Category: Looking at the Weekend

Everyone seemed to want to stay away from the weekend that the long anticipated Bond film released. Skyfall has the weekend to itself and with no audience competition from Wreck-It Ralph‘s second week, it should have no problem topping the chart. Although the franchise has solid openings, nothing has ever been spectacular. That could change…

With no major family release since Hotel Transylvania, Wreck-It Ralph should be able to take a large bite out of the box office (though numbers may be a bit depressed with the East Coast in the path of a hurricane). Combined with its appeal to video game enthusiasts, Wreck-It Ralph will easily trump the week’s…

It’s hard to know what’s going to be tops at the weekend box office. At first, I thought the long awaited return of the Wachowski Siblings would put Cloud Atlas at the top of the heap, but it’s releasing in a modest sub-2,000 theaters, which limits its strength. Meanwhile, the tween-oriented, Halloween-themed Fun Size and…

Horror films typically have strong opening weekends, but none have been more consistently above norm than the Paranormal Activity films. Expect the fourth installment to open much stronger than any other horror effort this year. Alex Cross will do well with several demographics, but won’t be able to compare favorably to the built-in appeal of…

With five films releasing this weekend, it will be difficult to pick a film to top the box office. It’s entirely possible that Taken 2 will do enough business in its second weekend to top the box office again. Of the new releases, the two that have the best chance of topping Taken are Argo…

Hotel Transylvania will have to settle for a single week at the top of the box office as both new movies this week (Frankenweenie and Taken 2) will no doubt trump it at the box office. The big question is which film will take the top spot. Part of me wants to say that Tim…

Even though there will be better reviewed films this year with better target demographics, the sheer absence of animated films at the box office for so long should result in a solid debut for Hotel Translyvania with Looper potentially capitalizing on its genre roots and young men demographic. Consensus Below is a list of what…

When you have a batch of films that all appeal to the same demographic (young men and teens), go with the genre that has performed better at the box office in recent days than any other: horror. Jennifer Lawrence is the only female protagonist of any of these films, which means it will more likely…

It seems like the bigger an animated film is at the original box office the better the 3D re-release will do. Although Beauty and the Beast is frequently cited as the better film, it was The Lion King that tore through the box office. I see the lackluster lineup of the last few weeks as…

A long-delayed thriller versus a film starring two hot, up-and-coming actors (Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana), I think it’s fairly obvious which will top the weekend. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The number in parens represents the percentage of our contributors who agree with the…

There isn’t much else in competition, so I don’t see any problem with Lawless becoming the top film of the week. It’s different enough from the other Summer outings, that it might pique interest from a number of different demographics. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on.…

Nothing really jumps out at me as a box office dominator, so look for stiff competition to unseat the second weekend of The Expendables 2 with Premium Rush the one with the best pedigree to take the top spot. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The…

With only one film centered on a male demographic and a popular precursor to bolster it’s numbers, The Expendables 2 should do quite well this weekend. Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The number in parens represents the percentage of our contributors who agree with the…

Whether a new lead can keep the franchise afloat remains to be seen. As the Bond series can tell you, changing out leads can have good and bad consequences. We’ll see if Jeremy Renner can have the same success that Daniel Craig did and not the same lack of success Timothy Dalton did. Consensus Below…

There isn’t much in the landscape that could topple Total Recall. The Dark Knight Rises has been performing poorly as a holdover, but that may have more to do with the shooting than any perceived weakness, but since most seem to feel this is an inferior product to the prior film, that could explain it.…