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Box Office Weekend Forecast: BLACK PHONE 2 ($21M+) to Headline a Scarily Light October Frame as GOOD FORTUNE and TRUTH & TREASON Also Debut
Scott Derrickson's well-reviewed follow-up to 2022's midsummer horror breakout looks to keep an underwhelming October box office afloat for at least one more week.
Box Office Weekend Forecast: TRON: ARES ($33M+), ROOFMAN, SOUL ON FIRE, and KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Debut for a Quiet Holiday Frame
Disney's fifteen-years-in-the-making sequel is tracking well among core male audience fans with healthy business expected from premium screens, but will it break out beyond the brand's inherent niche?
Box Office Weekend Forecast: TAYLOR SWIFT ($33M+), SMASHING MACHINE ($8-10M+), ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER’s Sophomore Frame and GOOD BOY to Stand Above a Field of Mid-to-Low Profile Openers
Taylor Swift is back to give the box office a much needed boost on a weekend where openers are looking muted and the holdover market lacks the benefit of recent tentpole performers in chase frames.
Box Office Weekend Forecast: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER ($20M+) to Lean on DiCaprio’s Drawing Power; GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE and THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2 to Counter
Pre-release narratives are already debating whether PTA and Leo's crime comedy will be successful from a budget standpoint, but theaters and moviegoers are already winners with OBAA's release.
Box Office Weekend Forecast: HIM ($18M+) Takes on DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE’s 2nd Frame ($13M+), THE CONJURING’s 3rd Chase Weekend, and Other Openers
A fresh sports-horror hybrid and key holdovers will strive to keep September's better-than-expected market rolling along.
Box Office Weekend Forecast: DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE ($70M+), DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE ($19M+), and CONJURING’s Holdover to Drive Strong Mid-Month Frame
Anime goes as mainstream as it's ever gone in the domestic market this weekend thanks to DEMON SLAYER, while DOWNTON ABBEY and THE LONG WALK aim to counter-program with varying degrees of results.
Box Office Weekend Forecast: THE CONJURING: LAST RITES Eyes Franchise Record ($60M+) Debut, HAMILTON to Score Strong Counter-Programming Win
Warner Bros.' horror- and horror-adjacent dominance over September records will extend further this weekend, while Disney counters with one of the most successful musicals of all time.
5-Week Box Office Tracking & Forecasts: CONJURING ($50M+), DEMON SLAYER ($50M+), and DOWNTON ABBEY’s Finale Trifecta Poised to Drive Stronger-than-Expected September
Despite lamenting the absence of a BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE-type singular performance from last year, this September's key releases may be able to hold their own in the aggregate.
6-Week Box Office Tracking & Forecasts: DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE Pre-Sale Explosion, CONJURING and DOWNTON Updates, First Outlooks for SMASHING MACHINE and AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER’s Re-Issue
Sony and Crunchyroll are building to possible anime records for INFINITY CASTLE in North America, while the CONJURING "finale" and others aim to anchor early fall box office.
6-Week Box Office Tracking & Forecasts: DiCaprio & Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE, and THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2; Early KPOP DEMON HUNTERS SING-ALONG and HAMILTON Targets
Can DiCaprio and Anderson turn a cinephile event into a larger mainstream autumn box office winner? How are the unexpected musical events of late summer and early fall trending?