Weekend estimates: Morbius set for disappointing $39.1-million opening

April 3rd, 2022

We’re still at the point where new releases are graded on the pandemic curve, but even so Morbius is heading for an opening weekend just on the low side of decent, with Sony projecting this morning that it will make $39.1 million on debut. That’s notably lower than Uncharted’s $44-million opening in February, and breaks a streak of great openings for Sony’s standalone Marvel movies, in particular Venom: Let There Be Carnage, which made $90 million in October last year, when even Disney’s Marvel movies were landing in the $70-million to $80-million range. More...

Weekend predictions: Morbius headed to $40-million debut

April 1st, 2022

After a gigantic debut for Spider-Man: No Way Home and a pandemic-record-setting start for Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Sony is looking for a super hero three-peat this weekend with the release of Morbius. While another number one opening is guaranteed, we’re not looking at quite the same kind of numbers this time around, with our model predicting an opening weekend in the $41-million range. More...

Weekend estimates: The Lost City tops with $31 million, RRR makes the top 3

March 27th, 2022

The Lost City looks as though it’ll post a weekend right in line with expectations, with Paramount projecting it’ll earn $31 million at the domestic box office this weekend. That’ll be enough for a comfortable weekend win, ahead of The Batman’s $20.5 million or so. Bollywood blockbuster RRR: Rise, Roar, Revolt will land in third with an impressive $9.5-million projected weekend. More...

Weekend predictions: Lost City has the edge going into the weekend

March 25th, 2022

The Lost City posted a very respectable $2.5 million in previews on Thursday ahead of its official release today, which puts it on course to win the weekend, although its race with The Batman could be close. Infinite Storm isn’t likely to be in the running for a place in the top three, but will provide a bit of extra oomph to the weekend and could help the market as a whole increase from last weekend. And RRR provides us with a wildcard element to keep things interesting for everyone. More...

Weekend estimates: Jujutsu Kaisen headed to $17.7-million weekend, The Batman tops $300 million domestically

March 20th, 2022

The Batman will pass $300 million at the domestic box office today, based on Warner Bros. Sunday-morning projection. It’ll be close though: the studio has it reaching $300.1 million today. With Spider-Man: No Way Home likely to surpass $800 million domestically in the next week, things are looking good at the box office right now. Having five new releases in the top 11 also helps, although Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie is the only one of those to really break out. More...

Weekend predictions: The Batman won’t be troubled by newcomers, but Jujutsu Kaisen should finish second

March 18th, 2022

The Batman isn’t in much danger of losing top spot at the box office this weekend, in spite of facing competition from four new wide releases. We could, however, see a new film in second place: Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie looks set to post a weekend in the mid teens if it maintains its momentum from an excellent $2.88 million in previews on Thursday. More...

Weekend estimates: The Batman holds well to easily win the weekend

March 13th, 2022

The Batman is enjoying a strong second weekend, with Warner Bros. projecting it will fall just 51% from its opening frame, which translates into a decline of only 41% from last Friday, Saturday and Sunday combined. That’s a strong hold for a film that opened as big as it did, and that’s not the only good news at the box office this weekend, with the live event film BTS Permission to Dance on Stage Seoul, and Bollywood hit Radhe Shyam both posting strong earnings, and the seven other films in the top 10 all falling by less than 25% from last weekend. More...

Weekend predictions: The Batman will easily win the weekend, even with a steep drop

March 11th, 2022

After earning more than ten times as much as any other film last weekend, and having no competition from new wide releases this weekend, The Batman will cruise to victory at the box office this time around. In fact, it could drop by 90% from its opening and still win the weekend. So the more interesting question is how much it will fall exactly. More...

Weekend estimates: The Batman storms to $128.5-million projected domestic opening

March 6th, 2022

The Batman will earn about $130 million at the domestic box office this weekend, according to Warner Bros.’s Sunday morning projection. That would be a great result for a franchise reboot at any time, and it’s downright spectacular by current standards. It’s only the second film to open with more than $100 million since the beginning of 2020 (Spider-Man: No Way Home being the first, of course), and it’s performance narrowly exceeds the $123 million our model would have predicted for the film pre-pandemic. Is the pandemic’s effect on theatergoing beginning to wane? More...

Weekend predictions: $150-million opening on the cards for The Batman

March 4th, 2022

The Batman posted an impressive $21.6 million from preview screenings, according to Warner Bros.’ Friday-morning analysis, putting it on track for well over $100 million this weekend and easily the biggest opening since Spider-Man: No Way Home. Based purely on the preview numbers, our model thinks it could top $150 million this weekend, although that forecast needs to be tempered a bit because of the early screenings on Tuesday and Wednesday that are included in that “Thursday previews” number. More...

Weekend predictions: Uncharted unchallenged on slow weekend

February 25th, 2022

With next weekend’s release of The Batman looming large over the market, the major studios are sitting things out this weekend. Studio 666 and Cyrano are both arriving in wide release (just barely so in the case of Cyrano), but neither is likely to challenge Uncharted at the top of the chart. More...

The Batman Trailer

August 24th, 2020

Superhero movie starring Robert Pattinson arrives in theaters on October 1, 2021 ... Full Movie Details. More...