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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.
6-Week Box Office Tracking & Forecasts: TAYLOR SWIFT | THE OFFICIAL RELEASE PARTY OF A SHOWGIRL ($38-40M+) and PREDATOR: BADLANDS ($25M+) Early Outlooks
If models hold up, Taylor Swift will be second only to Taylor Swift in concert- and concert-adjacent box office opening weekends. Plus, can PREDATOR: BADLANDS mimic some of the ALIEN: ROMULUS franchise revival heat?
6-Week Box Office Tracking & Forecasts: BACK TO THE FUTURE & TWILIGHT Re-Issues to Highlight Halloween; ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and More Updates
The fall slate continues to take shape as reach the end of October's outlook in our public report.
5-Week Box Office Tracking & Forecasts: TRON: ARES Hopes to Boot Up $42-46M+ Domestic Start, Premium Screens Dominate Early Pre-Sales
Plus, DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE continues to bewilder as domestic box office expectations soar higher.
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.