“Pixels,” a kid-friendly Adam Sandler comedy, won Friday at the box office. But some are projecting “Ant-Man,” also kid friendly, will have a bigger Saturday and thus take the weekend from the Sand-Man — a $26-$24 million finish, Deadline.com says.
I wonder if “Pixels” will fall off that much (it earned a healthy, but not exactly world-beating $9 million+ on Friday). I weould not be surprised if the vid-game actioner pulled out the win.
“Ant-Man” is the weakest Marvel offering…ever.. So we’ll see. Sandler’s audience has kind of aged out of the movie going habit, though if they have kids, his strategy has been, they’ll still show up.
“Southpaw” is doing OK for a boxing picture that doesn’t have “Rocky” in the title. $16 million or so. Jake G. is good in it, not “Night Crawler” good.
“Trainwreck” lost over 40% of its opening weekend audience. Have to wonder if having a nut shoot up a theater in Louisiana will suppress Amy Schumer’s unshameable slut comedy.
The teen romance “Paper Towns” opened OK, and will manage a healthy $15 million. Not exactly a big name cast, decent (barely) reviews.
“Mr. Holmes” cracked the top ten, Woody Allen’s “Irrational Man,” a dog, opened a little wider and is doing some business.
“Amy,” the best doc of the year (until “Best of Enemies” opens next weekend) is slip sliding away, like our memories of Amy Winehouse.
