking…