Box Office: “Fantastic” is neck and neck with “MI: Rogue Nation”

boxWhen it’s all counted up Sunday night — late — we will know for sure who nudged out whom in the box office race this first full weekend of August.

Shockingly, “Fantastic Four” has overcome terrible reviews and appears headed to $28 million or so, so sayeth Deadline.com.

The superior but not-all-that latest “Mission: Impossible” is holding right at half of its opening weekend audience, and should be in the $27-28 range as well.

“The Gift” is a modest hit, at $10-11 million. Jason Bateman fans rejoice.

“Ricki and the Flash” is doing rather meekly — over 50 women are showing up, and that adds up to just $7 million or so.

But that’s a lot better than “Shaun the Sheep Movie,” another blow to Aardman Animation. Stop motion sheep in a kids’ comedy where nobody talks? It’s a hoot, has wonderful reviews pushing it, and it won’t even crack the top ten. It opened Wednesday.  It’ll have maybe $5.5 million, in toto, since Wed., by Sunday night.

That’s about a single average day’s take from “Minions.” Pity.

“Vacation” is dying, “Trainwreck” is closing in on $100 million.

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Movie Critic, formerly with McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, published in Spin Magazine, The World and now published here, Orlando Magazine, Autoweek Magazine
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